Pantry of Oxford and Lafayette County

Analysis

Pantry of Oxford and Lafayette County is a registered charity in United States, based in Oxford, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Pantry of Oxford and Lafayette County reported income of $482k and spending of $231k, leaving 52% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $361k to $482k (+34%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 123%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Pantry of Oxford and Lafayette County sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 71st percentile within MS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Elevate50 Hendersonville ($482k), Yad Nisim and Ezer Yakob Inc ($482k) and Lasa Foundation Inc ($482k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. At year end it held assets of $675k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $675k.