Richmond Emergency Food Pantry

Analysis

Richmond Emergency Food Pantry is a registered charity in United States, based in El Cerrito, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1986, 40 years ago. 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, Richmond Emergency Food Pantry reported income of $193k and spending of $151k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $377k to $193k (-49%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Richmond Emergency Food Pantry sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 55th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Croix Services for the Developmentally Disabled Inc ($193k), Freeborn County Historical Society ($193k) and Community Alternatives in Criminal Justice Inc ($193k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. At year end it held assets of $447k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $447k.