Madera County Food Bank

Analysis

Madera County Food Bank is a registered charity in United States, based in Madera, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, 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, Madera County Food Bank reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.4m, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $624k to $1.7m (+171%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 141%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Madera County Food Bank sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Feeding Medina County ($1.7m), East End Food Institute ($1.7m) and Refugee and Immigrant Support Services of Emmaus Inc ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 1.4% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $313k. At year end it held assets of $3.1m against liabilities of $4,337, net assets of $3.1m. It reported 8 employees.