Feed the Mass

Analysis

Feed the Mass is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2016, 10 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, Feed the Mass reported income of $798k and spending of $1.1m, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $224k to $798k (+256%), an average of +53% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 189%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Feed the Mass sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Somerset County Commission on Aging Inc ($798k), Blue Ridge Independent Living Center Inc ($798k) and The Parc ($798k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $95k (8.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $377k. At year end it held assets of $221k against liabilities of $75k, net assets of $146k.