Big Sur Food & Wine Foundation Inc

Analysis

Big Sur Food & Wine Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Big Sur, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2017, 9 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, Big Sur Food & Wine Foundation Inc reported income of $316k and spending of $333k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $123k to $316k (+158%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Big Sur Food & Wine Foundation Inc sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 65th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thrive ($316k), Gilmer Community Food Pantry ($316k) and Bemorecaring Inc ($316k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 59% of the total. At year end it held assets of $30k against liabilities of $3,958, net assets of $26k.