Brown Bag Coalition

Analysis

Brown Bag Coalition is a registered charity in United States, based in El Centro, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2021, Brown Bag Coalition reported income of $128k and spending of $5,140, leaving 96% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2021, income grew from $56k to $128k (+129%), an average of +129% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 129%. Over the whole period it spent 14% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Brown Bag Coalition sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 45th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Main Line Deputy Dog ($128k), Healing Species ($128k) and Second Families ($128k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2021, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $34k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $34k.