Fast Blackfeet

Analysis

Fast Blackfeet is a registered charity in United States, based in Browning, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2018, 8 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 2023, Fast Blackfeet reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.0m, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $653k to $1.3m (+102%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Fast Blackfeet sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 84th percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Church Outreach Ministry Incorporated ($1.3m), New York Taxi Workers Alliance Inc ($1.3m) and Triune Mercy Center ($1.3m).

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 $64k (6.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $272k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $807k, net assets of $336k. It reported 17 employees.