Cokato Food Shelf

Analysis

Cokato Food Shelf is a registered charity in United States, based in Cokato, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 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, Cokato Food Shelf reported income of $51k and spending of $56k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $44k to $51k (+17%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Cokato Food Shelf sits at the 18th percentile: it is larger than about 18% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 20th percentile, and in the 16th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include One Change at a Time ($51k), College Park Living Center ($51k) and Village Food Bank Foundation Inc ($51k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. At year end it held assets of $220k against liabilities of $230, net assets of $220k.