Community Food Clubs

Analysis

Community Food Clubs is a registered charity in United States, based in Grand Rapids, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 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 (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Community Food Clubs reported income of $2.9m and spending of $2.5m, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $805k to $2.9m (+264%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Community Food Clubs sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reach Beyond Domestic Violence Inc ($2.9m), Neighborhood Industries ($2.9m) and Everybody Ready ($2.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% and program service revenue 6.8% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $85k (3.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $232k. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $152k, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 13 employees.