Cumberland County Food Security Council

Analysis

Cumberland County Food Security Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, ME. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 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 December 2023, Cumberland County Food Security Council reported income of $591k and spending of $625k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $364k to $591k (+63%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Cumberland County Food Security Council sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 69th percentile within ME. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shield Ministries ($591k), International Commission for Dalit Rights Inc ($592k) and Noahs Ark Angel Foundation ($591k).

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 $70k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $124k. At year end it held assets of $461k against liabilities of $15k, net assets of $445k. It reported 4 employees.