Dairy Discovery

Analysis

Dairy Discovery is a registered charity in United States, based in Alto, MI. 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 (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, Dairy Discovery reported income of $430k and spending of $420k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $297k to $430k (+45%), an average of +9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Dairy Discovery sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 68th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Star Advocacy Center ($430k), Camp Sunshine Inc ($430k) and The Morgan Center ($430k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 9.0% and program service revenue 90% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $159k. At year end it held assets of $260k against liabilities of $45k, net assets of $215k.