Waste Not Want Not

Analysis

Waste Not Want Not is a registered charity in United States, based in Conroe, TX. 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 June 2024, Waste Not Want Not reported income of $2.6m and spending of $2.6m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2024, income fell from $2.7m to $2.6m (-3.8%), an average of -1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income dropped by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Waste Not Want Not sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 91st percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bethesda Cares Inc ($2.6m), Fathers Uplift Inc ($2.6m) and Mother Lode Rehabilitation Enterprises Inc ($2.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $77k. At year end it held assets of $126k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $126k. It reported 5 employees.