Bowl for Hunger

Analysis

Bowl for Hunger is a registered charity in United States, based in Port Reading, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2019, 7 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, Bowl for Hunger reported income of $119k and spending of $93k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $43k to $119k (+177%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 314%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bowl for Hunger sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile, and in the 49th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope Food Pantry ($119k), Foodaid Com ($119k) and Family Leadership Center ($119k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $37k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $37k.