San Leon Oyster Fest

Analysis

San Leon Oyster Fest is a registered charity in United States, based in Bacliff, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, San Leon Oyster Fest reported income of $52k and spending of $12k, leaving 76% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $155k to $52k (-67%), an average of -31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 2366%. Over the whole period it spent 9.1% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, San Leon Oyster Fest sits at the 18th percentile: it is larger than about 18% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 20th percentile, and in the 21st percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Inverse Ministries Inc ($52k), Circulo de Amigas Foundation ($52k) and Helping Hands for Ukraine Inc ($52k).

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 $187k against liabilities of $3,600, net assets of $183k.