Kroger Co Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation

Analysis

Kroger Co Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Cincinnati, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2011, 15 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 January 2024, Kroger Co Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation reported income of $8.6m and spending of $7.8m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2020 to January 2024, income fell from $13.1m to $8.6m (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2021, when income rose by 121%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Kroger Co Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christian Relief Services Charities Inc ($8.6m), American Foundation for the Blind Inc ($8.6m) and Cathedral Home for Children ($8.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending January 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% of the total. At year end it held assets of $19.5m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $19.5m.