Hilltop Urban Farm

Analysis

Hilltop Urban Farm is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittsburgh, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 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, Hilltop Urban Farm reported income of $330k and spending of $421k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $459k to $330k (-28%), an average of -7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hilltop Urban Farm sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 61st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Urban Learning and Teaching Center ($330k), Water Drop ($330k) and Zan Wesley Holmes Jr Community Outreach Center ($330k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $85k (20% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $126k. At year end it held assets of $321k against liabilities of $10k, net assets of $311k. It reported 4 employees.