Locally Grown

Analysis

Locally Grown is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittsburgh, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, 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, Locally Grown reported income of $2.3m and spending of $2.0m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $603k to $2.3m (+288%), an average of +57% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 148%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Locally Grown sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Advocates for Children of New Jersey ($2.3m), Lighthouse Counseling and Family Resource Center ($2.3m) and Mary Johnson Childrens Center ($2.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% and program service revenue 8.4% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $81k (4.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.0m. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $788k, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 34 employees.