Friends of Urban Agriculture

Analysis

Friends of Urban Agriculture is a registered charity in United States, based in Arlington, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 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, Friends of Urban Agriculture reported income of $125k and spending of $120k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $93k to $125k (+35%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Friends of Urban Agriculture sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mark Twain Community Resource Center ($125k), Calaveras County Seniors Center Inc ($125k) and Mandala Enterprise Corporation ($125k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $18k against liabilities of $354, net assets of $18k.