Medford Food Project

Analysis

Medford Food Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Medford, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2020, 6 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, Medford Food Project reported income of $473k and spending of $467k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $323k to $473k (+46%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Medford Food Project sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Assistance League of El Paso ($473k), Community Care Ministries ($473k) and Aging Grace Community Center Inc ($473k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 28% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $57k. At year end it held assets of $67k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $67k.