Honeybee Discovery Center

Analysis

Honeybee Discovery Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Orland, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2021, 5 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, Honeybee Discovery Center reported income of $138k and spending of $96k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $94k to $138k (+46%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Honeybee Discovery Center sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile, and in the 47th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brown Bag Food Project ($138k), Our Harmony Club Inc ($138k) and Hug Fund ($138k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% and program service revenue 6.0% of the total. At year end it held assets of $412k against liabilities of $2, net assets of $412k.