Food Brigade Inc

Analysis

Food Brigade Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Paramus, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 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, Food Brigade Inc reported income of $2.3m and spending of $2.3m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $4.7m to $2.3m (-51%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Food Brigade Inc sits at the 84th 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 89th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Asian Rehabilitation Service Incorporated ($2.3m), Better Food Foundation Inc ($2.3m) and Detroit Auto Dealers Association Charity Preview ($2.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $46k. At year end it held assets of $96k against liabilities of $862, net assets of $95k. It reported 1 employees.