Kent Food Bank and Emergency Services

Analysis

Kent Food Bank and Emergency Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Kent, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, 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, Kent Food Bank and Emergency Services reported income of $2.4m and spending of $2.4m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.8m to $2.4m (-14%), an average of -3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Kent Food Bank and Emergency Services sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Healing Urban Barrios ($2.4m), Polk Burnett Payee Inc ($2.4m) and Baxter Community Center ($2.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $83k (3.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $97k. At year end it held assets of $946k against liabilities of -$368, net assets of $946k. It reported 3 employees.