Alternatives to Hunger

Analysis

Alternatives to Hunger is a registered charity in United States, based in Bellingham, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1976, 50 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 2022, Alternatives to Hunger reported income of $9.8m and spending of $12.4m, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $7.6m to $9.8m (+29%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 35%. 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, Alternatives to Hunger sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Living Connections Inc ($9.8m), Roxbury Tenants of Harvard Association Inc ($9.8m) and El Programa Hispano Catolico ($9.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $134k (1.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $991k. At year end it held assets of $11.1m against liabilities of $194k, net assets of $10.9m. It reported 23 employees.