Whatcom Family Farmers Education

Analysis

Whatcom Family Farmers Education is a registered charity in United States, based in Lynden, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2001, 25 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, Whatcom Family Farmers Education reported income of $158k and spending of $174k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $203k to $158k (-22%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Whatcom Family Farmers Education sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 45th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Linn Food Pantry Org ($158k), Benton County Tourism and Recreation Corporation ($158k) and Brotherhood Rise Center ($158k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% and program service revenue 19% of the total. At year end it held assets of $70k against liabilities of $4,805, net assets of $65k.