Groceries for Seniors

Analysis

Groceries for Seniors is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1999, 27 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, Groceries for Seniors reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.2m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.2m to $1.1m (-11%), an average of -2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 25%. 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, Groceries for Seniors sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Camp Navigate ($1.1m), African American Cultural Center ($1.1m) and Power of Humans Inc ($1.1m).

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 $106k (9.1% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $151k against liabilities of $3,671, net assets of $148k. It reported 5 employees.