Little Red Hen Nursery Inc

Analysis

Little Red Hen Nursery Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Chico, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Little Red Hen Nursery Inc reported income of $5.0m and spending of $4.2m, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.1m to $5.0m (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Little Red Hen Nursery Inc sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jewish Community Project of Lower Manhattan ($5.0m), Francis House Inc ($5.0m) and Norm Waitt Sr Young Mens Christian Association ($5.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $2.7m. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $83k, net assets of $1.9m. It reported 226 employees.