FIND Food Bank

What it reported doing in 2024

Find offers three major categories of program services to the community. The suite of programs is designed to help support food insecure individuals transition from their dependency on core food distribution programs to self sufficiency in feeding themselves, with a strong understanding that all individuals' situation has a unique set of circumstances. For each individual how they utilize find programs within this program impact framework is dependent on the client's situational needs. Find recognizes, appreciates and respects these factors and supports clients for any length of time needed to ensure their primal needs of food intake for health is met.see schedule o for continuation.ending hunger for today programsthis suite of programs is designed to provide access to clients' core needs of healthy foods through food distribution sites to be able to survive and have the ability to thrive. - agency partners - find collaborates with community-based organizations to help supply their food pantries and food distributions at more than 100 different distribution sites for low income members of the community. Types of partners include soup kitchens, religious organizations, homeless shelters and low income housing complexes.- find free community mobile markets ("fcmm") - find offers 46 direct food distribution service programs per month to low income geographic locations that have very limited access to affordable food sources (aka "food deserts") and/or heavily impacted low income communities whose affordable food sources and agency partners are not ample enough to supply the food need to adequately feed that community. Partners engaged in find's direct distributions include low income housing complexes, schools, community centers, senior centers, and business and city owned parking lots. Distributions are focused on either general community food distributions, child specific and/or senior specific food distributions.- the emergency food assistance program ("tefap") - the emergency food assistance program is the federal usda food commodities program administered through the state of California. As a contractor to the state of California for this program, find utilizes 25 of its agency partners' network and its 46 fcmm's to ensure the distribution of these food items to the community, serving an average of 13,000 households and 30,000 individuals monthly. Tefap accounts for approximately 30% of find's food supply.- the commodity supplemental food assistance program ("csfp") - the csfp is a usda program administered by the California department of social services. Csfp works to improve the health of individuals at least 60 years of age by supplementing their diets with one monthly box of nutritious usda commodity foods at no cost. As a California state contracted local agency, find utilizes 24 of its agency partners' network and over 45 fcmm's to ensure distribution throughout its service area, serving over 3,750 seniors monthly. Csfp accounts for approximately 22% of find's food supply.- disaster food distribution - find is the coachella valley desert's regional food bank recognized by both the state and county as the main supplier of disaster food distribution to the community.- home delivery program - many older adults are homebound due to inability to drive, lack of transportation, or the inability to travel by themselves. To ensure these seniors receive the proper nutrition necessary for a healthier life, find food bank client services team members conduct an intake, determine eligibility, and then, deliver a food box to qualifying older adults.- child hunger program - child hunger strategy is designed to address the nutritional needs of food-insecure children. Hungry children lack the energy to learn and play. Poor nutrition and missed meals can result in both short-term and lifelong consequences for growing kids, including health issues, behavioral problems, lower grades, higher dropout rates, and diminished prospects for high

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 82.9%; rating input score 83
• Program expense ratio: 95.3%; rating input score 95
• Fundraising efficiency: $73.18 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 28th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 13.3%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0.6%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings