Food and Medicine

Overview

Mission

Organize, educate and empower workers and our communities in the fight for social and economic justice. We believe that by working together with unions, farmers community groups, small business, and faith-based organizations we will create solutions and positive change.

What it reported doing in 2024

Workers rights education: providing education and counseling to laid-off and low-income workers in exercising their rights in the workplace and accessing unemployment insurance and other aid programs. Engaging workers in public policy: working with community leaders and workers' organizations to identify, educate around and advocate for policies that improve worker's rights and conditions for low-income workers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
050561675
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2012
Headquarters
Brewer, ME, USA
Phone
2079895860
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.5%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 74.4%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.12 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.5%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.53; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.8%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.5% of revenue deployed · 74.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $529K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $77K · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 annual filings from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • JOHN E MCKAY (EXECUTIVE DI): $77,029 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.