Manna Food Center Inc

Overview

Mission

Manna food center, inc strives to end hunger in our community through education, advocacy, and food distribution to individuals and partner agencies. Manna's guiding principles are to be service-driven, community- centered and transformational.

What it reported doing in 2024

Manna food center, inc. (the organization) is a nonprofit organization that is montgomery county, Maryland's largest community based organization that is focused on food security and community health. For more than four decades, the organization has been a reliable "thread" in the social safety net for the vulnerable that require a supplement of nutritious food and as a center for education and action. The organization's work is built on three priorities that create an unique and comprehensive approach to hunger relief. Priority 1: strengthen and expand services collaboratively to address food insecurity and community health more effectively. Priority 2: fortify our capacity and sustainability to optimize impact and support the future priority 3: advocate for healthy food, a resilient food system, and systems change. The organization distributes to an average of 5,500 families approximately 50 pounds of fresh vegetables, pantry stables, breads, and frozen meats each month. This program serves 38,000 individuals as well as dozens of peer agencies with more than 3 million pounds of food. This program is run at 8 sites and includes delivery to qualifying families. Our school-based programs reach almost 80 locations in the public school system with weekend bags, gift-cards, and school-based pantries.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 63% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 64% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521289203
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Silver Spring, MD, USA
Phone
2026697483
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food Banks, Pantries

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,601,987
Expenses
$13,925,537
Assets
$9,731,746
Liabilities
$1,583,558

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 85.1%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: $17.74 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.7%; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: -2.4%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.7; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.9%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.7% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90% of revenue deployed · 85.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $11.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $162K · 22 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $255K reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 annual filings from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 21 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • STEVEN J CORROZI (MANAGING DIR): $162,428 total reported compensation
  • JACQUELINE DECARLO (PAST EXEC. O): $158,472 total reported compensation
  • ANGELA WHITMAL (SENIOR DIREC): $124,657 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024.