Food for the Poor Inc

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to link the church of the first world with the church of the third world in a manner that helps both the materially poor and the poor in spirit. (continued on schedule o).the materially poor are served by local churches, clergy, and lay leaders who have been empowered and supplied with goods by food for the poor. The poor in spirit are renewed by their relationship with and service to the poor through our direct ministry of teaching, encouragement, and prayer. Ultimately, we seek to bring both benefactors and recipients to a closer union with our lord.

What it reported doing in 2024

Basic needs - the charity shipped 2,160 tractor-trailer loads of essential goods valued at more than $314 million in 2024.fftp provided food for 207.9 million meals for hungry children and families. Also in 2024, fftp continued to ramp up purchasing food locally in the countries where it serves, reducing international shipping costs and getting resources sooner to the families who need them most. Fftp distributes aid to support the feeding, clothing, and sheltering of children and families living in poverty. For those already struggling with the hardship of poverty in haiti, the suffering was amplified in 2024 with civil unrest and gang violence displacing more than 1 million people. (continued on schedule o).fftp is uniquely positioned to respond in haiti because we have been on the ground providing support in the country since 1986 and continues to provide much-needed aid. Some of the highlights of assistance in 2024 include: -assembling volunteers in fftp's coconut creek, fla., headquarters to pack 19,000 personal hygiene kits. Items for the kits were supplied by map international, and fftp purchased items for an additional 30,000 kits, which include essential items such as soap, toothpaste, and sanitary products.-purchasing supplies to assemble 15,000 women's care kits, as well as 140 pallets of mannapack rice meals, equal to more than 5,000 cases, from partner feed my starving children. -securing commitments for 20,000 hygiene kits from heart to heart international and 3,200 family emergency kits of essential items, such as hygiene products, water purification sachets, buckets, and solar-powered lights, from globalmedic.-supporting fftp-haiti as it dispatched 17 trucks with donations in april to distribution centers in the south, the north and the centre; in may, 27 trucks were sent to the south, the north and artibonite, using a barge service provided by the world food programme. Fftp-haiti's port-au-prince office also provided aid to 1,450 organizations, while 260 organizations received aid from the charity's caracol office.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 94% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
592174510
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2023
Location
Coconut Creek, FL, USA
Phone
9544272222
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
International Relief
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.1%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 87.9%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.96 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.6%; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 29th 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: -1.4%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.37; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.7%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -7.7% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.7% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.1% of revenue deployed · 87.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 12 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $367.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $342K · 25 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $1.2M reported
  • Consistency: 45 of 47 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 annual filings from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 40 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 21 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 44/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • EDWARD RAINE (PRESIDENT/CEO): $342,434 total reported compensation
  • MARK A KHOURI (EVP/COO): $270,069 total reported compensation
  • VIVIAN A BORJA (EVP/CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER): $266,179 total reported compensation

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