A Whole Community Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
384008306
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Wooster, OH, USA
Phone
3307493715
Rating
93
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$138,921
Expenses
$189,501
Assets
$77,223

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Karen Potter (Executive Director)
  • Charles Runion (Board President)

People named in this filing

  • Karen Potter (Executive Director)
  • Charles Runion (Board President)
  • Dave Stauffer (Board VP)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

A Whole Community gathers surplus produce from local farms and shares with local food pantries, free meal sites and low income neighborhoods.

What it reported doing in 2024

Food Bank-Community Food Project -orgnization reclaims imperfect producefrom local farms and shares it with 40 local food pantries, meal sitesand low income neighborhoods, seving over 4000 individuals monthly.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 88% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 13
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 94.7%; rating input score 95

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -36.4%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.7%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.1% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 22.1% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $180K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.