Atlanta Community Food Bank

What it reported doing in 2024

Product collection, storage, and distribution: the atlanta community food bank (the food bank) serves as the central distribution center for nearly 700 community-based, nonprofit partner agencies that provide food assistance in 29 metro atlanta and north Georgia counties. These agencies include food pantries, shelters, community kitchens and other organizations offering food for people who struggle with hunger, including children, working families and seniors. In an effort to help its agencies increase their ability to provide more food and reach more people, the food bank also co-hosts mobile food pantries. In addition, the food bank operates several programs that fulfill its mission including eduction outreach, benefits screenings and more. In fy 2024/25, the food bank distributed over 123 million pounds of food and groceries through its network of community-based, nonprofit partner agencies offering food assistance programs. Combined with approved snap applications, this was enough food for over 112.3 million meals. The food bank recognizes that hunger and malnutrition go hand in hand. Therefore, we emphasize the nutritional quality of the food distributed. In fy 2024/25, we distributed over 39 million pounds of fresh produce to partner agencies. Fresh produce is now the food bank's largest category of food distributed, making up nearly 32% of total pounds distributed to our neighbors in need. The food bank's enabled (retail) program has also been instrumental to the increased volume of nutritious food distributed to partner agencies. In fy 2024/25, the food bank recovered over 39 million pounds of food from 679 retail grocery stores and distribution centers throughout its service territory. In many instances we connect our partner agencies directly with these retail stores, speeding up recovery while reducing transportation costs and minimizing food handling. Mobile pantry mobile food pantries also are an important part of our strategy to get more food into the communities that we serve. In partnership with the food bank, agencies in 20 counties hosted mobile pantries in fy 2024/25 distributing over 17.3 million pounds of food. Community food centers and home delivery in fy 2024/25 atlanta community food bank opened three additional community food centers in clayton county, cobb county, and fulton county, joining the existing community food center in gwinnett county. These locations distribute more than 413,000 pounds of food directly to neighbors each month. In addition to the brick-and-mortar community food centers, fy 2024/25 also saw the home delivery program distribute over 105,000 pounds delivered to neighbors each month from the east point facility.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 96.5%; rating input score 97
• Program expense ratio: 94%; rating input score 94
• Fundraising efficiency: $38.78 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 95%; rating input score 95; 34th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 95.7%; rating input score 96; 49th 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: -2.6%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.83; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 1.1%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings