Baraboo Food Pantry Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
391743827
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Baraboo, WI, USA
Phone
6089631239
Rating
97
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$122,178
Expenses
$123,112
Assets
$96,566
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DENNIS LINDSAY (PRESIDENT)
  • DAN DINGMAN (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DENNIS LINDSAY (PRESIDENT)
  • KIM RABSKA (DIRECTOR)
  • LARRY MCCOY (TREASURER)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To collect and provide food for families in need in the greater baraboo, wi area.

What it reported doing in 2025

The baraboo food pantry operates exclusively for charitable and educational purposes. The primary purpose of the bfp is to alleviate hunger, malnutrition, and the stress of poverty. Bfp provides food and support to needy persons to meet their basic food requirements to achieve this goal. The bfp primarily serves people who live in the baraboo school district. In 2025 tht toal numbe of families served was 3,874 and the total number of people served was 10,978 including 5,719 adults, 1,821 seniors and 3,338 children. The monthly average of people using the bfp in 2025 was 323 families and 915 people. Because of our involvement with the usda tefap, we were required to provided commodities to anyone needing food. We turn no one away who needs and request food.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99.3%; rating input score 99

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: -0.8%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.78; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $122K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.