Belmont Food Collaborative Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 270521768
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- Belmont, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6174074455
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $134,443
- Expenses
- $116,294
- Assets
- $86,861
- Liabilities
- $535
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Suzanne Johannet (President)
- Heli Tomford (Founding President)
People named in this filing
- Suzanne Johannet (President)
- Abigail Klingbiel (Clerk)
- Anne Lougee (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
The mission of the Belmont Food Collaborative is to promote the good health of the citizens of Belmont, MA and surrounding communities and to enhance the quality of life in that area by providing education and information about healthy, active lifestyle choices to people of all ages, abilities and means; by increasing the availability of fresh, locally produced foods within walking or bicycling distance; by helping people in need to obtain fresh, healthy foods; and by promoting and supporting local, sustainable agriculture and home vegetable gardening. The BFC intends to carry out its mission primarily through 4 activities: 1) education of the public about various aspects of maintaining a healthy, active lifestyle and the importance of local, sustainable agriculture; 2) dissemination of information through a website and a periodic newsletter relating to healthy eating and lifestyles; 3) operation of a community farmers' market; and 4) providing assistance to individuals in need.
What it reported doing in 2025
There were 2 educational programs: On-site educational gardening programs at community gardens, and POP Club at the weekly market. POP Clubo (power of produce) is a program for children aged 5-12. Every week that a child came to the market they were given three dollars in POP Club "money" to shop for fruits and vegetables, and the market reimbursed vendors for their POP Club sales.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 75% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 80% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 59
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 55.6%; rating input score 56
- Program expense ratio: 64.2%; rating input score 64
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: 13.5%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.75; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 19.9%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 55.6% of revenue deployed · 64.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $75K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.