Bowdoinham Food Pantry

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
462261592
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Bowdoinham, ME, USA
Phone
2077517779
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food Banks, Pantries

Reported finances

Revenue
$172,008
Expenses
$116,012
Assets
$249,732
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Carol Lenna (President)
  • Beth Chase (Vice President)
  • John Treat (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Carol Lenna (President)
  • Linda Jariz (Treasurer)
  • Jan Hayward (Secretary)

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

This is a food pantry serving residents of Bowdoin and Bowdoinham Maine. Each week we serve 49 - 66 households including weekly food provided through a weekend food for kids program serving 25 to 35 children and their families each week. Food is also delivered to those who are home-bound. We operate a food pantry at the Bowdoinham Community School.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, we provided food to 186 households, which included 326 adults and 183 children, through 1723 visits to the pantry. We also welcomed 60 new clients. Currently, 15 families (44 children) are enrolled in our Weekend Food for Kids program (formerly known as the Backpack Program), and 13 individuals receive weekly home delivery. Open to all Food Pantry at the community school.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% 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. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.8%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: 32.6%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.15; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 32.5%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.7% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 21% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.3% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $116K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.