Brazos Valley Food Bank Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 742380446
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Bryan, TX, USA
- Phone
- 9797793663
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Food Banks, Pantries
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $18,481,398
- Expenses
- $18,007,787
- Assets
- $10,845,626
- Liabilities
- $125,956
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
24 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARCUS ALSUP (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
- DR THEODORE GEORGE (PRESIDENT)
- PHILIP RODRIGUEZ (VICE PRESIDENT)
- THERESA MANGAPORA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- THERESA MANGAPORA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $130,021 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Cultivate an environment where our community can grow, contribute and thrive together. A more resilient brazos valley where nutritious food and opportunity are attainable for all.
What it reported doing in 2024
The brazos valley food bank (bvfb) unites our community to nourish our neighbors in need. As the region's anti-hunger hub, bvfb mobilizes thousands of donors and volunteers with more than 100 food distribution and program partners to advance a hunger-free brazos valley. Each year, bvfb distributes millions of meals through its agency network, helping feed tens of thousands of neighbors across brazos, burleson, grimes, madison, robertson, and Washington counties. To expand access, bvfb also operates children's backpack and senior bag programs, school-based and mobile pantries, home delivery, benefits enrollment and referrals, nutrition education, healthcare-based food insecurity screening and intervention, and case management and career support services.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 87% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
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: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 92.8%; rating input score 93
- Program expense ratio: 95.2%; rating input score 95
- Fundraising efficiency: $37.63 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 99.7%; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
- 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 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.6; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.7%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 92.8% of revenue deployed · 95.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $17.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $130K · 24 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $971K reported
- Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 7 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.