Bread Shed Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271827701
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Poplar Bluff, MO, USA
Phone
5737127356
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food Programs
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$114,367
Expenses
$132,480
Assets
$104,827

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JIM WARD (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JIM WARD (PRESIDENT)
  • CHERYL BAKER (SECRETARY/TR)
  • DIANE JONES (DIRECTOR)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To feed the hungry, spiritually and physically, and act as an extension of the love of jesus christ.

What it reported doing in 2024

Mobile food pantry & saturday breakfast: bread shed provides a monthly mobile food pantry in butler, ripley, and carter counties in southeast Missouri. This mobile food pantry provides approximately 30,000 individuals with food for a week. The food totals to approximately 150,000 lbs. In addition to the food pantry, bread shed provides a free breakfast on food pantry distribution days. Approximately 425 people are fed during the monthly breakfasts. In 2016, bread shed began weekly free lunch on sunday. Free sunday lunch is provided 50 weeks per year and approximately 250 people are fed during each sunday lunch. In 2020, bread shed began a mobile shower that operates at their building, and they began to provide toiletries and clean undergarments to attendees.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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: 82
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99.1%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -15.8%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 27.4%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $131K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 10/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.