Central Food Ministry Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043228313
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Lowell, MA, USA
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$119,780
Expenses
$73,919
Assets
$193,973

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Timothy Nadler (Vice President)
  • Douglas Stevenson (President)

People named in this filing

  • Timothy Nadler (Vice President)
  • Douglas Stevenson (President)
  • Karen Hergert (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

Central Food Ministry provides food clothing and hope to the people of Lowell MA and surrounding communities. In fiscal year 2025 CFM provided service to approximately 2,000 people per month. CFM aims to provide 5 days of food for each family member.

What it reported doing in 2025

Food: Central Food Ministry provides food for 5 days to approximately 2,000 people each month or about 6,800 households per year. Provision of food must include the transportation of the food proper storage of the food and disposal of spoiled food. Pest control and sanitation are essential for safe food handling. The telephone and computer are essential for registering clients and taking reservations

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.8%; rating input score 72
  • 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: 38.3%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.62; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.2% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.2% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 11 filed program accomplishments · $86K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.