Christian Food Pantry Incorporated
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 843307080
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Lakewood, WI, USA
- Phone
- 9207708339
- Rating
- 63
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Food Programs
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $118,494
- Expenses
- $78,799
- Assets
- $80,568
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jerry Parise (Vice-President)
- Scott Wycherley (President)
People named in this filing
- Jerry Parise (Vice-President)
- Scott Wycherley (President)
- Dan Muhlenbeck (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
Christian Food Pantry The Christian Food Pantry located at 15290 Hwy. 32, Lakewood, is a ministry of area Christian churches. Contributing congregations include St. John Lutheran, Townsend; St. Mary of the Lakes, Lakewood and its satellite churches in Silver Cliff and Crooked Lake. Also St. Ambrose, Wabeno; St. Michael's, Suring; St. Michael's Chapel, Mountain; Forest Larger Parish Presbyterian Churches in Lakewood and Wabeno, and Tabor Lutheran, Mountain. We have been serving the community on a regular basis since March of 1999. Anyone who needs help is welcome to register regardless of income. A box of non-perishable food items is given to each family. The number of items depends on family size as does the amount of the perishable food grocery voucher, ranging from $8 - $72 and good at Mikes in Townsend or Super Valu in Lakewood. as well as sundry items including toilet paper and paper towel in our "bonus box" which are in add
What it reported doing in 2025
Super Value Vouchers given out
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 93% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 33
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 73
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 28.5%; rating input score 28
- Program expense ratio: 42.1%; rating input score 42
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: 33.5%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.02; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -13.9% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 28.5% of revenue deployed · 42.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $33K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 28/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 42/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.