Commonfood Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
825515280
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
Location
State College, PA, USA
Phone
8144098584
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food Banks, Pantries

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$168,750
Expenses
$67,573
Assets
$415,558
Liabilities
$100,000

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • James Leaman (President)
  • Mike Prinkey (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • James Leaman (President)
  • Mike Prinkey (Vice President)
  • Sheryl Leaman (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

CommonFood provides approximately 85 pounds of nutritional food to approx 200 families on the third Saturday of each month in the Centre County region of Pa. We continue our non-profit as 100% volunteer so all donations go towards the purchase and distribution of the food. In 2025 CommonFood "Rescued" 165,513 lbs of food that would have been thrown into the landfill. On July 30, 2025 CommonFood purchased a building to pack food for distribution.

What it reported doing in 2025

CommonFood provided approximately 85 pounds of nutritional food to approx 200 families on the third Saturday of each month in the Centre County region of Pa. We currently have a waiting list that continually averages 30-40 families. We are 100% volunteer so all donations go towards the purchase and distribution of the food. In 2025 CommonFood picked up over 165,000 pounds of "rescue food" that would have been disposed of in a landfill. We did make the puchase of a building to call our own, July 30, 2025! The trailer grant from PA was just approved which will be included on next years filing. After a year of waiting, now we'll wait as the trailer needs to be manufactured.

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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 82
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 40.2%; rating input score 40
  • 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: 60%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.15; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.2% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 40.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $68K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.