Community Food Response
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 411757102
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Rochester, MN, USA
- Phone
- 5079931366
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Emergency Assistance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $204,721
- Expenses
- $109,647
- Assets
- $275,602
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHRISTINA TATTING (PRESIDENT)
- ASH GUTPA (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- PERNELL R MEIER (SITE COORDINATOR): $28,872 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We are a non-profit, volunteer-rich organization serving hungry adults and children in the rochester area since 1993 by rescuing extra food from local area kitchens, thereby keeping this food out of our waste stream; this is a win-win for us all! Our cfr drivers rescue food that would otherwise be thrown away from hospitals, restaurants, cafeterias, businesses, and grocery stores and bring the food to our distribution site. The food is sorted and then distributed, free of charge, to anyone facing food insecurity. We require no registration, residency, or income requirements. In addition to helping people in need, cfr helps our partner food donors avoid sending edible food into our waste stream.we serve adults and families with children in need of food. No one is turned away, and clients don't have to provide financial or employment information to qualify for this program or receive food.
What it reported doing in 2024
Rescued 183,000 pounds of food from the local waste stream. Distributed 186,000 meals to area families in during fy24.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% 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 most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 51
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 69
- Sustainability: 72
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 44.1%; rating input score 44
- Program expense ratio: 81%; rating input score 81
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 46.4%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.51; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 26.3%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 44.1% of revenue deployed · 81% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $89K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $29K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- 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 44/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.