Community Grocery Store Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
394649980
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Bowling Green, KY, USA
Phone
2702021031
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food Banks, Pantries

Reported finances

Revenue
$64,325
Expenses
$30,520
Assets
$100,570
Liabilities
$1,825

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Gary L Verst (President)
  • Linda Holian (President-Elect)

People named in this filing

  • Gary L Verst (President)
  • Linda Holian (President-Elect)
  • Clara D Verst (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

The primary exempt purpose of Community Grocery Store Inc is to help meet food needs of food-insecure households in the community

What it reported doing in 2025

Grocery Store The Community Grocery Store provides food to food-insecure families in the community through a grocery store set-up in which shoppers select the individual items they want and can use Shoppers are allowed to shop free of charge at the grocery store once every 30 days to help meet their food needs During the period of September 30 2025 through December 31 2025 the initial short tax year of the corporation the store served 337 households which included 901 family members Of these family members 229 were children aged 0-17 and 234 seniors over the age of 60 Unlike other food pantries this grocery store provides milk meat and produce to families in need in addition to shelf stable items

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

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 47.4%; rating input score 47
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 52.6%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.3; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 47.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $31K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.