Community Harvest Food Bank

What it reported doing in 2024

Other programs: farm wagon provides fresh produce as well as a variety of other foods to clients throughout our nine-county service region. Refrigerated trucks visit multiple locations throughout the month to distribute fresh foods to individuals and families in identified food deserts, both rural and urban. The farm wagon mobile pantry is a key program focusing our efforts to provide fresh, nutrient dense foods to clients who do not have affordable access to such items. Kids backpack program provides a ten-pound bag of shelf stable food to disadvantaged and at-risk children and teens up to age 18 every weekend year-round. While kids and teens have school lunches and other meal programs available during the week, these can often be the only meals they can count on. Backpack provides a healthy food resource for these children to count on during the weekend when other programs are unavailable. Each bag contains protein, fruits, vegetables, snacks, juice, and soups to provide balanced nutrition to each recipient, plus a hungry sibling. Kids caf and summer feeding programs provide after school and summer meals to children without reliable access to meals. Through the usda and state of Indiana, chfb provides food to designated feeding sites, such as parks and recreation, and youth activity centers. Volunteers prepare meals for children in attendance, and site staff provide enrichment activities, such as educational or outdoor activities. These programs blend nicely with kids backpack as, combined, they ensure that children are fed every day of the week. Saturday helping hands provides groceries to families each week from 8-10 a.m., including foods such as produce, dairy, bread and bakery, and other available items. Volunteers and staff serve all who attend, often hundreds of families per week (averaging 1,627 families). Chfb participates in the following usda and state of Indiana programs: the emergency food assistance program (tefap), commodity supplemental food program (csfp), child and adult care food program (cacfp), and summer food service program (sfsp).

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 97.2%; rating input score 97
• Program expense ratio: 95.4%; rating input score 95
• Fundraising efficiency: $58.59 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -0.2%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0.6%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings