Community Interfaith Food Pantry
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 208721721
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Belleville, IL, United States
- Phone
- 618-355-9199
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
- Affiliation
- Interfaith
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,369,400
- Expenses
- $1,275,971
- Assets
- $1,526,030
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
25 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JERRY PIERCE - HEISLER (PRESIDENT)
- ROGER SPRENGEL (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MARK WALZ (MEMBER)
- LUANNE SZOPA (MEMBER)
- WESLEY FRICK (MEMBER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Community Interfaith Food Pantry is a nonprofit charitable organization, 501(c)(3), governed by a board whose members are selected by the participating faith communities: St. Matthew United Methodist, Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic, St. Luke Catholic, St. Teresa Catholic, Christ United Church of Christ, St. Paul United Church of Christ, Westview Baptist, First United Presbyterian, Trinity United Church of Christ, Zion Lutheran, and Agidas Achim Beth Israel. Our mission: To improve the health and well-being of individuals and families by providing food assistance to those in need in the designated service area. IMG_3550.JPG.
What it reported doing in 2025
Our only program service is to provide emergency food assistance to low-income families, seniors, and homeless persons. Food packages are customized for each household based on family size, ages (infants vs. Teenagers vs. Seniors), food allergies, or health issues. During 2025, the pantry processed and distributed 433,869 pounds of food donated by the general public, area grocery stores and food banks. Additionally, the pantry purchased and distributed $332,487 of meat, dairy products and groceries.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 87% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 92% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 95
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 92.2%; rating input score 92
- Program expense ratio: 98.8%; rating input score 99
- Fundraising efficiency: $2,868.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.8%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.2; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 92.2% of revenue deployed · 98.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 25 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 11 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.