Community United Pantry

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
371238874
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Carterville, IL, USA
Phone
6189853171
Rating
94
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$70,248
Expenses
$61,508
Assets
$76,581
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KATHY RENSHAW (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LORETTA MCRAVEN (BOARD MEMBER)
  • KATHY RENSHAW (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DIANNA HALL (BOARD 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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide free food for low income families.

What it reported doing in 2025

The community united pantry (cup) is staffed by church volunteers and operated to provided free food for needy individuals and families. Cup opeartes as a food pantry. Cash donations and the proceeds from the sale of donated clothing and housewares is used to purchase food for distribution to the needy. During 2025 cup provided 1,976 boxes of free food to households which included 5,222 individuals. Distributed free food includes canned goods, boxed products, and frozen meats. In addition, carts of overstocked canned goods, boxed products, and bread are available for free to those who want to select some of these 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Assets have declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.2%; rating input score 90
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.4%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.25; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.5% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -14.7% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $62K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.