Cor Jesu Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 596878607
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Titusville, FL, USA
- Phone
- 3213837352
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $231,697
- Expenses
- $224,467
- Assets
- $494,146
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Alex Rose (Trustee, CEO, Chairman)
People named in this filing
- Alex Rose (Trustee, CEO, Chairman)
- Carol Shalala (Trustee, Pantry Manager, Secretary)
- Vicky Shoemaker (Trustee)
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
Provide emergency food relief to the hungry in North Brevard. Food given out is nutritionally balanced for the individual or family receiving assistance. Personal hygiene products are provided when available. Assistance is available every other month. For Holidays (Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas) Clients are eligible to sign up for special Holiday packages. The facility is normally open three days a week. There is never a charge for any products or services provided.
What it reported doing in 2025
The fundamental purpose of the organization is helping the needy of North Brevard. Providing food is the top priority of the organization. Cor Jesu collects, Purchases, sorts, packages and distributes food to the needy at its facility located on South Hopkins Avenue in Titusville. In 2025, 1,992 households consisting of 3,679 individuals received food assistance. Most of the food consists of nonperishable boxed or canned items. Meats, when needed, are purchased from the local food bank. Eggs and butter are obtained locally. Perishable food is stored in refrigerators and freezers until distributed. Hygiene products are also provided when available. Volunteers pickup and collect food, others sort and stock the shelves, while others register new clients and assemble the bags that are given away. Each client receives one or more bags of non-perishable food, and most receive meats, eggs and bread. When Fresh fruits, vegetables and bakery items are available they are provided. All of our funds are used to purchase food and maintain the building and grounds.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 98% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.1%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.2; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -12.8% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -12.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 97% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $224K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
- 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.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.