Crawford County Hunger Fighters Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463238015
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Denison, IA, USA
Phone
7122634606
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$51,473
Expenses
$40,578
Assets
$82,458

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WARREN A HAWN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • WARREN A HAWN (PRESIDENT)
  • ELAINE GOTTO (TREASURER)
  • RACHEL GREENE (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 the county elementary schools with a weekly "backpack program" - the purpose is to provide elementary students of needy families a supplement to the child's food requirements through the weekend when schools meals are not available. There are currently 424 students on a weekly basis that are provided with a "backpack" for the weekend. Establish and operate a monthly "bulk food" distribution center - the purpose is to provide residents of crawford county, Iowa a bulk food distribution center working in association with the siouxland regional food bank. The county's population has 25% of the resident's whose income is at or below the level to qualify for food stamps

What it reported doing in 2025

Establish and operate a monthly bulk food distribution center - working with the siouxland regional food bank - distribution provided to residents of crawford county Iowa - approximately 25% of the county's population has income at or below the level to qualify for food stamps - the initial monthly bulk food distribution was held in december, 2013. There were 11 food distributions held during 2025. There was over 118,969 pounds of food distributed to over 2,500 families involving over 4,100 adults and 2,300 children.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% 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. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.2%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 98%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 21.2%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.03; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.2% of revenue deployed · 98% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $40K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.