Dutchess Outreach Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

The lunch box community meal program provides hot midday meals six days a week to hundreds of community members each year. Evening meals are also served between 15 and 20 times a month. During the fiscal year 2024-2025, the lunch box served 99,646 meals and continues to improve on the quality of food served through chefs on staff and sourcing fresh and local ingredients. In the fiscal year an additional 74,901 meals were served to an emergency shelter. Within the emergency financial assistance/advocacy & referral program, dutchess outreach works on a case by case basis with families and individuals who are facing different kinds of emergencies in their lives. During the fiscal year 2024-2025, the organization was able to provide 7,364 towards prescription medications. Dutchess outreach was able to provide 6,866 in utility and heating assistance and 2,834 in housing support. The children's clothing closet provided over 700 families with free, gently used clothing for their children. The annual susan dekeukelaere memorial coat drive collects and distributes over approximately 6,000-7,000 coats and winter essentials through sites in surrounding towns. Acts of kindness (aok) works with human services agencies to provide clients with household items that they cannot afford to purchase on their own. Aok was able to help 632 people in the 2024-2025 fiscal year. The farm stand is another point of access to healthy food. The farm stands operate three times a month and distributed a combined 141,000 pounds of free food to around over 3,000 households in fiscal year 2024-2025. The farm stand has evolved to more than just a food distribution site, visitors can also access additional services such as health screenings, school supplies, library cards and more.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 82.1%; rating input score 82
• Program expense ratio: 81.4%; rating input score 81
• Fundraising efficiency: $12.72 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 46; 46th 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; 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 1.5%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.93; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 4.2%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings