El-Ada Inc Community Action Partnership
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 820277682
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Boise, ID, USA
- Phone
- 2083770700
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,708,385
- Expenses
- $6,506,523
- Assets
- $3,044,738
- Liabilities
- $1,087,601
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Katrina Vincent (Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Katrina Vincent (Executive Director): $105,896 total reported compensation
- Tina Lingel (Financial Director): $99,859 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Assist low-income families with food, housing, and weatherization improvements.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Emergency Food Assistance Program provides food security for low-income families by providing them with food assistance at no cost. Through this program we purchase and distribute nutritious American-grown foods to local emergency food providers like food banks and soup kitchens for distribution to families and individuals in need. From the farms to the food banks to the people in need. This is what The Emergency Food Assistance Program is all about.The Purpose - To provide emergency food assistance: The program supplements food for low-income families and individuals. - To support American Agriculture: Through the program we purchase a variety of healthy foods, like fruits, vegetables, meats, and dairy products directly from American farmers and producers. - To strengthen the nation's nutrition safety net: The program works with states to ensure that food is available to those who need it most through a network of food banks.The Impact - Reduce hunger and malnutrition: The program alleviates hunger and provides essential nourishment for families and individuals. - Improve health: Consistent access to healthy foods can lead to better overall health. - Foster community connection: The program builds community resilience and solidarity by engaging people in helping their neighbors.The Outcome - Alleviating hunger: El Ada and our partner food banks have provided food security for 83,502 households and 231,716 individuals throughout the Treasure Valley in 2024. - Reducing food waste: In 2024 we received 200,948 pounds of food donations. - Support community well-being: We serve as a hub for the community and connect people to other essential services and support programs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 96% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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.
- 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 21
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.7%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: 80.8%; rating input score 81
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: Limited
- 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: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- 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: -14%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.2%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 93.7% of revenue deployed · 80.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $5.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $106K · 14 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $886K reported
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.