Food Bank of the Rockies

Overview

Mission

Ignite the power of community to nourish people facing hunger. Food Bank of the Rockies is the largest hunger-relief organization in the Rocky Mountain region, making us uniquely suited to answer the enormous challenge of hunger. Since 1978, we’ve put the power of community to work for our neighbors in need through partnerships, programs, and support from people like you. Our mission is to ignite the power of community to nourish people facing food insecurity. We show up for anyone experiencing hunger knowing that food insecurity can impact any of us at various points throughout our lives. The circumstances of the people we support may be different, but we never waver from our mission of nourishing our community members in need of food. Young boy holdin.

Operating model

Revenue model

Donor-supported. 75% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.

Distribution model

Direct operator. The filing allocates 87% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 85
• Transparency & Controls: 85
• Accountability: 100
• Sustainability: 56
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
• Where the money goes: 84.5% of revenue deployed · 92.3% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
• Programs: 7 filed program accomplishments · $148.5M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $381K · 33 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $37.7M reported
• Consistency: 41 of 42 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
• Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
• Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 191 filed money-flow records
• Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
• 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

• Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.
• Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
• High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.