Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore
Legal name: Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521219783
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Norfolk, VA, USA
- Phone
- (757) 627-6599
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Food Banks, Pantries
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $60,852,382
- Expenses
- $53,669,948
- Assets
- $35,066,091
- Liabilities
- $553,461
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
19 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Christopher Tan (President & CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Christopher Tan (President & CEO): $199,229 total reported compensation
- Melissa Smith (CDO): $133,236 total reported compensation
- Dean Wooten (CFO): $132,060 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Collaboration: We are appreciative of our community partners, donors, volunteers, and employees for their commitment and support. Equity: We will encourage increased access to resources and opportunities that people or communities need to reach their full potential. Diversity Statement. Mission, Vision, and Values Mission Statement Leading the effort to eliminate hunger in our community. Leading the effort to eliminate hunger in our community. Our Vision.
What it reported doing in 2024
During FY25, the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore, through its facilities and programs in Norfolk, Tasley, and Franklin, along with our partner agencies, distributed more than 24.6 million pounds of food, the equivalent of 20.5 million nutritious meals for individuals and families facing food insecurity. Of this, 7.9 million pounds were fresh fruits and vegetables, a 3% increase from the previous year, as we continue advancing from the food distribution business to the healthy food access business. This intentional focus ensures neighbors not only have enough to eat but have the nourishment needed for long-term health and well-being. The Foodbank's network of 226 partner agencies served nearly 1.9 million individuals, representing a 15.1% increase from the year prior. Our work was made possible by the commitment of 7,317 volunteers who dedicated 60,022 hours of service-the equivalent of 29 full-time employees. Despite operating with fewer resources than the previous year, their extraordinary effort and the collaboration of our partners allowed us to sustain and strengthen our impact across the 11 cities and counties we serve.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 81% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and some filed totals do not add up.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 88
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 63
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.3%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 94.6%; rating input score 95
- Fundraising efficiency: $35.46 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.8%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.65; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.1%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 85.3% of revenue deployed · 94.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $50.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $199K · 19 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $631K reported
- Consistency: 35 of 36 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
- 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.