Full Plates Full Potential

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
822032867
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Brunswick, ME, USA
Phone
8577569274
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,890,664
Expenses
$3,107,566
Assets
$11,286,037
Liabilities
$242,587

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JUSTIN STRASBURGER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JUSTIN STRASBURGER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $134,900 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We are ending childhood hunger by helping schools and nonprofits maximize participation in usda child nutrition programs. We support initiatives that reach food-insecure children with free and reduced price meals through the national school lunch program, school breakfast program, child and adult care food programs, and the summer food service program.

What it reported doing in 2024

The outreach program for snap: full plates full potential began work, in partial partnership with the state of Maine, to expand and strengthen outreach efforts related to the supplemental nutrition assistance program, the largest federal anti-hunger program in the country. Full plates developed training and outreach materials and delivered resources into the field. Expenses: $8,211all other programs providing grants and staff time and support towards the goal of ending childhood food insecurity in Maine. Expenses: $242,825total expenses for other programs: $251,036

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 89% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 74% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 50
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 86
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 25.1%; rating input score 25
  • Program expense ratio: 85%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: $39.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 18.7%; rating input score 19; 9th 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; 66th 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: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 71.5%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.63; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.3%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 26% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 40.2% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 49.8% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 25.1% of revenue deployed · 85% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $135K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 32 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 37 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 37 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 25/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 19/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.