Gods Pantry

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
465181719
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Plano, TX, USA
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Soup Kitchens

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$99,504
Expenses
$123,699
Assets
$147,265
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Sylvia Martinez (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Sylvia Martinez (Executive Director): $36,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

God's Pantry exists to extend a helping hand, to the needy, by providing food to anyone who is facing circumstances beyond their control. The pantry serves all people, with respect and compassion, allowing them to maintain their self-esteem and confidentiality during a difficult time in their life. We make a difference one person or family at a time. The pantry is a vocal advocate for the hungry and displaced.

What it reported doing in 2025

The primary program of the organization is the food pantry. In 2025 God's Pantry served 2,653 unduplicated individuals and 1,012 unduplicated households tracked from October 1 through December 31 in a new system by Feeding American (North Texas Food Bank). This does not include individuals served at the Pantry prior to the implementation of the new tracking system. Additionally, as many as 1332 new individuals visited between January and August. Each housed visitor received 60 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables, meat, starches and dairy. Homeless clients received 15 pounds of nonperishable food that is easy to carry and manage on the go. One of the things that changed with the program in 2025 is clients were allowed to choose which type of meats and breads they want. Previously, meat and bread items were pre-packaged by volunteers and distributed. The government shutdown caused an increase in visitors for a period of time.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 92.2%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 9th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -24.3%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.19; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 29.1%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -30.6% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8.4% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 92.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $114K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $36K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 16 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.