Good Food Council of Lewiston-Auburn C/o AVCOG
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 872485352
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Auburn, ME, USA
- Phone
- 2077839186
- Rating
- 93
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $81,501
- Expenses
- $74,552
- Assets
- $114,244
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
People named in this filing
- Camille Parrish (Director)
- Chloe Meyers (Director)
- Chris Piercey (Director)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Create and support food improvements in L-A area
What it reported doing in 2024
Identify and work to solve gaps in the food system, provide non-partisan research and educational resources in matter of public policy, raising awareness of and support for local programs and businesses. Responding to emerging community needs and opportunities to improve the L-A area.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 81% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.5%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 8.5%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.53; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -7.9% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 91.5% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $75K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.