Greater Lake Country Food Bank

Nonprofit profile at a glance

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.

2 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Distribute food to the needy and seniors in hi rises.

Revenue model: Grant-funded. 61% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: Limited
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: Limited
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: 38.1%; rating input score 38; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Limited
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Operating margin: -1%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.13; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 24.6%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: -5.3% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -5.2% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 8 of 21 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $633K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $133K · 2 people listed
Consistency: 23 of 24 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 2 filing years from 2010 to 2011
Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

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

Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 38/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.