Green Cares Food Pantry Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
920669347
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Monticello, WI, USA
Phone
6089384238
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food Banks, Pantries

Reported finances

Revenue
$541,247
Expenses
$460,962
Assets
$567,143
Liabilities
$39,463

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARCIA VOSS (PRESIDENT)
  • MARY GAFNER (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MARCIA VOSS (PRESIDENT)
  • MARY GAFNER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KAREN GIERHART (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

To serve low-income green county Wisconsin households by providing healthy and nutritious food, and linking household members to employment opportunities, community resources, non-profit programming, and governmental benefits to improve the economic condition of the household. We assist in providing the basic needs for our clients by ensuring all people have access to nutritious food. We promote quality of life for all and community engagement, and we serve as an advocate for low-income citizens.

What it reported doing in 2025

The green cares food pantry (pantry) was established in 2009 and previously operated under another tax-exempt organization, southwestern Wisconsin community action program (swcap). In 2022, the pantry was granted its own tax-exempt status and has now undertaken its mission and activities under its own entity.this pantry provides food to low-income families in green county, Wisconsin, and is currently the largest food pantry in green county. Its goals are to assist in providing the basic needs for low-income clients by ensuring all people have access to nutritious food, especially the youth and elderly; to promote quality of life for all; to serve as an advocate for low-income citizens and to promote community engagement.in 2025 the pantry served a total of 3,093 households with a total of 7,921 individuals. Of these 30% were children under the age of 18, 41% were adults aged 18-59, and 29% were adults over the age of 60. There are 3 different pantries each week at various times for a total of nearly 40 hours a month staffed by all volunteers. Our goal is simply to see that no one goes hungry in green county.

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 89% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.1%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 94.2%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: $286.35 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.8%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.23; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.1% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.1% of revenue deployed · 94.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $434K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.