Helena Food Share Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
363507623
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Helena, MT, USA
Phone
4064433663
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Food Banks, Pantries

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,068,728
Expenses
$5,811,358
Assets
$17,275,615
Liabilities
$5,990,440

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JORDAN EVERTZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • BRUCE DAY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRUCE DAY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $110,826 total reported compensation
  • JORDAN EVERTZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $12,115 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Helena food share serves our neighbors in need by providing food in a respectful and dignified way and by working with others to eliminate hunger in the greater helena area.

What it reported doing in 2024

Nutrition & sustainability: of the 1.83 million pounds of food distributed in 2024, helena food share rescued 825,007 pounds from local storesfood that otherwise would have gone onto the landfill. The commercial kitchen prepared more than 25,000 meals in 2025 using rescued ingredients, offering nutritious meals for market distribution while reducing food waste. The community room and demonstration garden hosted cooking classes, nutrition education, and sustainability programs for over 1,600 participants.agency collaboration: in 2024, a partnership with st. Peter's health and helena food share provided 508 food is care boxes for customers managing diet-sensitive conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension. In other collaborations, we delivered rescued food to local nonprofits serving unhoused individuals or those addressing mental health. And, ready-to-eat, high-calorie emergency food packs were distributed to 16 emergency and human service providers, supplying immediate nutrition for 5,958 individuals in urgent need of food.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 96
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.4%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 85.8%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.9 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 48; 48th 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.2%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.97; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.35; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23.6% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.4% of revenue deployed · 85.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 17 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $111K · 18 people listed
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.