Hunger Relief Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832689649
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2021
Location
Forney, TX, USA
Phone
4692610174
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food Banks, Pantries

Reported finances

Revenue
$882,243
Expenses
$250,042
Assets
$1,197,590
Liabilities
$600,801

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

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AMANDA LEWIS (President)

People named in this filing

  • AMANDA LEWIS (President)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Hunger relief ministries is organized for the purpose of improving all lives - especially those in need - through food assistance, enhanced nutrition, and access to community services.

What it reported doing in 2024

Hunger relief ministries is organized for the purpose of feeding the hungry, caring for the impoverished, and other charitable purposes. Accomplishments during 2024 include implementing a plan to carry out hunger relief ministries' mission in future years, purchasing a transitional house for rehabilitating families, caring for homeless, participating in other charitable events with community groups, successfully fundraising for expenses, and finding assets needed to further carry out the charitable mission.expenses included below include operating costs and revenues related to the purchase and operating of the transitional house, repair and maintenance costs thereon, donations of food and other goods, and providing housing and shelter to homeless and other needy individuals.

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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 0
  • Sustainability: 82
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.2%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 98.5%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 71.7%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.79; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.5; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 33.4% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 44% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.2% of revenue deployed · 98.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 1 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $246K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.