Kenosha County Food Bank

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843700363
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Kenosha, WI, USA
Phone
2629958318
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food Banks, Pantries

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$122,828
Expenses
$92,239
Assets
$281,070
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TERI KNUESE (PRESIDENT)
  • KARLA KREHBIEL (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • TERI KNUESE (PRESIDENT)
  • KARLA KREHBIEL (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • TINA SCHMITZ (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide food distribution services to emergency food pantries, shelters, and community meal sites. The organization also provides information, referral, and advocacy services. Kenosha county food bank is primarily funded through cash contributions and donations of food.

What it reported doing in 2025

Emergency food distribution and referral to obtain resources and facilitate the distribution of food, and other necessities through a network of direct service providers to individuals and families of kenosha county who are in need efficiently and effectively. In so doing, we will equalize the distribution of resources throughout the community and advocate on behalf of the community to reduce hunger.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 90% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.1%; rating input score 75
  • 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: 24.9%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.05; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 27.4% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $92K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.