Kids Fighting Hunger

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
200175197
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
St Cloud, MN, USA
Phone
3202031799
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food Banks, Pantries

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$111,441
Expenses
$102,439
Assets
$55,962
Liabilities
$26,762

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

People named in this filing

  • BOB ELLENBECKER (BOARD MEMBER)
  • RICHARD HANSEN (BOARD MEMBER)
  • JIM JACOBS (BOARD MEMBER)

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

Kids fighting hunger, inc. Engages the communities of central Minnesota through education, partnerships, and volunteerism to provide temporary hunger relief.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, kids fighting hunger strengthened its commitment to addressing food insecurity both regionally and worldwide. The organization held 26 packaging sessions supported by 2,818 volunteers, assembling nutritious oatmeal meals as well as its signature rice-based meal packets made with soy, dehydrated vegetables, vitamins, and minerals. A highlight of the year was the flagship november packaging event, where all 142,000 meals prepared that day were distributed within Minnesota, underscoring the organization's growing focus on meeting needs close to home. At the same time, kids fighting hunger continued its international partnership with food for kidz, helping extend life-sustaining food relief to communities around the world and contributing to the 3 million meals distributed globally by that organization.

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

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.6%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 97.4%; rating input score 97

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: 8.1%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.48; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.9% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.9% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.6% of revenue deployed · 97.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $100K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 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.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.