Lunch Break Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
222440028
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Red Bank, NJ, USA
Phone
7327478577
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Soup Kitchens

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,146,296
Expenses
$6,727,793
Assets
$10,442,528
Liabilities
$1,504,721

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

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JUANITA LEWIS (PRESIDENT)
  • ROBIN KLEIN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • GWENDOLYN O LOVE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • GWENDOLYN O LOVE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $237,479 total reported compensation
  • KEVIN MCGEE (DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS): $124,946 total reported compensation
  • JILL GWYDIR (DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT): $119,012 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Lunch break freely provides food, emergency shelter, clothing and life skills to those in need in monmouth county and beyond. We seek to break the cycle of poverty providing support to those in search of healthier, self-sufficient and productive lifestyles.

What it reported doing in 2024

Additional lunchbreak offerings include like skills, clara's closet, youth services, health & wellness, womyn's worth and other services. Life skills provides personalized assistance for job readiness, resume building, professional presentation, interview prep, and effective communication. Clara's closet is community-driven and dedicated to collecting, sorting, and sharing gently worn clothing with those who need it most. Youth services aims to grow brighter futures with access to resources and opportunities to the young people of our community. Health and wellness programing aims to support and improve the overall health of the lunch break community. Womyn's worth is a specific program that offers life coaching and personal development to the women of our community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.8%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 81.5%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $12.77 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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; 63rd 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: -9.5%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.55; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.2%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.7% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.8% of revenue deployed · 81.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 25 of 25 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $5.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $237K · 28 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $289K reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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 46/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 41/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.