Manna - the Durango Soup Kitchen

What it reported doing in 2025

Community Kitchen & Food Market: Manna's food access programs respond to the diverse ways in which food insecurity manifests, offering both daily meals and groceries. The Take-out Window provides low-barrier food access by serving hot, daily meals five days a week, four hours a day. All are welcome to receive meals with no questions asked and no forms to be filled out. People can select a variety of food and dietary options, centering participant choice. These meals are not only served at Manna, but delivered to partner agencies across the county, addressing rural food insecurity. In 2025, Manna served 43,139 low-barrier, hot daily meals. Located within the Resource Center, Mannas No-Cost Food Market is like a grocery store with refrigerators, produce, shelf stable food items and shopping carts. Participants freely select from an array of nutritious foods based on dietary needs, culturally appropriate and desired food choices. The Food Market is open four days a week and include evening operating hours accommodate those on varied schedules. In 2025, the Food Market had 12,515 visits and distributed 308,396 pounds of food, serving 2,731 unique individuals. Manna prioritizes utilizing high quality, nutrient dense, locally grown produce as often as possible. Our onsite garden grows over 2,000 lbs of produce each year, all of which is distributed at no cost through our market and take-out window.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 70.3%; rating input score 70
• Program expense ratio: 91.9%; rating input score 92
• Fundraising efficiency: $48.09 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Missing
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th 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 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 23.8%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.2; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5.1%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 18.6% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 18.2% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings