Montgomery County Food Bank
Legal name: Montgomery County Food Bank Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 760153892
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Aug 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Conroe, TX, US
- Phone
- 936-271-8800
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $42,343,878
- Expenses
- $40,367,942
- Assets
- $20,156,403
- Liabilities
- $341,468
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
20 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KRISTINE M MARLOW (PRESIDENT & CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- KRISTINE M MARLOW (PRESIDENT & CEO): $173,521 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Uniting the community to fight hunger.
What it reported doing in 2024
The vision of montgomery county food bank is a community where everyone has access to sufficient, nutritious food. Through its network of more than 90 partner agencies, independent school districts, and mobile market programs, montgomery county food bank served an average of over 85,000 client contacts each month and distributed over 9 million meals during the 2024-25 fiscal year. Additionally, montgomery county food bank works in partnership with local food retailers and wholesalers to provide a solution to food waste by rescuing fresh produce that would otherwise go to the landfill. As part of its green initiatives program, the food bank operates an onsite produce rescue center that allows the organization to distribute fresh fruits and vegetables, emphasizing the importance of sustainability and healthy food choices. Much of the food that is determined to be non-consumable is still utilized at farms, wildlife rescue centers, or is composted for fertilizer. In the fiscal year 2024-25, mcfb program service accomplishments: provided 285,373 meals to children through our backpack buddy program and school pantries, over 227,203 meals with our senior food assistance program and coordinated 326 drive through mobile food distributions in addition to supplying food to our partner pantries.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 90% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 71
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.4%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 95.9%; rating input score 96
- Fundraising efficiency: $53.68 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 19th 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; 66th 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: 4.7%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.4%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 9 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 91.4% of revenue deployed · 95.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $38.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $174K · 20 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $3.9M reported
- Consistency: 35 of 36 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 129 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 81 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.