New York Common Pantry

What it reported doing in 2024

Choice pantry bronx: choice pantry bronx distributes a variety of wholesome and healthy foods via 'pantry packages' to any low-income new yorker, emphasizing those residing in the bronx. In fy25, the program operated on a tuesday-to-saturday schedule for enrollment and emergency packages and distributed regular pantry packages from thursday to saturday. In fy25, the program served 1,759,692 meals (a 12% increase from fy24) to 127,078 visitors (an increase of 7% from fy24). The cost per meal at choice pantry bronx was $0.90.total expenses: $1,580,964help 365: helped 365 bronx, manhattan, and mobile programs screened and accessed resources for 61,155 low-income new yorkers in fy25. The program comprises help 365 bronx, help 365 manhattan, and the help 365 mobile team. The mobile team focuses on snap benefits and travels to communities where data indicates there is underutilization of the benefit. Together, these three help 365 programs cost $1,556,411 and directly accessed $10,148,290 for those served, a return on investment (roi) of $6.52 for every dollar spent.total expenses: $1,556,411live healthy!: the live healthy! Delivers nutrition education and food equity interventions to culturally diverse snap-eligible populations at risk for food insecurity. The program serves new yorkers across all boroughs, providing resources for partner organizations through print and virtual efforts. The live healthy program hosts nutrition education workshops virtually and at partner sites throughout the communities served. Over 280 workshops were offered in fy25, serving 7,547 visitors. Live healthy program also leads food equity initiatives: foodmd, a fruit and vegetable prescription program, and farm share, a community-supported agriculture model. Foodmd works with federally qualified health centers and other clinical community partners to screen and refer patients experiencing food-related chronic disease and food insecurity within the household. 24 unique participants visitors participated in foodmd workshops in fy25. The farm share initiative provided over 124,005 lbs. Of food to 530 unique individuals in fy25. This program was eliminated due to changes in federal funding. Staffing and program were thus impacted in fy25 and the program will need to find alternative funding sources in fy26 and beyond.total expenses: $1,100,403hot meals: the hot meal program primarily serves the homeless and those unable to provide food in their homes for themselves. In fy25, it operated over 250 lunch events and served 47,574 meals. The brown bag service (food distributed on days when the hot meal program was not administered) served 20,386 meals. The cost per meal for brown bags and hot meals in fy25 was $9.63.total expenses: $654,521project dignity: project dignity provides various critical services to the homeless, including showers, haircuts, laundry, mail, psychiatric support, and housing referral and placement. In fy25, the program provided 3,010 showers, helped 188 guests use nycp as their mailing address, referred/assisted 31 people to/with tele-health psychiatric services, and completed 30 housing applications. The program accessed $619,560 in resources for homeless guests, with a return on investment (roi) of $2.55 for every $1 spent on the program.total expenses: $242,825

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 78.3%; rating input score 78
• Program expense ratio: 79.5%; rating input score 79
• Fundraising efficiency: $13.36 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• 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: 2.4%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.15; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5.2%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 16.6% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings