North Liberty Community Pantry

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
934107271
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
North Liberty, IA, USA
Phone
3196262711
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food Banks, Pantries

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,736,921
Expenses
$736,991
Assets
$4,836,412
Liabilities
$1,622,380

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RYAN BOBST (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • RYAN BOBST (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $75,741 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

North liberty community pantry engages the community in feeding, clothing, and connecting neighbors to resources and services.

What it reported doing in 2025

The community closet provides year-round access to gently used, in-season clothing and footwear for individuals and families in need. In 2025, the closet supported families by offering up to 10 clothing items, one pair of new underwear, and one pair of new socks per family member each month. Additionally, the program hosted a seasonal coat distribution in the fall, ensuring access to winter outerwear. This service supports the pantry's mission to meet basic needs with dignity and continues to be an essential resource for families in north liberty and rural johnson county. In 2025, north liberty community pantry distributed a total of 63,976 total clothing items to 2,689 unique individuals, 740 unique families, and 4,259 visits.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 72% for direct work, and 28% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 34.2%; rating input score 34
  • Program expense ratio: 77.7%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $29.65 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • 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: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 57.6%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.56; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.3%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 26.3% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.2% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 76% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 34.2% of revenue deployed · 77.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $573K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $76K · 16 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $1.7M reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 34/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.