Northern Virginia Food Rescue

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
853050369
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Manassas, VA, USA
Phone
7038225205
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food Banks, Pantries

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,201,276
Expenses
$5,240,653
Assets
$159,502
Liabilities
$36,796

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JULIA BIGGINS (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MEGAN FRANCO (EXECUTIVE DI): $101,971 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Northern Virginia food rescue is responding to the disconnect between wasting 40% of our food while 1 in 6 go hungry. Northern Virginia food rescue aims to address the disconnect in distribution-in supply and access-by rescuing food about to go to waste and directly distributing to organizations that serve communities in need. One goal of northern Virginia food rescue is to bring healthy options to the table for families in need. We are committed to helping break the link between poverty and poor health. Rather than being sent to a landfill, rescued food is used to create nutritious meals for some of the region's food insecure residents.

What it reported doing in 2024

Accomplishments/description: northern Virginia food rescue works at the intersection of hunger relief, public health, and environmental sustainability to address the root causes and consequences of food insecurity. By rescuing and redistributing surplus food that would otherwise go to waste, we ensure that residents of greater prince william county and the surrounding region have consistent access to fresh, nutritious food. We rescued 2,403,691 lbs of food; provided 2,003,075 meals to the community; mitigated 2,841,009 metric tons of co2 emissions and provided food to 110 nonprofits and schools.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 91% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.9%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 97.2%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: $216.15 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 60%; rating input score 60; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.8%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.9%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.4% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.9% of revenue deployed · 97.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 11 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $102K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 39 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 37 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.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.