Northwest Food Pantry Coalition

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
383010758
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Phone
6163005079
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Emergency Assistance

Reported finances

Revenue
$167,984
Expenses
$120,339
Assets
$217,837
Liabilities
$4,329

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID BALICKI (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DAVID BALICKI (PRESIDENT)
  • SHERRI BALICKI (SECRETARY)
  • RANDALL CLARK (VICE PRESIDE)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Operation of a food bank/pantry for the benefit of low income residents residing on the northwest side of the city of grand rapids, kent county, Michigan. The patrons of the food bank are prescreened for financial need. The corporation achieves its objectives by soliciting food donations and money donations and arranging for efficient distribution of its donations through the pantry. The organization may also provide clothing, personal and household items when needed. The food pantry is run by volunteers and paid pantry director and assistant director.

What it reported doing in 2025

Soliciting food and money donations for the benefit of low income residents residing in the grand rapids, kent county, Michigan area. The organization provides clothing, food and personal and household items when needed. Most donations come from area churches who take cash offerings for the benefit of the organization and also work with local meijer grocery stores for donations of gift cards.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 46
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 72
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 40.3%; rating input score 40
  • Program expense ratio: 56.3%; rating input score 56

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 28.4%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.81; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 40.3% of revenue deployed · 56.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $68K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 40/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.