Ohio Association of Foodbanks

Legal name: Ohio Association of Foodbanks Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
341677838
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Columbus, OH, United States
Phone
6142214336
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food Banks, Pantries

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$50,044,722
Expenses
$51,230,014
Assets
$13,996,762
Liabilities
$2,875,869

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOREE NOVOTNY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOREE NOVOTNY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $190,196 total reported compensation
  • BRYAN REAT (SENIOR DIRECTOR): $171,331 total reported compensation
  • CAROLYN HARSHBARGER (SENIOR DIRECTOR): $140,736 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to assist Ohio's 12 feeding america member affiliated foodbanks with providing food and resources to people in need and to pursue areas of common interest for the benefit of people in need.

What it reported doing in 2024

The federal national service agency, americorps, funds the Ohio association of foodbanks to operate an americorps vista program. Vista members are placed at dozens of non-profit and community organizations where they enagage in capacity building activities like fundraising, volunteer recruitment, and program design. Americorps also provided funding for a seniorcorps demonstration project, which ended in this fiscal year. Americorps provides funds to serveohio, Ohio's commission on service and volunteerism, to support americorps state and national programs. The Ohio association of foodbanks was awarded a planning grant by serveohio to prepare an evidence-based program design for the future launch of an americorps state program.in partnership with the usda food and nutrition service, the Ohio department of job and family services, and 10 Ohio foodbanks, the Ohio association of foodbanks operates supplemental nutrition assistance program (snap) outreach and application assistance activities to connect Ohio households that are likely eligible with these federal nutrition assistance benefits.in partnership with the Ohio department of development and its partner, the veterans comprehensive assistance program, the Ohio association of foodbanks conducts home energy assistance program (heap) outreach and application assistance activities to connect likely eligible Ohio households with this utility assistance program.the governor's office of faith-based and community initiatives provided reduced funding to the Ohio association of foodbanks to support a limited number of mobile farmers markets for families with children during summer break to supplement meals available through the federal summer food service program.the Ohio association of foodbanks partnered with the Ohio department of job and family services and osu extension on the state of Ohio's snap education plan, connecting nutrition education specialists and food assistance providers with educational and informational resources for hungry families and partnering on outreach and education events.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 96% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 92% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.5%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 97.2%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3,387.14 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.4%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.8%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.6% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 99.5% of revenue deployed · 97.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $49.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $190K · 18 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 36 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 18 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.