Open Door Food Pantry Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311030456
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Hamilton, OH, USA
Phone
5138683276
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$707,397
Expenses
$676,359
Assets
$208,823
Liabilities
$425

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL REARDON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • WILLIAM C MENSE (PRESIDENT)
  • ANN MARIE CILLEY (VICE-PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHAEL REARDON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $27,028 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Open door food pantry, inc. Is an Ohio non-profit corporation which distributes groceries on an emergency, temporary basis while teaching self-help to needy, low income, disadvantaged persons and families in the city of hamilton area butler, county, Ohio. The agency is located in a low income, racially mixed neighborhood with a high unemployement rate. The purpose of our organization is to provide 3-5 days of sufficient emergency food for the needy individual or family

What it reported doing in 2025

The agency pantry is located in a low income population area. The neighborhood around the pantry is a racially mixed area with a high rate of unemployed people. The organization is a provider of sufficient emergency food for 3-5 days. Approximately 25,500 needy individuals and family units were served food in year 2025. The organization uses almost all volunteer labor except for the paid director. Volunteers check in food contributions and stock shelves. Almost all of the food distributed is donated.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% 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.
  • 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.2%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 94.4%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: $212.07 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 91; 91st 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: Limited
  • 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.4%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.8% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.3% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.2% of revenue deployed · 94.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $638K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $27K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.