Palmer Food Share Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
812396712
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Palmer, MA, USA
Phone
4132833614
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food Banks, Pantries

Reported finances

Revenue
$40,352
Expenses
$23,270
Assets
$312,400

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CATHY PLOUFFE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CATHY PLOUFFE (PRESIDENT)
  • KATHY FINNEGAN (VICE PRESIDE)
  • JOHN FOX (TREASURER)

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

To provide emergency food on a non-profit basis to families and or individuals in the eastern hampden county area of Massachusetts, following a determined procedure, without regard to race, color, creed, or national origin.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 77% 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

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.5%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 96%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 42.3%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 13.43; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.5% of revenue deployed · 96% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $22K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.