Relief Canning Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
341325825
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Kidron, OH, USA
Phone
3304643725
Rating
93
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food Banks, Pantries
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$83,863
Expenses
$75,888
Assets
$15,937
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TRENT METCALF (PRESIDENT / BOARD MEMBER)
  • CLAIR HORST (VICE PRESIDENT / BOARD MEM)
  • JESSE H HAMMAN (PAST PRESIDENT/LIAISON BOA)

People named in this filing

  • TRENT METCALF (PRESIDENT / BOARD MEMBER)
  • CLAIR HORST (VICE PRESIDENT / BOARD MEM)
  • BENJAMIN C FROESE (TREASURER / BOARD MEMBER)

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

Relief canning, inc. Primary purposes for which the corporation was formed are: a. To promote christian stewardship; b. To provide relief to those persons throughout the world in need; c. To cultivate a spirit of good fellowship among the members of the christian faith; d. To accept contributions from any persons, corporations, associations, or governmental units; to make contributions to other non-profit organizations and to make donations of money and goods for the public welfare or similar purposethis is accomplished through coordination of local financial and volunteer resources to can meat that can be sent locally or all over the world for the purpose of providing to those in need.

What it reported doing in 2025

Relief canning, inc. Provides at no cost, hunger relief to victims of war, conflicts, and natural disasters, both in the united states and internationally. The organization is independent of the mennonite church and is non-denominational.

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.5%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: 9.5%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.21; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -12.3% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.5% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $76K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.