Sacramento Loaves & Fishes

What it reported doing in 2025

Food and guest services: dining room the dining room serves a hot nutritious lunch 364 days of the year. Volunteers comprised of individuals, church groups, students, and community based organizations are utilized on a daily basis. The meals contain the proper balance of nutrients. In 2025, guests were served 104,153 meals. The local food banks, vendors, and individuals contribute food on a regular basis to assist in feeding the homeless and hungry. In 2025, 184,000 lbs. Of food was donated. Other needed food not donated was purchased.friendship park friendship park provides daily activities, information, and a safe environment for our guests during the day. In 2025, 198,600 cups of coffee and 44,963 healthy nutritious breakfasts were served. Over 111,000 requests for dispensary items were filled, consisting of hygiene products, sleeping bags, warm coats, clothing, shoes, tarps, blankets and much more. The library provided a full service reading room that received 8,125 homeless guest visits for reading books and periodicals and/or studying and writing. Two memorial services were held in friendship park for guests who died in 2025.maryhouse maryhouse is a hospitality program that provides daytime shelter for homeless women and children. Services were provided to 902 women, 1 single father, and 894 children with 17,421 breakfasts amd 11,251 requests for mail service. The dispensary provided 4,798 showers and filled 31,261 requests for supplies, i.e., diapers, personal hygiene items, 13 remembrance services were held for women that died in 2025.jail visitation - provides services to sacramento county inmates including 678 visits, sending over 380 letters to inmates and on behalf of inmates, providing 224 personal toiletry kits, sweatshirts and backpacks, and 442 bus passes to released inmates.brother martin's ministries - a placement and orientation service that includes a complete weekly tour of the facilities for the public interested in volunteering at loaves & fishes. Bmm staffs personnel responsible for building and yard maintenance of loaves & fishes' properties to serve guests in a clean, well maintained environment.animal services - houses guests' pets during the day while guests use services. The kennels were utilized 748 times, 7 days per week in 2025.washhouse - provides shower and laundry services for men. In 2025, 17,205 showers & shaves were taken and 2,056 loads of laundry were washed & dried.advocacy - advocates for housing and civil rights on behalf of the homeless.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 83.3%; rating input score 83
• Program expense ratio: 92.4%; rating input score 92
• Fundraising efficiency: $31.07 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 69.1%; rating input score 69; 20th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 10%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.29; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 4.2%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings