Second Harvest
Legal name: Second Harvest Inland Northwest
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237173826
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Spokane, WA, US
- Phone
- (509) 534-6678
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Food Banks, Pantries
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $151,727,874
- Expenses
- $161,090,341
- Assets
- $19,419,094
- Liabilities
- $1,260,853
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
22 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JASON CLARK (CEO)
- ANDREW MEUER (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- JASON CLARK (CEO): $252,823 total reported compensation
- ANDREW MEUER (PRESIDENT): $177,610 total reported compensation
- CARRIE PERRY (SENIOR LEADER): $163,401 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
By connecting people to food, nutrition, and each other, we create a stronger, healthier, more united community. Be the good 1 1 1 PDC volunteer Tom Board of directors & leadership Meet the dedicated team guiding our mission, blending big hearts and diverse expertise with tireless effort and careful planning to create something bigger than all of us. In 1971, Second Harvest began quite modestly as The Food Bank. Kay Porta believed hunger was unacceptable then and it’s still true today. “I called the first meeting and contacted a bunch of people I thought might be interested,” Kay said. Soon, Kay and her rag tag band of volunteers were rescuing food and distributing it to people who needed it. Spokane Food Bank Sign “It’s a religious thing with people that they get together and help their neighbors. It really hits the very core of what makes human beings human.”.
What it reported doing in 2024
Warehousing: second harvest has been the hub for charitable food distributions in the inland northwest for more than 50 years. Second harvest provides more than 3.1 million pounds of fresh produce, dairy products, meat, canned goods, and other food every month that helps hungry families and seniors living in 21 eastern Washington and 5 north Idaho counties. The food feeds a diverse group of children and adults who have been impacted by job losses, wage reductions, illnesses, disabilities, and other challenges. Second harvest leverages community contributions to pick up large truckloads of donated food. Volunteers sort and repackage bulk food donations that are distributed to 250 partner agencies/ meal programs. Second harvest, in conjunction with its partner agencies, serves 80,000 meals every day.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 96% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- 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. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 98.4%; rating input score 98
- Fundraising efficiency: $105.16 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 43.4%; rating input score 43; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -6.2%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.7%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $158.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $253K · 22 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 37 of 38 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 154 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 147 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 43/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.