Second Harvest Northland
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 363479964
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Duluth, MN, US
- Phone
- (218) 727-5653
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $30,437,505
- Expenses
- $27,013,177
- Assets
- $25,811,972
- Liabilities
- $1,579,485
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Shaye Moris (CEO & President)
Highest reported compensation
- Shaye Moris (CEO & President): $194,533 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
End Hunger Together in NE Minnesota and NW Wisconsin
What it reported doing in 2024
Second Harvest Northland's primary program is food banking. As the only "food bank" serving NE Minnesota (St. Louis, Carlton, Lake, Cook, Koochiching, Itasca, Aitkin, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Crow Wing, and Cass counties) and NW Wisconsin (Douglas, Bayfield, Ashland and Iron counties), we access nationally and regionally donated and purchased product from manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers and growers, for distribution to over 100 agency and community partners (food shelves, on-site meal programs, tribal organizations). During fiscal year 2025, we provided 8.2 million pounds of food and grocery product, the equivalent of 6.8 million meals, to our agency and community partners. Volunteers are critical to our food bank and its operations. Volunteers contributed 15,605 hours to our food bank program during fiscal year 2025, which was the equivalent of 7.5 full-time positions at our organization.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 88% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 87% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and the available information about grant readiness federal audit leaves an important question unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 63
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.3%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 94.1%; rating input score 94
- Fundraising efficiency: $44.14 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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; 66th 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: 11.3%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.96; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.7%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 85.3% of revenue deployed · 94.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $25.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $195K · 13 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $7.8M reported
- Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 116 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 113 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.