Spoonfuls

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271810597
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2010
Location
Newton, MA, USA
Phone
6173904450
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Support N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$17,763,323
Expenses
$16,724,213
Assets
$3,746,740
Liabilities
$363,097

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ASHLEY STANLEY (FOUNDER/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • ASHLEY STANLEY (FOUNDER/CEO): $220,825 total reported compensation
  • JONELLE KUSMINSKY (SENIOR DIRECTOR OF COMMS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS): $164,693 total reported compensation
  • ERIN PALMER KEOHANE (CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER (TO 8/25)): $143,365 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Spoonfuls keeps good food from going to waste. Through food recovery and distribution, education, and advocacy, we work to address the health, environmental, and economic impact that wasted food has on people and the planet.

What it reported doing in 2025

Delivering food with purpose: in the u.s, one third of all food goes unsold or uneaten.across Massachusetts alone, 1 in 3 ma households face food insecurity.spoonfuls keeps good food from going to waste. Through food recovery and distribution, education, and advocacy, we work to address the health, environmental, and economic impact that wasted food has on people and the planet.since our founding, we have recovered over 40 million pounds of food and distributed it across Massachusetts.we source unsold, fresh food (like fruits and veggies, dairy, lean protein, and baked goods) from food retailers like grocery stores, wholesalers, and farms. Our team of food-safety certified drivers delivers, same day, to food programs (like pantries, meal programs, and more) reaching neighbors facing food insecurity.in 2025, we- worked with nearly 400 partners- recovered and distribute over 6.2 m pounds of food (valued at nearly $12,000,000) across the commonwealth and- launched a new route in southeastern ma, focused on bristol county, brockton, and bridgewater.the food we distributed in 2025 reached more than 500,000 people across 75 towns and cities, and our food recovery efforts prevented the same greenhouse gas emissions as 728 gas-powered cars driven for one year.with additional capacity on our team, we're sourcing more food (on average, we are recovering 2 million more pounds of food, year over year, since the launch of our strategic plan in 2022.).

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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.7%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 87.7%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $12.04 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 13th 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: 5.8%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.22; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.5%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.5% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.7% of revenue deployed · 87.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 10 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $14.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $221K · 15 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $113K reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 54/100.