St. Mary's Food Bank

What it reported doing in 2024

St. Mary's food bank provides free, nutritious food to Arizona residents experiencing food insecurity, including low-income children, seniors, and working families impacted by unemployment, natural disasters, unexpected expenses, and the rising costs of food, housing, healthcare, and transportation.food distributed to neighbors is sourced through a diversified network of grocers, farmers, food manufacturers, community food drives, and the usda. Purchased food supplements donated items to ensure menu variety and nutritional quality. Foods distributed include fresh produce, protein, dairy, and shelf-stable goods. (continued on schedule o)during the past year, st. Mary's secured enough food to provide 109 million meals.food assistance programs include: emergency food boxes: three-day supply of nutritious food including produce, protein, and pantry staples. These boxes are supplemented with fresh produce, dairy, meat, snacks and beverages. During the past year, 895,000 efbs were distributed. Senior food boxes (csfp): the commodities supplemental food program is a usda program specifically tailored for our senior neighbors. The prescribed menu consists of shelf-stable fruits, vegetables, proteins, grains, beverages, and cheese. During the past year, 211,000 senior boxes were distributed.tribal food boxes: a program offering culturally relevant foods to native communities. Items include tepary and anasazi beans, wild rice, flour, masa, green chilis, and tomato salsa-many sourced and purchased from native food producers. Last year, st. Mary's distributed 26,000 tribal food boxes.child nutrition: the kids cafe, backpack, and school pantry programs address childhood hunger through nutritious after school meals, weekend food backpacks, and on-campus neighbor choice pantries. During the year these programs provided 630,000 after school meals at sites offering tutoring, homework assistance, and recreational activities, 113,000 weekend family backpacks containing enough food for 3 meals for a family of four, and enough pantry and perishable food to provide 114,000 meals to school aged children and their families at on campus pantries. St. Mary's food assistance is distributed to neighbors at its three neighborhood food centers in phoenix, surprise, and chinle as well as through a network of more than 700 affiliated partner organizations serving urban, rural, remote, and tribal communities across Arizona. During the past year, st. Mary's distributed 129 million pounds of food, including 47 million pounds of fresh produce and more than 20,000 holiday turkeys.to reduce access barriers, st. Mary's offers mobile pantries and home deliveries. Mobile distributions function as pop-up farmers market style distributions delivering food directly to high need rural communities with limited access to food assistance. During the past year, the mobile distribution program distributed enough food to provide more than 4 million meals.monthly home deliveries support more than 7,000 low-income, homebound individuals across maricopa, yavapai, coconino, and pinal counties. Participants include seniors and individuals who are unable to travel to food pantries, congregate meal sites, or grocery stores due to mobility or transportation limitations or geographic isolation. Food is delivered using a combination of st. Mary's drivers and third-party delivery partners.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 92.9%; rating input score 93
• Program expense ratio: 94.6%; rating input score 95
• Fundraising efficiency: $27.65 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 99%; rating input score 99; 37th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 45th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 1.8%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.32; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.48; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 1%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings