TC Food Justice
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 811315243
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN, United States
- Phone
- 612-293-8002
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Food Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $332,189
- Expenses
- $269,251
- Assets
- $219,206
- Liabilities
- $3,699
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- ANN HILL (EXECUTIVE DI): $35,315 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Reduce food waste and hunger in the Twin Cities by being a link between those willing to help and those in need.
What it reported doing in 2024
Tc food justice works to reduce food waste and hunger in the greater twin cities area by working with co-ops, grocery stores, farmer's markets and directly with farmers to pick up unsellable produce and nutrient rich breads and deliver it to nearby hunger relief organizations. We focus on vegetables, fruits and bread because we seek to improve and enhance access to nutritious, perishable food items at hunger relief organizations that find it a challenge to consistently provide fresh food options for their clients. Our team of volunteers covers 70 shifts each week, rescuing food and delivering it directly to our food relief partners. Tc food justice operates through four core values: (1) improving health through increased access to nutrient rich food, especially among food insecure individuals, (2) creating conditions for health and economic equity in the neighborhoods we serve, (3) executing our work through environmentally sustainable mechanisms, and (4) engaging the broader community in the issues of food waste and hunger.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 62% 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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 63
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 73.2%; rating input score 73
- Program expense ratio: 90.2%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 18.9%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.81; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 13.1%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 77.6% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 34.5% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 12 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 73.2% of revenue deployed · 90.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $243K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $35K · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.