The Campaign Against Hunger Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
200934854
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Phone
7187737556
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$24,422,092
Expenses
$24,628,141
Assets
$6,587,442
Liabilities
$763,216

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR MELONY SAMUELS (CEO/FOUNDER)

Highest reported compensation

  • DR MELONY SAMUELS (CEO/FOUNDER): $300,002 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The campaign against hunger, inc. (tcah), a non-profit organization working vigorously to end hunger in central brooklyn (community boards 3, 16) by distributing food and empowering 27,000 families through information and support, that gives both strength and dignity to the community.

What it reported doing in 2024

TCAH has been responding to the needs of vulnerable New Yorkers for over 24 years. TCAH has grown from a small pantry in a church basement to a robust anti-hunger organization having four distinct food access and distribution models, five urban farms, farmers markets, benefits access services, workforce development, and family and nutrition services. Before the COVID crisis, TCAH served 300,000 New Yorkers with 3 million meals annually. Since the COVID-19 crisis, TCAH has served upwards of 1.5 million individuals in 145 zip codes throughout NYC annually and provided enough healthy food for 35 million nutritious meals, plus other vital programs and services. To meet the increased demand, TCAH also established 155 active community partners. TCAH has a robust Youth Empowerment Program that provides compensated workforce development and work-readiness training to disadvantaged youth ages 14-24. TCAH provides urban farming, culinary, and warehouse programming along with personal, professional, and social development workshops to youth. Youth are also engaged throughout opportunity youth and SYEP.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 83% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some related-organization disclosures are missing.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.5%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 93.7%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: $25.12 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Scored; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: -0.8%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.2%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.3% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.3% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.5% of revenue deployed · 93.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $23.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $300K · 13 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Document-retention policy not reported.