United Food Bank
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 860505273
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2023
- Location
- Mesa, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 4809264897
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Food Banks, Pantries
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $54,292,077
- Expenses
- $54,729,687
- Assets
- $25,815,052
- Liabilities
- $3,694,197
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
25 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jason Reed (President & CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Jason Reed (President & CEO): $204,426 total reported compensation
- Felicia Houston (CFAO (Contract)): $172,800 total reported compensation
- Rayna Palmer (Chief Operating Officer): $135,341 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.
What it reported doing in 2024
United Food Bank sources, rescues, and distributes food to a network of community partners across a 19,000+-square-mile region in Arizona, including parts of Maricopa, Pinal, Gila, Navajo, and Apache Counties. In 2025, United Food Bank distributed 26.9 million pounds of food through its network of partner agencies, community food pantries, and direct service efforts. This included 13.4 million pounds of rescued food from retail and wholesale partners, reducing waste and supporting a more sustainable food system. On average, partner agencies recorded over 120,500 visits per month from individuals and families seeking food assistance. United Food Bank also assembled and distributed 509,640 emergency food bags to support neighbors facing urgent need.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 89% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94.6%; rating input score 95
- Program expense ratio: 93.7%; rating input score 94
- Fundraising efficiency: $25.39 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Pass
- 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: 98%; rating input score 98; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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: -0.8%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.1%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 94.6% of revenue deployed · 93.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $51.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $204K · 25 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $173K reported
- Consistency: 38 of 39 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 133 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 124 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.