West Fork Food Pantry

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
853977652
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Sheffield, IA, USA
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food Banks, Pantries

Reported finances

Revenue
$129,458
Expenses
$97,571
Assets
$306,330
Liabilities
$1,403

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Pastor G Kim Wills (Chair and Director)
  • Linda Meyer (Vice-chair and Director)
  • MaryEllen Nelson (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Provide quality food to food insecure residents of Franklin County

What it reported doing in 2025

The West Fork Food Pantry successfully distributed over 74,500 meals to over 7,750 individuals qualifying as food insecure. This continues the Pantrys long-term commitment to provide quality food to food insecure individuals in the local school district and county.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 55% for direct work, and 45% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.7%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 24.6%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.14; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 35% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 31.6% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $98K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.