Yankton Food for Thought

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
822234584
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Yankton, SD, USA
Phone
6056530717
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$161,105
Expenses
$138,072
Assets
$191,264
Liabilities
$265

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JENNIFER TRENHAILE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MELANIE RYKEN (SCHOOL ADVIS)
  • DEB OVERSETH (COORDINATOR)
  • SANDI KRAMER (BOARD MEMBER)

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

Yankton food for thought's mission is to be a source of information and assistance to alleviate hunger, to provide school-aged children with nutritious, easy-to-prepare foods during weekends and holidays when school is not in session, to distribute food directly to school-aged children and their families, and to recieve and maintain a fund or funds to use and apply the whole or any part of for the purpose of the corporation.

What it reported doing in 2025

To be a source of information and assistance to alleviate hunger, to provide school-aged children with nutritious, easy-to-prepare foods during weekends and holidays when school is not in session, to distribute food directly to school-aged children and their families, and to recieve and maintain a fund or funds to use and apply the whole or any part of for the purpose of the corporation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 71% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.2%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 95.3%; rating input score 95

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: 14.3%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.39; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.2%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.2% of revenue deployed · 95.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $132K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.