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Capital Area Food Bank

EIN 52-1167581Human Services District of Columbia Large

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Distributing food, and educating, empowering and enlightening the community about the issues of hunger and nutrition.

The Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB) is the largest public, non-profit hunger and nutrition education resource in the Washington Metropolitan Area. The mission of the CAFB is to feed those who suffer from hunger in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area by acquiring food and distributing it through our network of member agencies; and to educate, empower and enlighten the community about the issues of hunger and nutrition. Each year the CAFB distributes 20 million pounds of food, including six million pounds of fresh produce through over 700 partner agencies.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.15Overall score
out of 100

86.41Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$71,613,240

Total expenses · USD$70,273,007

Program expenses

$65,845,807.56 recorded amount

93.7%

Fundraising expenses

$1,897,371.19 recorded amount

2.7%

Administrative expenses

$2,389,282.24 recorded amount

3.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.02 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Nancy E. Roman
Recorded compensation: $277,072.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.39%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Capital Area Food Bank
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	The Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB) is the largest public, non-profit hunger and nutrition education resource in the Washington Metropolitan Area. The mission of the CAFB is to feed those who suffer from hunger in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area by acquiring food and distributing it through our network of member agencies; and to educate, empower and enlighten the community about the issues of hunger and nutrition. Each year the CAFB distributes 20 million pounds of food, including six million pounds of fresh produce through over 700 partner agencies.
`ein` EIN	52-1167581
`tot_exp` Total expenses	70273007.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.034
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.02
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.027000000000000003
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.937
`fscore` Financial score	86.41
`leader` Recorded leader	Nancy E. Roman
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	277072.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0039000000000000003
`motto` Tagline	Distributing food, and educating, empowering and enlightening the community about the issues of hunger and nutrition.
`name` Charity name	Capital Area Food Bank
`tot_rev` Total revenue	71613240.0
`score` Overall score	90.15
`state` State code	DC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Food Distribution
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	65845807.559
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1897371.1890000002
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2389282.2380000004

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-1167581
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Food Distribution
Recorded location: District of Columbia (DC)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.