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Feed My Starving Children

EIN 41-1601449International Minnesota Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Turn Hunger into Hope with Your Own Two Hands

Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) is a Christian nonprofit dedicated to providing nutritious meals to children worldwide. FMSC meals are hand-packed by volunteers and sent to an incredible network of partner organizations who distribute them to those in need. More than 1.2 million volunteers packed more than 333 million FMSC meals in 2017. More than 90 percent of total donations go directly to feed kids.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.84Overall score
out of 100

88.47Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$41,985,008

Total expenses · USD$39,826,949

Program expenses

$34,131,695.29 recorded amount

85.7%

Fundraising expenses

$2,947,194.23 recorded amount

7.4%

Administrative expenses

$2,668,405.58 recorded amount

6.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.07 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: Mark Crea
Recorded compensation: $229,365.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.57%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Feed My Starving Children
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	International
`description` Mission & description	Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) is a Christian nonprofit dedicated to providing nutritious meals to children worldwide. FMSC meals are hand-packed by volunteers and sent to an incredible network of partner organizations who distribute them to those in need. More than 1.2 million volunteers packed more than 333 million FMSC meals in 2017. More than 90 percent of total donations go directly to feed kids.
`ein` EIN	41-1601449
`tot_exp` Total expenses	39826949.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.067
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.07
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.07400000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.857
`fscore` Financial score	88.47
`leader` Recorded leader	Mark Crea
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	229365.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.005699999999999999
`motto` Tagline	Turn Hunger into Hope with Your Own Two Hands
`name` Charity name	Feed My Starving Children
`tot_rev` Total revenue	41985008.0
`score` Overall score	91.84
`state` State code	MN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Development and Relief Services
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	34131695.293
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	2947194.2260000003
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2668405.583

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 41-1601449
Source category: International
Source subcategory: Development and Relief Services
Recorded location: Minnesota (MN)
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.