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Feeding South Dakota

EIN 36-3293534Human Services South Dakota Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

So no one goes hungry

Feeding South Dakota, whose mission is to eliminate hunger in South Dakota, is the state's largest charitable hunger relief organization. In FY17, Feeding South Dakota secured and distributed over 13.6 million pounds of quality nutritious donated and purchased food providing 11.3 million meals to more than 190,000 individuals in need. Feeding South Dakota is able to distribute this food from our distribution centers in Sioux Falls, Pierre and Rapid City through its network of over 400 charitable organizations, supporting over 555 partner agency programs across the state. These organizations then provide this food to individuals who are "food insecure" through youth programs, senior centers, on-site feeding programs, emergency food pantries, after school programs, and homeless shelters.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

94.08Overall score
out of 100

91.63Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$25,063,245

Total expenses · USD$24,642,028

Program expenses

$23,582,420.80 recorded amount

95.7%

Fundraising expenses

$689,976.78 recorded amount

2.8%

Administrative expenses

$344,988.39 recorded amount

1.4%

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

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: L. Matt Gassen
Recorded compensation: $108,269.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.43%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Feeding South Dakota
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Feeding South Dakota, whose mission is to eliminate hunger in South Dakota, is the state's largest charitable hunger relief organization. In FY17, Feeding South Dakota secured and distributed over 13.6 million pounds of quality nutritious donated and purchased food providing 11.3 million meals to more than 190,000 individuals in need. Feeding South Dakota is able to distribute this food from our distribution centers in Sioux Falls, Pierre and Rapid City through its network of over 400 charitable organizations, supporting over 555 partner agency programs across the state. These organizations then provide this food to individuals who are "food insecure" through youth programs, senior centers, on-site feeding programs, emergency food pantries, after school programs, and homeless shelters.
`ein` EIN	36-3293534
`tot_exp` Total expenses	24642028.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.013999999999999999
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.02
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.027999999999999997
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.9570000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	91.63
`leader` Recorded leader	L. Matt Gassen
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	108269.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0043
`motto` Tagline	So no one goes hungry
`name` Charity name	Feeding South Dakota
`tot_rev` Total revenue	25063245.0
`score` Overall score	94.08
`state` State code	SD
`subcategory` Subcategory	Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Food Distribution
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	23582420.796
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	689976.784
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	344988.392

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-3293534
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Food Distribution
Recorded location: South Dakota (SD)
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.