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Food Bank For New York City

EIN 13-3179546Human Services New York Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Food for survival

The Food Bank For New York City was founded in 1983 to address the growing needs of people seeking emergency food assistance in New York City. Food Bank For New York City recognizes 25 years as the city's major hunger-relief organization. Working to end food poverty and increase access to affordable, nutritious food for low-income New Yorkers throughout the five boroughs, the Food Bank's initiatives focus on direct services, food sourcing and distribution, nutrition and health education, financial empowerment, disaster relief and policy and research. The Food Bank procures and distributes food to a network of approximately 1,000 food assistance programs citywide.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

80.56Overall score
out of 100

73.42Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$81,495,184

Total expenses · USD$82,139,683

Program expenses

$74,089,994.07 recorded amount

90.2%

Fundraising expenses

$2,957,028.59 recorded amount

3.6%

Administrative expenses

$5,010,520.66 recorded amount

6.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.03 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Margarette Purvis
Recorded compensation: $289,373.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.35%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Food Bank For New York City
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	The Food Bank For New York City was founded in 1983 to address the growing needs of people seeking emergency food assistance in New York City. Food Bank For New York City recognizes 25 years as the city's major hunger-relief organization. Working to end food poverty and increase access to affordable, nutritious food for low-income New Yorkers throughout the five boroughs, the Food Bank's initiatives focus on direct services, food sourcing and distribution, nutrition and health education, financial empowerment, disaster relief and policy and research. The Food Bank procures and distributes food to a network of approximately 1,000 food assistance programs citywide.
`ein` EIN	13-3179546
`tot_exp` Total expenses	82139683.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.061
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.03
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.036000000000000004
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.902
`fscore` Financial score	73.42
`leader` Recorded leader	Margarette Purvis
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	289373.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0034999999999999996
`motto` Tagline	Food for survival
`name` Charity name	Food Bank For New York City
`tot_rev` Total revenue	81495184.0
`score` Overall score	80.56
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Food Distribution
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	74089994.066
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	2957028.5880000005
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	5010520.663

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 13-3179546
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Food Distribution
Recorded location: New York (NY)
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.