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Food Bank for the Heartland

EIN 47-0637701Human Services Nebraska Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Feeding the hungry since 1981

Food Bank for the Heartland distributes emergency and supplemental food to families in need in Nebraska and western Iowa. The Food Bank partners with 600 other non-profit organizations such as emergency shelters, meal providers, after-school programs and schools. The Food Bank receives donated food from retailers, manufacturers and wholesalers. However, the Food Bank also purchases food, with an emphasis on food with high nutritional value, in order to meet the need for assistance. For every donated $1, the Food Bank can distribute enough food for thee meals. According to the best data available, approximately 220,000 people in the Food Bank's service area struggle with hunger, 87,000 are children under the age of 18. During FY 2018, we distributed 25 million meals to our nonprofit partners that have touched the lives of people in the community.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

96.27Overall score
out of 100

95.67Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$25,185,076

Total expenses · USD$24,802,854

Program expenses

$23,761,134.13 recorded amount

95.8%

Fundraising expenses

$496,057.08 recorded amount

2.0%

Administrative expenses

$496,057.08 recorded amount

2.0%

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: Susan E. Ogborn
Recorded compensation: $125,930.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.50%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Food Bank for the Heartland
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Food Bank for the Heartland distributes emergency and supplemental food to families in need in Nebraska and western Iowa. The Food Bank partners with 600 other non-profit organizations such as emergency shelters, meal providers, after-school programs and schools. The Food Bank receives donated food from retailers, manufacturers and wholesalers. However, the Food Bank also purchases food, with an emphasis on food with high nutritional value, in order to meet the need for assistance. For every donated $1, the Food Bank can distribute enough food for thee meals. According to the best data available, approximately 220,000 people in the Food Bank's service area struggle with hunger, 87,000 are children under the age of 18. During FY 2018, we distributed 25 million meals to our nonprofit partners that have touched the lives of people in the community.
`ein` EIN	47-0637701
`tot_exp` Total expenses	24802854.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.02
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.02
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.02
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.958
`fscore` Financial score	95.67
`leader` Recorded leader	Susan E. Ogborn
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	125930.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.005
`motto` Tagline	Feeding the hungry since 1981
`name` Charity name	Food Bank for the Heartland
`tot_rev` Total revenue	25185076.0
`score` Overall score	96.27
`state` State code	NE
`subcategory` Subcategory	Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Food Distribution
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	23761134.132
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	496057.08
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	496057.08

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 47-0637701
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Food Distribution
Recorded location: Nebraska (NE)
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.