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Food Bank of Eastern Michigan

EIN 38-2379678Human Services Michigan Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

The food source for people in need

The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan, established in 1981, serves 22 counties of Michigan, serving those in need through nearly 400 non-profit, partner agencies. We serve as a common solicitor, storehouse and distributor of food on behalf of our Partner Agencies. Our food comes from surpluses in the grocery industry. The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan is one of six food banks in the state who also make up the Food Bank Council of Michigan. In 2008, the Food Bank experienced a 6% increase in pounds distributed with overall distribution over 17 million pounds of food.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

93.32Overall score
out of 100

91.05Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$51,489,686

Total expenses · USD$53,254,193

Program expenses

$51,816,329.79 recorded amount

97.3%

Fundraising expenses

$639,050.32 recorded amount

1.2%

Administrative expenses

$692,304.51 recorded amount

1.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.01 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: William Kerr
Recorded compensation: $394,780.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.74%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Food Bank of Eastern Michigan
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan, established in 1981, serves 22 counties of Michigan, serving those in need through nearly 400 non-profit, partner agencies. We serve as a common solicitor, storehouse and distributor of food on behalf of our Partner Agencies. Our food comes from surpluses in the grocery industry. The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan is one of six food banks in the state who also make up the Food Bank Council of Michigan. In 2008, the Food Bank experienced a 6% increase in pounds distributed with overall distribution over 17 million pounds of food.
`ein` EIN	38-2379678
`tot_exp` Total expenses	53254193.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.013000000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.01
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.012
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.973
`fscore` Financial score	91.05
`leader` Recorded leader	William Kerr
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	394780.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0074
`motto` Tagline	The food source for people in need
`name` Charity name	Food Bank of Eastern Michigan
`tot_rev` Total revenue	51489686.0
`score` Overall score	93.32
`state` State code	MI
`subcategory` Subcategory	Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Food Distribution
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	51816329.789
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	639050.316
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	692304.5090000001

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 38-2379678
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Food Distribution
Recorded location: Michigan (MI)
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.