Charity profile · Historical source record

Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley, Inc.

EIN 74-2421560Human Services Texas Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Fighting hunger, feeding hope

The Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley, Inc. was founded in 1983 by Rev. Ted and Martha Knies in Pharr, TX. The Valley had just been hit with a devastating freeze and Rev. and Mrs. Knies wanted to help the families affected by this event. Today, the Food Bank RGV has grown to become the 36th largest food bank in terms of distribution in the nation and the 5th largest in the state of Texas. We currently serve the counties of Starr, Hidalgo, Cameron, and Willacy.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.94Overall score
out of 100

90.00Financial score
out of 100

92.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$78,230,642

Total expenses · USD$79,215,295

Program expenses

$77,789,419.69 recorded amount

98.2%

Fundraising expenses

$554,507.06 recorded amount

0.7%

Administrative expenses

$792,152.95 recorded amount

1.0%

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: Deanne Ecomedes
Recorded compensation: $63,040.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.07%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley, Inc.
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	92.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	The Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley, Inc. was founded in 1983 by Rev. Ted and Martha Knies in Pharr, TX. The Valley had just been hit with a devastating freeze and Rev. and Mrs. Knies wanted to help the families affected by this event. Today, the Food Bank RGV has grown to become the 36th largest food bank in terms of distribution in the nation and the 5th largest in the state of Texas. We currently serve the counties of Starr, Hidalgo, Cameron, and Willacy.
`ein` EIN	74-2421560
`tot_exp` Total expenses	79215295.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.01
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.01
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.006999999999999999
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.982
`fscore` Financial score	90.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Deanne Ecomedes
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	63040.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0007000000000000001
`motto` Tagline	Fighting hunger, feeding hope
`name` Charity name	Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley, Inc.
`tot_rev` Total revenue	78230642.0
`score` Overall score	90.94
`state` State code	TX
`subcategory` Subcategory	Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Food Distribution
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	77789419.69
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	554507.065
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	792152.9500000001

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 74-2421560
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Food Distribution
Recorded location: Texas (TX)
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.