Charity profile · Historical source record

Food Bank of Western New York, Inc.

EIN 22-2470820Human Services New York Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Fighting hunger one day at a time

The Food Bank of Western New York obtains food and support from public and private sources. Donated food, deemed "edible but unmarketable" by the food industry, is brought to our facility and redistributed to qualified charitable programs providing food and grocery items to the needy in the four county area of Western, New York. During fiscal year 2010 11,506,590 pounds of food and grocery items were distributed to 333 member agency programs . Each month, they serve nearly 75,000 less fortunate Western New Yorkers in soup kitchens, food pantries, kids cafes, shelters and other emergency food providers. Our vision is to continue to respectfully provide nutritional food, training education and hunger advocacy for our agency programs and their clients empowering them to make healthy lifestyle choices.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

93.16Overall score
out of 100

91.20Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$24,318,846

Total expenses · USD$24,290,667

Program expenses

$22,954,680.31 recorded amount

94.5%

Fundraising expenses

$607,266.68 recorded amount

2.5%

Administrative expenses

$704,429.34 recorded amount

2.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.02 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: Marylou Borowiak
Recorded compensation: $135,777.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.55%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Food Bank of Western New York, Inc.
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	The Food Bank of Western New York obtains food and support from public and private sources. Donated food, deemed "edible but unmarketable" by the food industry, is brought to our facility and redistributed to qualified charitable programs providing food and grocery items to the needy in the four county area of Western, New York. During fiscal year 2010 11,506,590 pounds of food and grocery items were distributed to 333 member agency programs . Each month, they serve nearly 75,000 less fortunate Western New Yorkers in soup kitchens, food pantries, kids cafes, shelters and other emergency food providers. Our vision is to continue to respectfully provide nutritional food, training education and hunger advocacy for our agency programs and their clients empowering them to make healthy lifestyle choices.
`ein` EIN	22-2470820
`tot_exp` Total expenses	24290667.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.028999999999999998
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.02
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.025
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.945
`fscore` Financial score	91.2
`leader` Recorded leader	Marylou Borowiak
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	135777.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0055000000000000005
`motto` Tagline	Fighting hunger one day at a time
`name` Charity name	Food Bank of Western New York, Inc.
`tot_rev` Total revenue	24318846.0
`score` Overall score	93.16
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Food Distribution
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	22954680.314999998
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	607266.675
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	704429.343

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 22-2470820
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.