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Food For Thought

EIN 68-0181095Human Services California Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Providing healthy food and compassion to people living with HIV and other serious illnesses in Sonoma County

Located in Forestville, California, Food For Thought is a grassroots organization dedicated to meeting the nutritional needs of men, women, and children living with HIV and other serious illnesses in Sonoma County. The organization was founded in 1988. Our services are free for our clients and include weekly groceries, nutritional vitamins and supplements, frozen prepared meals, nutritional counseling, healthy cooking classes, and a congregate lunch program three times a week.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.30Overall score
out of 100

87.64Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,072,594

Total expenses · USD$2,312,794

Program expenses

$1,845,609.61 recorded amount

79.8%

Fundraising expenses

$346,919.10 recorded amount

15.0%

Administrative expenses

$115,639.70 recorded amount

5.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.18 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: Ron Karp
Recorded compensation: $107,813.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.66%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Food For Thought
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Located in Forestville, California, Food For Thought is a grassroots organization dedicated to meeting the nutritional needs of men, women, and children living with HIV and other serious illnesses in Sonoma County. The organization was founded in 1988. Our services are free for our clients and include weekly groceries, nutritional vitamins and supplements, frozen prepared meals, nutritional counseling, healthy cooking classes, and a congregate lunch program three times a week.
`ein` EIN	68-0181095
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2312794.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.05
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.18
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.15
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7979999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	87.64
`leader` Recorded leader	Ron Karp
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	107813.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0466
`motto` Tagline	Providing healthy food and compassion to people living with HIV and other serious illnesses in Sonoma County
`name` Charity name	Food For Thought
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2072594.0
`score` Overall score	88.3
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1845609.6119999997
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	346919.1
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	115639.70000000001

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 68-0181095
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: California (CA)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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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.