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Greater Chicago Food Depository

EIN 36-2971864Human Services Illinois Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Providing food for hungry people while striving to end hunger in our community

The Greater Chicago Food Depository, Chicago's food bank, is a nonprofit food distribution and training center providing food for hungry people while striving to end hunger in our community. The Food Depository distributes donated and purchased food through a network of 700 pantries, soup kitchens and shelters to 812,000 adults and children in Cook County every year. Last year, the Food Depository distributed nearly 70 million pounds of food, 38% of which was fresh produce. The Food Depository's programs and services for children, older adults and the unemployed and underemployed address the root causes of hunger. For more information call 773-247-FOOD.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

93.42Overall score
out of 100

91.60Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$100,655,600

Total expenses · USD$107,220,248

Program expenses

$99,071,509.15 recorded amount

92.4%

Fundraising expenses

$3,645,488.43 recorded amount

3.4%

Administrative expenses

$4,396,030.17 recorded amount

4.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.03 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Katherine R. Maehr
Recorded compensation: $296,736.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.27%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Greater Chicago Food Depository
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	The Greater Chicago Food Depository, Chicago's food bank, is a nonprofit food distribution and training center providing food for hungry people while striving to end hunger in our community. The Food Depository distributes donated and purchased food through a network of 700 pantries, soup kitchens and shelters to 812,000 adults and children in Cook County every year. Last year, the Food Depository distributed nearly 70 million pounds of food, 38% of which was fresh produce. The Food Depository's programs and services for children, older adults and the unemployed and underemployed address the root causes of hunger. For more information call 773-247-FOOD.
`ein` EIN	36-2971864
`tot_exp` Total expenses	107220248.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.040999999999999995
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.03
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.034
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.924
`fscore` Financial score	91.6
`leader` Recorded leader	Katherine R. Maehr
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	296736.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0027
`motto` Tagline	Providing food for hungry people while striving to end hunger in our community
`name` Charity name	Greater Chicago Food Depository
`tot_rev` Total revenue	100655600.0
`score` Overall score	93.42
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Food Distribution
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	99071509.15200001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	3645488.432
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	4396030.168

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-2971864
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Food Distribution
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
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.