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Hunger Free America

EIN 13-3471350Human Services New York Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Helping families move beyond the soup kitchen

Hunger Free America (HFA) is a national nonprofit group building a bold, grassroots membership movement in all 50 states to enact the public policies necessary to end domestic hunger and ensure that all Americans have sufficient access to nutritious food. Founded as the New York City Coalition Against Hunger (NYCCAH), the organization was established in 1983 as the voice for the more than 1,200 charitable soup kitchens and food pantries that exist in New York City, as well as the 1.4 million low-income New Yorkers who don't have enough food. As it continues to strengthen its local efforts as Hunger Free New York City, HFA's local programs will continue to build upon it efforts to date. Hunger Free America is committed to meeting the immediate food needs of low-income Americans while promoting innovative solutions to help them move toward greater economic self-sufficiency. Ending Hunger Lifts Us All!

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.51Overall score
out of 100

83.76Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,721,537

Total expenses · USD$4,119,177

Program expenses

$3,583,683.99 recorded amount

87.0%

Fundraising expenses

$197,720.50 recorded amount

4.8%

Administrative expenses

$329,534.16 recorded amount

8.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.04 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Joel Berg
Recorded compensation: $127,377.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.09%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Hunger Free America
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Hunger Free America (HFA) is a national nonprofit group building a bold, grassroots membership movement in all 50 states to enact the public policies necessary to end domestic hunger and ensure that all Americans have sufficient access to nutritious food. Founded as the New York City Coalition Against Hunger (NYCCAH), the organization was established in 1983 as the voice for the more than 1,200 charitable soup kitchens and food pantries that exist in New York City, as well as the 1.4 million low-income New Yorkers who don't have enough food. As it continues to strengthen its local efforts as Hunger Free New York City, HFA's local programs will continue to build upon it efforts to date. Hunger Free America is committed to meeting the immediate food needs of low-income Americans while promoting innovative solutions to help them move toward greater economic self-sufficiency. Ending Hunger Lifts Us All!
`ein` EIN	13-3471350
`tot_exp` Total expenses	4119177.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.08
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.04
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.048
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.87
`fscore` Financial score	83.76
`leader` Recorded leader	Joel Berg
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	127377.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.030899999999999997
`motto` Tagline	Helping families move beyond the soup kitchen
`name` Charity name	Hunger Free America
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3721537.0
`score` Overall score	88.51
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3583683.9899999998
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	197720.496
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	329534.16000000003

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 13-3471350
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: New York (NY)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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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.