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Midwest Food Bank, NFP

EIN 41-2120170Human Services Illinois Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Bridging the gap between prosperity and poverty

Midwest Food Bank (MFB), a faith-based, non-denominational nonprofit 501 (c) (3) charitable organization, was started in 2003 when the Kieser family began providing food out of a building on their family farm. MFB began by serving about 10 food pantries in McLean County, IL. Today we serve over 1,400 organizations across the Midwest, South, West, and East Africa from seven warehouse locations. The food given out reaches over 3.6 million people.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

94.69Overall score
out of 100

92.50Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$166,008,893

Total expenses · USD$159,759,526

Program expenses

$158,481,449.79 recorded amount

99.2%

Fundraising expenses

$319,519.05 recorded amount

0.2%

Administrative expenses

$798,797.63 recorded amount

0.5%

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: David Kieser
Recorded compensation: $0.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.00%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Midwest Food Bank, NFP
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Midwest Food Bank (MFB), a faith-based, non-denominational nonprofit 501 (c) (3) charitable organization, was started in 2003 when the Kieser family began providing food out of a building on their family farm. MFB began by serving about 10 food pantries in McLean County, IL. Today we serve over 1,400 organizations across the Midwest, South, West, and East Africa from seven warehouse locations. The food given out reaches over 3.6 million people.
`ein` EIN	41-2120170
`tot_exp` Total expenses	159759526.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.005
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.01
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.002
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.992
`fscore` Financial score	92.5
`leader` Recorded leader	David Kieser
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	0.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0
`motto` Tagline	Bridging the gap between prosperity and poverty
`name` Charity name	Midwest Food Bank, NFP
`tot_rev` Total revenue	166008893.0
`score` Overall score	94.69
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Food Distribution
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	158481449.792
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	319519.052
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	798797.63

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 41-2120170
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.