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Montana Food Bank Network

EIN 81-0421243Human Services Montana Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Feeding Montana for over 30 years.

Founded in 1983, the Montana Food Bank Network (MFBN) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that works to end hunger in Montana through food acquisition and distribution, education and advocacy. As a statewide food bank, MFBN solicits, sorts, repackages, warehouses, and distributes donated and purchased food to charitable programs that directly serve hungry Montanans. From a main warehouse and office in Missoula, MFBN distributes emergency food across the state through a network of nearly 200 Partner Agencies. MFBN is the only fully privileged Montana member of Feeding America, the national hunger fighting organization.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

95.47Overall score
out of 100

95.00Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$18,153,390

Total expenses · USD$18,322,391

Program expenses

$17,351,304.28 recorded amount

94.7%

Fundraising expenses

$714,573.25 recorded amount

3.9%

Administrative expenses

$238,191.08 recorded amount

1.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.04 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: Gayle Carlson
Recorded compensation: $80,977.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.44%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Montana Food Bank Network
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1983, the Montana Food Bank Network (MFBN) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that works to end hunger in Montana through food acquisition and distribution, education and advocacy. As a statewide food bank, MFBN solicits, sorts, repackages, warehouses, and distributes donated and purchased food to charitable programs that directly serve hungry Montanans. From a main warehouse and office in Missoula, MFBN distributes emergency food across the state through a network of nearly 200 Partner Agencies. MFBN is the only fully privileged Montana member of Feeding America, the national hunger fighting organization.
`ein` EIN	81-0421243
`tot_exp` Total expenses	18322391.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.013000000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.04
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.039
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.9470000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	95.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Gayle Carlson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	80977.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0044
`motto` Tagline	Feeding Montana for over 30 years.
`name` Charity name	Montana Food Bank Network
`tot_rev` Total revenue	18153390.0
`score` Overall score	95.47
`state` State code	MT
`subcategory` Subcategory	Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Food Distribution
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	17351304.277000003
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	714573.249
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	238191.083

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 81-0421243
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Food Distribution
Recorded location: Montana (MT)
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.