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Operation Food Search

EIN 43-1241854Human Services Missouri Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

End hunger

To nourish and educate our neighbors in need to heal the hurt of hunger. Established in 1981 to address the growing problem of hunger, Operation Food Search (OFS) is a St. Louis food bank that distributes food free of charge helping to feed the poor and hungry. OFS distributes more than 1.5 million pounds of perishable and non-perishable food and household items to 300 food pantries and soup kitchens who offer emergency hunger-relief to nearly 120,000 poor people every single month. Nearly half the recipients are children. The OFS service area includes 30 Illinois and Missouri counties surrounding the City of St. Louis. OFS also increases awareness on issues of hunger and works to eliminate waste in the bi-state region.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

94.03Overall score
out of 100

92.12Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$34,982,810

Total expenses · USD$33,636,061

Program expenses

$32,929,703.72 recorded amount

97.9%

Fundraising expenses

$470,904.85 recorded amount

1.4%

Administrative expenses

$168,180.30 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: Sunny Schaefer
Recorded compensation: $187,522.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.55%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Operation Food Search
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	To nourish and educate our neighbors in need to heal the hurt of hunger. Established in 1981 to address the growing problem of hunger, Operation Food Search (OFS) is a St. Louis food bank that distributes food free of charge helping to feed the poor and hungry. OFS distributes more than 1.5 million pounds of perishable and non-perishable food and household items to 300 food pantries and soup kitchens who offer emergency hunger-relief to nearly 120,000 poor people every single month. Nearly half the recipients are children. The OFS service area includes 30 Illinois and Missouri counties surrounding the City of St. Louis. OFS also increases awareness on issues of hunger and works to eliminate waste in the bi-state region.
`ein` EIN	43-1241854
`tot_exp` Total expenses	33636061.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.005
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.01
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.013999999999999999
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.9790000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	92.12
`leader` Recorded leader	Sunny Schaefer
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	187522.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0055000000000000005
`motto` Tagline	End hunger
`name` Charity name	Operation Food Search
`tot_rev` Total revenue	34982810.0
`score` Overall score	94.03
`state` State code	MO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Food Distribution
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	32929703.719000004
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	470904.85399999993
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	168180.305

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 43-1241854
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Food Distribution
Recorded location: Missouri (MO)
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.