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The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County

EIN 02-0684220Human Services Connecticut Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Together we can fight hunger

The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County is lower Fairfield County's primary hunger-relief organization. We provide food to approximately 75 non-profit agencies and programs that serve low income people in our six town service area through bags of groceries and congregate meals. These include soup kitchens, food pantries, child care programs, homeless shelters, senior centers, domestic violence safe houses, and rehabilitation programs. Our mission statement is to raise awareness of, and promote action to combat, hunger in these communities.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

89.39Overall score
out of 100

85.00Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,178,287

Total expenses · USD$3,103,405

Program expenses

$2,935,821.13 recorded amount

94.6%

Fundraising expenses

$86,895.34 recorded amount

2.8%

Administrative expenses

$74,481.72 recorded amount

2.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.02 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Kate Lombardo
Recorded compensation: $75,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.41%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County is lower Fairfield County's primary hunger-relief organization. We provide food to approximately 75 non-profit agencies and programs that serve low income people in our six town service area through bags of groceries and congregate meals. These include soup kitchens, food pantries, child care programs, homeless shelters, senior centers, domestic violence safe houses, and rehabilitation programs. Our mission statement is to raise awareness of, and promote action to combat, hunger in these communities.
`ein` EIN	02-0684220
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3103405.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.024
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.02
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.027999999999999997
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.946
`fscore` Financial score	85.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Kate Lombardo
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	75000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0241
`motto` Tagline	Together we can fight hunger
`name` Charity name	The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3178287.0
`score` Overall score	89.39
`state` State code	CT
`subcategory` Subcategory	Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Food Distribution
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2935821.13
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	86895.34
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	74481.72

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 02-0684220
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Food Distribution
Recorded location: Connecticut (CT)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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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.