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The Food Group

EIN 41-1246504Human Services Minnesota Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Minnesota's free food bank

The Food Group's (formerly Emergency Foodshelf Network) mission is to be an innovative foodbank dedicated to serving the hunger needs of our changing communities.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

89.99Overall score
out of 100

85.85Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$10,867,675

Total expenses · USD$10,589,042

Program expenses

$9,593,672.05 recorded amount

90.6%

Fundraising expenses

$455,328.81 recorded amount

4.3%

Administrative expenses

$518,863.06 recorded amount

4.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.06 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: Lori Kratchmer
Recorded compensation: $133,090.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.25%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The Food Group
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	The Food Group's (formerly Emergency Foodshelf Network) mission is to be an innovative foodbank dedicated to serving the hunger needs of our changing communities.
`ein` EIN	41-1246504
`tot_exp` Total expenses	10589042.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.049
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.043
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.9059999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	85.85
`leader` Recorded leader	Lori Kratchmer
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	133090.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0125
`motto` Tagline	Minnesota's free food bank
`name` Charity name	The Food Group
`tot_rev` Total revenue	10867675.0
`score` Overall score	89.99
`state` State code	MN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Food Distribution
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	9593672.052
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	455328.806
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	518863.058

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 41-1246504
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Food Distribution
Recorded location: Minnesota (MN)
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.