River Food Pantry FY2020 filing

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Our mission is Food, resources, and faith to build a stronger community.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
98¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$134K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $2.2M a year · 16% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
98%
of spending
Looks good: 98% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$134K
to officers and key staff · 1% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 1% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.7 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $15K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$234K
9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 9% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$12.5M
Spent
$11.2M
To programs
98%
Net assets
$2.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$12.5M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$12.5M
FY2021$11.1M
FY2022$12.6M
FY2023$16.6M
FY2024$14.3M
Expenses
$11.2M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$11.2M
FY2021$10.4M
FY2022$10.4M
FY2023$12.8M
FY2024$11.3M
Net assets
$2.4M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.4M
FY2021$3.1M
FY2022$5.3M
FY2023$9.0M
FY2024$12.0M

From the FY2020 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Oct 2006.

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Where the money goes

98 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 98% · $11.0M Management & general 1% · $158K Fundraising 1% · $99K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

18 people listed on the 990; $134K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director (beginning June)
$81,955Pt VII · Sec A
CEO/President (through June)
$52,174Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director (through November)
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Rhonda Adams$133,976$128,940$116,877$114,416$81,955
Charles McLimans————$52,174

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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1 program · $11.0M · in their own filed words · FY2020
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In 2020, the river food pantry served more first-time visitors than ever before due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We distributed a record-setting 3.7 million pounds of food to 15,381 people, one third of which were children.

$11.0Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$15K
Grants paid · 3 grants · $28.3M · 2021–2023
Unitemized GrantFY2023$10,679,895
Unitemized GrantFY2022$8,746,180
Unitemized GrantFY2021$8,842,490

Federal money

Single Audit · Federal Audit Clearinghouse · money spent from federal programs
Year ending Dec 2025 · $2.3M federal money spent
Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous GrantsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · ALN 14.251 · Direct$1.9M
Home Investment Partnerships ProgramDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · ALN 14.239 · Through City of Madison$400K

The auditor reported 1 finding: a material weakness in money controls.

Year ending Dec 2024 · $1.5M federal money spent
Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous GrantsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · ALN 14.251 · Direct$1.1M
Home Investment Partnerships ProgramDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · ALN 14.239 · Through City of Madison$400K
Emergency Food and Shelter National Board ProgramDepartment of Homeland Security · ALN 97.024 · Direct$7K

The auditor reported 1 finding: a material weakness in money controls.

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$12.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$12.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Other incomeLn 4–11$368
Money outPt IX
$11.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$11.0M
Managementcol C$158K
Fundraisingcol D$99K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.6M
Total assetsLn 16$2.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$234K
PeoplePt VI, VII
18
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$12.5M
Government grantsLn 1e$205K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$9.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Other incomeLn 4–11$368
Total revenueLn 12$12.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$155K
SavingsLn 2$1.4M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.6M
Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$604K
Accounts receivableLn 4$5K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$16K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$404K
Total assetsLn 16$2.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$234K
Net assetsLn 32$2.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 531
VolunteersI 61,763
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
Abroad and in kindSch F, M
Noncash gifts receivedSch M Pt I$9.4M
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$818K$1.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$187K$404K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M$2.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$62K$234K
Net assetsLn 32$1.1M$2.4M
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$10.0M$10.0M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$141K$85K$20K$37K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$658K$538K$85K$35K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$12K$9K$2K$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$42K$32K$5K$4K
Payroll taxesLn 10$56K$44K$7K$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c$12K$12K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$19K$17K$8$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$483$483
Office expensesLn 13$115K$92K$16K$7K
OccupancyLn 16$106K$102K$2K$2K
TravelLn 17$28K$22K$4K$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$53K$51K$1K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$29K$23K$4K$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$11.2M$11.0M$158K$99K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 LatestFiled with the IRS Aug 21, 2025 $14.3M$11.3M$3.0M$12.0M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 13, 2024 $16.6M$12.8M$3.7M$9.0M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 4, 2023 $12.6M$10.4M$2.2M$5.3M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS May 11, 2022 $11.1M$10.4M$728K$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS May 12, 2021 $12.5M$11.2M$1.3M$2.4M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $12,513,880 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $6,608,547$12,511,389
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $12,781$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,076$2,123
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $13,959$368
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $6,636,363$12,513,880
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $5,107,273$9,954,416
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $746,439$908,507
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $310,602$363,589
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $6,164,314$11,226,512
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $472,049$1,287,368
Part VI · Governance 14 of 15 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members14
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $12,513,880 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$205,449
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$12,305,940
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$9,385,082
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$12,511,389
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,123$2,123
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $368$368
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $2,491$12,513,880
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $11,226,512 across 14 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $9,954,416$9,954,416
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $84,711 · Management $19,858 · Fundraising $36,617$141,186
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $537,830 · Management $84,919 · Fundraising $35,038$657,787
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $8,979 · Management $1,511 · Fundraising $1,034$11,524
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $32,348 · Management $5,444 · Fundraising $3,723$41,515
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $44,019 · Management $7,409 · Fundraising $5,067$56,495
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $11,911$11,911
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $17,214 · Management $8 · Fundraising $1,987$19,209
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $483$483
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $92,429 · Management $16,077 · Fundraising $6,636$115,142
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $101,594 · Management $2,338 · Fundraising $2,338$106,270
IX-17 TravelPrograms $21,923 · Management $3,690 · Fundraising $2,523$28,136
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $51,135 · Management $1,177 · Fundraising $1,177$53,489
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $22,556 · Management $3,797 · Fundraising $2,596$28,949
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $10,969,154 · Management $158,139 · Fundraising $99,219$11,226,512
Part X · Balance sheet $2,594,712 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $372,626$155,426
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $445,639$1,410,255
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $130,367$603,690
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,513$4,627
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $7,441$16,307
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $187,365$404,407
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,144,951$2,594,712
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $62,035$91,395
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$142,300
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $62,035$233,695
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $749,870$2,348,517
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $333,046$12,500
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,082,916$2,361,017
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,144,951$2,594,712
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,361,017 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$12,513,880
XI-2 Total expenses$11,226,512
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,287,368
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,082,916
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$9,267
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,361,017

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