Charity: provide temporary, emergency financial assistance to local people in need.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
25¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$24K 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
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
FY2023
latest Form 990
Fine: the latest return is for FY2023, 3 tax years back; within 3 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $38K a year · 20% of revenue · last 4 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 4 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
25%
of spending
Concern: 25% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$24K
to officers and key staff · 19% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 19% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $750
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$169K
31% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 31% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$153K
Spent
$125K
To programs
25%
Net assets
$384K
By yearFY2020–FY2023
Revenue
$153K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$153K
FY2021$177K
FY2022$188K
FY2023$235K
Expenses
$125K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$125K
FY2021$136K
FY2022$164K
FY2023$174K
Net assets
$384K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$384K
FY2021$425K
FY2022$449K
FY2023$510K

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2023. IRS ruling in Dec 2007.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

25 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 25% · $31K Management & general 75% · $94K

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

10 people listed on the 990; $24K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Operations Administrator
$23,703Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee and Chairperson
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee and Vice Chairperson
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee and Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee and Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Craig Lehrke’s $24K as Operations Administrator is at the 24th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1172 $100K–1M food & agriculture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

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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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Offers emergency financial aid to local individuals facing hardship.

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3 programs · $31K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Assist People with Housing

rent, mortgage, temporary lodging, and transient housing. Preclude foreclosure or eviction, assist the unemployed. Assist transients passing through town and those kicked out of home by providing a few nights lodging in local motels. Assisted 58 households in 2020.

$16Kprogram expense
02

Assist People with Utility Bill Emergencies

heating, electricity, telephone, water. Avoid shut-offs. Pay start-up deposits and re-connect fees for the poor, if needed. Attempt to provide one month's service to enable client to resume paying on his/her own. Assisted 43 households in 2020.

$10Kprogram expense
03

Assist people with food, medication, transportation, automobile repairs, gasoline to get to doctor's appointments, and miscellaneous other needs. Assisted 51 households in 2020.

$5Kprogram 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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$750
Grants paid · 12 grants · $160K · 2020–2023
Unitemized GrantFY2023$22,140
Unitemized GrantFY2023$12,087
Unitemized GrantFY2023$11,783
Unitemized GrantFY2022$18,693
Unitemized GrantFY2022$14,017
Unitemized GrantFY2022$11,676
Unitemized GrantFY2021$17,966
Unitemized GrantFY2021$12,564
Unitemized GrantFY2021$8,261
Unitemized GrantFY2020$15,577
Unitemized GrantFY2020$10,317
Unitemized GrantFY2020$4,998

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$153K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$153K
Investment incomeLn 3$83
Money outPt IX
$125K
Ln 25
Programscol B$31K
Managementcol C$94K
Owns and owesPt X
$384K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$93K
Total assetsLn 16$553K
LiabilitiesLn 26$169K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$153K
Government grantsLn 1e$10K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Investment incomeLn 3$83
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$153K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$9K
SavingsLn 2$84K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$93K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$460K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$553K
LiabilitiesLn 26$169K
Net assetsLn 32$384K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 644
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$22K$93K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$468K$460K
Total assetsLn 16$490K$553K
LiabilitiesLn 26$134K$169K
Net assetsLn 32$356K$384K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$950$950
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$30K$30K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0$0$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$51K$0$51K$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$4K$0$4K$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2K$0$2K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$359$0$359$0
Information technologyLn 14$243$0$243$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$0$0$0$0
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$6K$0$6K$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$8K$0$8K$0
InsuranceLn 23$3K$0$3K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$20K$0$20K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$125K$31K$94K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2023 Latest $235K$174K$61K$510K 990 PDF
FY2022 $188K$164K$24K$449K 990 PDF
FY2021 $177K$136K$41K$425K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $153K$125K$28K$384K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $152,792 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $166,650$152,709
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$83
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $166,650$152,792
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $45,822$30,892
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $944$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $54,180$54,329
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $44,012$39,652
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $144,958$124,873
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $21,692$27,919
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $152,792 across 14 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$10,439
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$142,270
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$152,709
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $83 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$83
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $83 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$152,792
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $124,873 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $950$950
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $29,942$29,942
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $50,517 · Fundraising $0$50,517
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $3,812 · Fundraising $0$3,812
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $2,000 · Fundraising $0$2,000
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $359 · Fundraising $0$359
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $243 · Fundraising $0$243
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $6,267 · Fundraising $0$6,267
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $7,942 · Fundraising $0$7,942
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $2,616 · Fundraising $0$2,616
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $0 · Management $20,225 · Fundraising $0$20,225
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $30,892 · Management $93,981 · Fundraising $0$124,873
Part X · Balance sheet $553,106 assets, 22 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $21,998$9,236
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$83,645
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $468,167$460,225
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $490,165$553,106
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $3,756$5,289
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $133,718$168,740
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $356,447$384,366
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $490,165$553,106
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $384,366 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$152,792
XI-2 Total expenses$124,873
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$27,919
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$356,447
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$384,366

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