Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 1983.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
95 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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; $130K paid to officers and key staff.
Virginia Witherspoon’s $130K as Executive Director is at the 24th percentile of top reported officer pay among 249 $10–100M 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.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 5 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Witherspoon | $129,612 | $123,713 | — | — | — | — |
| Virginia Merritt | — | — | $115,821 | $106,438 | $93,755 | $88,964 |
| Linda Lovik | — | — | — | — | $78,813 | $78,573 |
| Sherry Kulas | — | — | — | — | — | $69,376 |
| Matt Decook | — | — | — | — | $50,002 | — |
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
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Distributes nutritionally balanced USDA food packages monthly to income-eligible seniors across 13 Minnesota counties to strengthen food access and community health.
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Channel one food bank as a partner food bank of the feeding america network, the food bank solicits, receives, inventories and distributes food and other products to 126 programs operated by 79 nonprofit 501(c)(3) agency partners and 130 programs operated by 92 nonprofit 501(c)(3) agencies for the years ended june 30, 2025 and 2024…
Channel one food shelf a choice food shelf offering shopping and delivery to eligible individuals and households. The food shelf follows minnesota's tefap (the emergency food assistance program) eligibility guidelines. Approximately 12,775 and 11,275 unique households were served for the years ended june 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Commodity supplemental food program (CSFP) provides nutritionally balanced, supplemental usda food packages to income eligible seniors monthly. Channel one distributes this program throughout the 13 county service area in minnesota.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $1.1M | $2.0M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $2.0M | $391K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $2.6M | $2.5M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $8.9M | $7.1M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $337K | $353K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $8.5M | $6.8M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $14.9M | $14.9M | ||
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $8.7M | $8.7M | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $143K | $101K | $24K | $17K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $1.8M | $1.3M | $213K | $285K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $22K | $16K | $3K | $3K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $325K | $234K | $40K | $51K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $180K | $130K | $22K | $28K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $1K | $1K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $30K | $30K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $136K | $5K | $41K | $89K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $14K | $14K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $436K | $121K | $40K | $275K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $72K | $20K | $7K | $45K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $216K | $192K | $20K | $4K |
| TravelLn 17 | $333K | $333K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $278K | $263K | $15K | $22 |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $61K | $54K | $7K | $581 |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $206K | $150K | $36K | $19K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $27.9M | $26.6M | $498K | $832K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest Viewing | $26.1M | $27.9M | −$1.8M | $6.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $24.9M | $25.6M | −$695K | $8.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $20.3M | $20.2M | $17K | $9.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $17.2M | $18.6M | −$1.4M | $9.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $23.9M | $22.1M | $1.8M | $10.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $21.8M | $18.9M | $2.9M | $8.7M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $26,121,594 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $26,121,594 across 12 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $27,919,312 across 18 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $7,103,767 assets, 17 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $6,750,635 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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