Shared Harvest Foodbank, Inc.
Meets Standards
Standards For Charity Accountability
Governance
-
Board Oversight
-
Board Size
-
Board Meetings
-
Board Compensation
-
Conflict of Interest
Measuring Effectiveness
-
Effectiveness Policy
-
Effectiveness Report
Finances
-
Program Expenses
-
Fundraising Expenses
-
Accumulating Funds
-
Audit Report
-
Detailed Expense Breakdown
-
Accurate Expense Reporting
-
Budget Plan
Fundraising & Info
-
Truthful Materials
-
Annual Report
-
Website Disclosures
-
Donor Privacy
-
Cause Marketing Disclosures
-
Complaints
Shared Harvest Foodbank, Inc. meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
Stated Purpose:
To find, rescue, and distribute food to people living in poverty through an efficient network.
Year, State Incorporated:
1984, OH
Shared Harvest Foodbank takes a comprehensive approach to local hunger relief. All our programs are focused on both short-term and long-term strategies to reduce the meal gap in our five-county region. Our core program, Foodbanking, is a collaborative partnership with charities in all the communities we serve to provide bags of groceries or hot meals to people in need.
Even with all the work charitable food distribution does to address food insecurity, it only provides a shortterm solution. A longer-term solution is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) formerly known as the Food Stamp Program. Our own studies show that virtually all the people standing in line at our partner food pantries are eligible for SNAP benefits, but less than half have even applied for the program. To reduce some of the barriers as well as provide program education, we have our SNAP Outreach program which places our staff in Choice Food Pantries, primarily, with the goal of helping potential participants apply for SNAP benefits right then and there.
We realize that all the effort we put into this comprehensive approach to reducing hunger by rescuing food from the food industry, utilizing public programs and partnering with a broad array of charitable food providers, is a short-term solution. To truly eliminate hunger, we must work to shift public policies that can address the root causes of poverty: education, employment at living wages, safe affordable housing, mass transit, affordable health care, etc. We developed an advocacy program designed to engage others to participate in calls to action for local, regional, statewide and national policy legislation that will greatly help reduce the meal gap.
For the year ended December 31, 2022, Shared Harvest Foodbank, Inc.'s program expenses were:
| Food banking | $8,705,025 |
| Senior food program | $859,197 |
| Childhood food program | $712,799 |
| SNAP outreach | $89,283 |
| Advocacy | $1,873 |
| Total Program Expenses | $10,368,177 |
Chief Executive
Terry Perdue, Executive Director
Chair of the Board
Mrs. Patricia Plavko, Board Chairperson
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Frost Brown Todd LLC
Board Size
13
Paid Staff Size
19
Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet
This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.
The following information is based on Shared Harvest Foodbank, Inc.'s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022.
Source of Funds
| In-kind food contributions | $8,069,162 |
| Government grants | $2,320,310 |
| Contributions | $1,737,127 |
| Member agency contract revenue, net | $203,294 |
| United Ways | $123,131 |
| Miscellaneous | $13,779 |
| Investment activity, net | $-28,790 |
| Total Income | $12,438,013 |
Programs: 95% Fundraising: 2% Administrative: 2%
| Total Income | $12,438,013 |
| Total expenses: | $10,856,761 |
| Program expenses | $10,368,177 |
| Fundraising expenses | $218,532 |
| Administrative expenses | $270,052 |
| Other expenses | $0 |
| Income in Excess of Expenses | $1,581,252 |
| Beginning Net Assets | $6,669,724 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets | $0 |
| Ending Net Assets | $8,250,976 |
| Total Liabilities | $884,374 |
| Total Assets | $9,135,350 |
An organization may change its practices at any time without notice. A copy of this report has been shared with the organization prior to publication. It is not intended to recommend or deprecate, and is furnished solely to assist you in exercising your own judgment. If the report is about a charity and states the charity meets or does not meet the Standards for Charity Accountability, it reflects the results of an evaluation of information and materials provided voluntarily by the charity. The name Better Business Bureau is a registered service mark of the International Association of Better Business Bureaus.
This report is not to be used for fundraising or promotional purposes.
RELATED CONTENT
-
Meets Standards
-
Standards Not Met
-
Did Not Disclose
-
Review in Progress
-
Unable to Verify
Report completed by:
BBB Cincinnati