Missoula Food Bank & Community Center
We Nourish Community
Missoula Food Bank & Community Center
EIN: 81-0414143
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Missoula Food Bank - Store/Emergency Food Pantry
Our storefront is located at our physical address, 1720 Wyoming Street, Missoula, MT 59801. For many of our customers, asking for help isn't easy. Our staff and volunteers strive each day to create a welcoming environment free of judgement and stigma, where anyone in need might access food simply, free of charge, and confidentially.
Missoula Food Bank & Community Center's store is open Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday from 10 am - 7 pm. And Wednesday and Friday from 10 am - 1 pm.
Families and individuals can visit our store as often as they need to for a 3-5 day supply of food. In 2021, we helped 1 in 4 people in Missoula County with basic food needs through our emergency food pantry service with a total of 118,123 store services to 36,343 individuals.
ROOTS - Recognizing Other Opportunities to Serve
On the second Thursday of each month, our volunteers knock on the doors of more than 500 local seniors to deliver staple grocery items and supplementary fruits and vegetables through our ROOTS program. For many of our neighbors aging in poverty, the friendly face and wellness check are as needed as the supply of healthy food. We also help ROOTS clients with applications to SNAP and other social safety net programs.
Kid's Table Summer
Missoula Food Bank & Community Center's Kids Table program is helping to address the issue local childhood hunger by providing nutritious meals and snacks to kids in our community during the summer months. Through partnerships with programs which provide summertime opportunities to low-income children, Missoula Food Bank & Community Center is able to offer needed nutrition to kids who may otherwise go without. In 2021 over 55,000 meals were served to kids participating in this program.
Food Circle & Grocery Rescue
The mission of Food Circle is to safely collect excess prepared and perishable food from restaurants, caterers, delis, and other food service operations. Once recovered, this food is distributed through our store, to people in need and to non-profit agencies that serve children, families, the homeless, and senior citizens.
Prepared food is accepted from commercial food establishments only. Using sanitized containers, excess prepared food is collected at donor establishments by a driver trained in safe food handling. Donated food is briefly stored in our walk-in cooler until it is repacked into single serving meals. Meals are labeled and dated and immediately frozen for distribution.
Satellite Locations
In 2021, Missoula Food Bank & Community Center added 3 new satellite locations, Lowell Elementary school, Bonner and Clinton. Our satellite locations provided 1871 grocery services to the outlaying communities.
Location: Lolo Community Hall, 12345 US 93, Lolo, MT 59847
Food distribution schedule: 1st and 3rd Wednesday from 5p-7
Location: Potomac Greenough Community Center 29827 Potomac, MT
Food Distribution schedule: Last two Sunday's of the month 5p-7
Location: Clinton School Annex, 20359 E Mullan Road, Clinton, MT 59825
Food Distribution Schedule: 1st and 3rd Wednesday from 5 pm to 7 pm.
Location: Bonner, Our Savior's Lutheran Church, 8985 MT Hwy 200, Bonner, MT 59823
Food Distribution Schedule: 1st and 3rd Wednesday from 5 pm to 7 pm.
Location: Lowell Elementary School, 1215 Phillips St, Missoula, MT 59802
Food Distribution Schedule: Wednesday's from 3 - 5:30 pm.
Kid's EmPower Pack
EmPower Pack is Missoula Food Bank’s way of sending food home with children in our community so they have enough to eat each weekend. Local area school administration help us to identify children who are exhibiting signs of food insecurity, so we can ensure they are given a pack of food each week. The program provides about 850 food packages each week to 23 preschool, elementary, middle & high schools.
Kid's Table Afterschool
Each day afterschool, Missoula Food Bank provides health meals to kids who may not be going home to dinner on the table. This five component "super snack" helps increase participation in after-school enrichment activities, reduces bullying behaviors in these important hours, and ensures that every child has three meals each day. Every meal includes fresh, diverse foods helping to build healthy eating habits. In 2021, 80,673 after school meals and snacks were provide to children participating in after-school programs.
Bill & Rosemary Gallagher Learning Kitchen
In the Bill & Rosemary Gallagher Learning Kitchen, Missoula Food Bank offers free cooking classes to help connect families with skills and know-how for healthy, low cost meal preparation and food preservation. All classes in this space are accessible and incorporate food from our store. We are also able to partner with other service providers in this space for workshops and other educational opportunities for our customers.
EMPower Place
A collective impact effort by Missoula Food Bank, Missoula Public Library and spectrUM Discovery Area, Empower Place is a dynamic learning center dedicated to nourishing the bodies and minds of Missoula's children and families. The space offers science education and exhibits, literacy programming and library services, role model engagement and pathways to higher education, and healthy food all under one roof. EMPower Place is powered in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of people aged 65+ receiving home care
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
ROOTS - Recognizing Other Opportunities to Serve
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
Download strategic planLearn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The goal of Missoula Food Bank & Community Center is to end food insecurity in our community by confronting the systemic causes of hunger. While accomplishing that goal we provide much needed emergency food supplies to our neighbors in need.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
1. Understand the scope of barrier within the existing process of utilizing safety net benefits.
2. Understand and prioritize local food sourcing.
3. Flatten the power structure by prioritizing resource connection as a tool to address upstream issues of hunger.
4. Use our political capital to give power/voice to people experiencing food insecurity at the decision-making level.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
With the assistance of our Board of Directors, our dynamic staff, and community partners we are in a unique position to accomplish our goals. Working with agricultural organizations, we can promote local food sourcing. Work with human rights advocates we can make progress on flattening power structures and on changing the punitive nature of social safety net programs.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
MFB&CC has defined goals for each of the strategic items and the staff, partners, and board members who can best assist in accomplishing those goals.
Public meetings have been conducted where appropriate to identify further collaborations.
Financials
Financial documents
Download audited financialsRevenue vs. expenses: breakdown
Liquidity in 2023 info
19.56
Months of cash in 2023 info
1.2
Fringe rate in 2023 info
27%
Funding sources info
Assets & liabilities info
Financial data
Missoula Food Bank & Community Center
Revenue & expensesFiscal Year: Jul 01 - Jun 30
Missoula Food Bank & Community Center
Balance sheetFiscal Year: Jul 01 - Jun 30
The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot survive long, but the types of assets and liabilities must also be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan, and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.
Fiscal Year: Jul 01 - Jun 30
This snapshot of Missoula Food Bank & Community Center’s financial trends applies Nonprofit Finance Fund® analysis to data hosted by GuideStar. While it highlights the data that matter most, remember that context is key – numbers only tell part of any story.
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Business model indicators
Profitability info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Unrestricted surplus (deficit) before depreciation | $254,518 | $824,643 | $2,205,693 | $111,479 | $229,240 |
As % of expenses | 4.8% | 15.0% | 36.0% | 2.0% | 3.6% |
Unrestricted surplus (deficit) after depreciation | $233,500 | $805,394 | $2,169,723 | $55,459 | $155,344 |
As % of expenses | 4.3% | 14.6% | 35.2% | 1.0% | 2.4% |
Revenue composition info | |||||
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Total revenue (unrestricted & restricted) | $5,461,373 | $7,020,465 | $6,823,957 | $5,757,205 | $6,084,451 |
Total revenue, % change over prior year | 19.5% | 28.5% | -2.8% | -15.6% | 5.7% |
Program services revenue | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Membership dues | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Investment income | 1.7% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 1.7% |
Government grants | 16.7% | 25.9% | 34.6% | 25.3% | 19.0% |
All other grants and contributions | 83.1% | 74.3% | 66.4% | 79.7% | 79.6% |
Other revenue | -1.6% | -1.3% | -2.0% | -6.3% | -0.2% |
Expense composition info | |||||
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Total expenses before depreciation | $5,357,929 | $5,496,616 | $6,123,021 | $5,695,407 | $6,335,610 |
Total expenses, % change over prior year | 16.7% | 2.6% | 11.4% | -7.0% | 11.2% |
Personnel | 14.4% | 17.4% | 17.4% | 22.0% | 19.4% |
Professional fees | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2.3% | 1.3% | 1.4% |
Occupancy | 1.0% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.7% |
Interest | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Pass-through | 79.5% | 75.5% | 74.4% | 69.8% | 72.6% |
All other expenses | 4.1% | 4.4% | 4.3% | 5.1% | 4.9% |
Full cost components (estimated) info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Total expenses (after depreciation) | $5,378,947 | $5,515,865 | $6,158,991 | $5,751,427 | $6,409,506 |
One month of savings | $446,494 | $458,051 | $510,252 | $474,617 | $527,968 |
Debt principal payment | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Fixed asset additions | $108,541 | $674,054 | $297,675 | $169,296 | $0 |
Total full costs (estimated) | $5,933,982 | $6,647,970 | $6,966,918 | $6,395,340 | $6,937,474 |
Capital structure indicators
Liquidity info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Months of cash | 1.2 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.2 |
Months of cash and investments | 4.4 | 6.2 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 7.9 |
Months of estimated liquid unrestricted net assets | 14.4 | 14.3 | 16.6 | 17.7 | 16.3 |
Balance sheet composition info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Cash | $534,308 | $1,217,271 | $1,537,444 | $1,028,598 | $616,127 |
Investments | $1,436,014 | $1,618,348 | $2,466,428 | $3,034,936 | $3,539,024 |
Receivables | $4,807,060 | $4,936,468 | $4,591,278 | $4,618,416 | $4,640,989 |
Gross land, buildings, equipment (LBE) | $294,080 | $968,134 | $1,265,809 | $1,430,205 | $1,435,665 |
Accumulated depreciation (as a % of LBE) | 33.5% | 12.2% | 12.1% | 14.3% | 19.4% |
Liabilities (as a % of assets) | 2.1% | 2.6% | 1.6% | 2.5% | 1.9% |
Unrestricted net assets | $6,592,664 | $7,398,058 | $9,567,781 | $9,623,240 | $9,778,584 |
Temporarily restricted net assets | $653,640 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Permanently restricted net assets | $110,238 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Total restricted net assets | $763,878 | $1,617,373 | $536,797 | $546,423 | $569,830 |
Total net assets | $7,356,542 | $9,015,431 | $10,104,578 | $10,169,663 | $10,348,414 |
Key data checks
Key data checks info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Material data errors | No | No | No | No | No |
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
Executive Director
Amy Allison Thompson
Number of employees
Source: IRS Form 990
Missoula Food Bank & Community Center
Officers, directors, trustees, and key employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
Compensation data
There are no highest paid employees recorded for this organization.
Missoula Food Bank & Community Center
Board of directorsas of 01/13/2023
Board of directors data
Ashley Ostheimer Hilliard
Partnership Health Care
Term: 2019 -
Slaven Lee
Missoula Public Library
Term: 2022 -
Lisa Coon
Hannah Santa Cruz
Kristina King
Stephanie Wright
Jessica Miller
Dacia Griego
Mike Bryan
Karen Lacey
Eric Schweitzer
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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