Missouri · Nonprofit
THE FOOD CENTER
THE FOOD CENTER (Missouri) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,800 to it, the largest being AMERICAN CHARITABLE TRUST INC ($38,800). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $286k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $44k
- Net assets
- $531k
What The Food Center does
Mission
To provide food and household items to those in need in johnson county, missouri
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Food pantry: provide food and household products to approximately 400 families in need per month in johnson county, missouri
$131,456 spent80% of program spendingChristmas store: provide a christmas meal for those struggling with food insecurity.
$14,058 spent9% of program spendingClothes closet: provides clothing and linens to those in need at little or no cost. Proceeds from sales of items used to fund the food pantry activities.
$12,932 spent8% of program spendingCrop walk: a community based walking event to raise funds to support church world service with 25% of funds collected remaining with The Food Center
$5,406 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $163,852.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $427k to $531k (+24%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2024 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of THE FOOD CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $6k → $8k.
From the IRS filings of THE FOOD CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE FOOD CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
THE FOOD CENTER draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Missouri, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE FOOD CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE FOOD CENTER
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE FOOD CENTER: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE FOOD CENTER?
- THE FOOD CENTER (Missouri) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,800 to it, the largest being AMERICAN CHARITABLE TRUST INC ($38,800). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FOOD CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $43,800 in grants to THE FOOD CENTER, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FOOD CENTER?
- AMERICAN CHARITABLE TRUST INC is the largest funder on record, with $38,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FOOD CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing