The Friendship Center

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501(c)(3) organization

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http://www.friendshipcenterchicago.org/

3448 W FOSTER AVE
Chicago IL 60625-4819

Chicago IL | IRS ruling year: 2000 | EIN: 36-4219965

Food Pantry

Rating Information

Great

This charity's score is 99%, earning it a Four-Star rating. If this organization aligns with your passions and values, you can give with confidence.

This overall score is calculated from multiple beacon scores: 90% Impact & Results, 10% Culture & Community. Learn more about our criteria and methodology.

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Impact & Results
Accountability & Finance
Leadership & Adaptability
Culture & Community

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Impact & Results

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Accountability & Finance

The Friendship Center cannot currently be evaluated by our Accountability & Finance methodology due to only having one year of electronically-filed IRS Form 990 data. But please note, that the IRS is significantly delayed in processing nonprofit's annual tax filings. That may mean that this entity has electronically filed additional Forms 990 but they have yet to be processed and made public by the IRS.

To ensure year-to-year consistency the Encompass Rating System's Finance & Accountability beacon analyzes the three-year average of some data provided through the IRS 990.
Charity Navigator currently only has one year of consecutive e-filed Forms 990 from the IRS for The Friendship Center under the EIN: 36-4219965.
Before Charity Navigator can evaluate The Friendship Center, The Friendship Center will need to e-file for additional fiscal years.

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Unscored Information

Total Revenue and Expenses - Data Available

This chart displays the trend of revenue and expenses over the past several years for this organization, as reported on their IRS Form 990.

Salary of Key Persons - Data Available

Presented here are up to five of this organization's highest compensated employees. This compensation data includes salary, cash bonuses, and expense accounts and is displayed exactly how it is reported to the IRS. The amounts do not include nontaxable benefits, deferred compensation, or other amounts not reported on Form W-2. In some cases, these amounts may include compensation from related organizations. Read the IRS policies for compensation reporting

ROSS OUTTEN, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

$42,075

DEAN MORRIS, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

$40,012

ALEX EARLEY, OPERATIONS AND LOGISTICS MANAGER

$13,008

GRETA BAILEY, BOOKKEEPER

$2,448

Source: IRS Form 990 (page 7), filing year 2019

IRS Published Data (Business Master File) - Data Available

Below are some key data points from the Exempt Organization IRS Business Master File (BMF) for this organization. Learn more about the BMF on the IRS website

Activities:

Activity data not reported from the IRS

Foundation Status:

Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) (BMF foundation code: 15)

Affiliation:

Independent - the organization is an independent organization or an independent auxiliary (i.e., not affiliated with a National, Regional, or Geographic grouping of organizations). (BMF affiliation code: 3)

Data Sources (IRS Forms 990) - Data Available

The Form 990 is a document that nonprofit organizations file with the IRS annually. We leverage finance and accountability data from it to form Encompass ratings. Click here to search for this organization's Forms 990 on the IRS website (if any are available). Simply enter the organization's name (The Friendship Center) or EIN (364219965) in the 'Search Term' field.

Impact & Results

The Friendship Center has earned a 100% for the Impact & Results beacon. See the metrics below for more information.

This beacon estimates the actual impact a charity has on the lives of those it serves, and determines whether it is making good use of donor resources to achieve that impact.

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Metrics

Full Credit

Partial Credit

No Credit

Not Applicable

Rated Program

Program

Food Bank

Activities

The Friendship Center provides groceries to beneficiaries.

Program Type

Food Distribution

Beneficiaries Served

People living in poverty

Program Geography

Time Period of Data

1/1/2020 to 12/1/2020

Outcomes and Cost

Outcomes: Changes in the lives of those served by a nonprofit. They can be caused by the nonprofit.

Costs: The money spent by a nonprofit and its partners and beneficiaries.

Impact: Outcome caused by a nonprofit relative to its cost.

Cost-effectiveness: A judgment as to whether the cost was a good use of resources to cause the outcome.

Outcome Metric

A meal provided to a person in need

Outcome Data Source

Ratings are based on data the nonprofit itself collects on its work. We use the most recent year with sufficient data. Typically, this data allows us to calculate direct changes in participants' lives, such as increased income.

Method for Attributing Outcomes

We don't know if the observed changes were caused by the nonprofit's program or something else happening at the same time (e.g., a participant got a raise). To determine causation, we take the outcomes we observe and subtract an estimate of the outcomes that would have happened even without the program (i.e., counterfactual outcomes).

We assume that the distribution of a meal from one nonprofit's food distribution program does not diminish the amount of food distributed by any other (neighboring) food distribution program. This “counterfactual” assumption about the amount of food distributed in the absence of The Friendship Center’s food distribution program implies that the benefit of a meal to a beneficiary in need constitutes a net gain; the gain is not offset by reductions in food provided to other beneficiaries in need. We therefore set the counterfactual to zero.

Cost Data Source

After estimating the program's outcomes, we need to determine how much it cost to achieve those outcomes. All monetary costs are counted, whether they are borne by a nonprofit service deliverer or by the nonprofit’s public and private partners.

Cost Calculation

$143,151 program costs + $174,320 partner costs + $0 beneficiary costs = $317,471 total costs

Impact and Determination

We calculate impact, defined as the change in outcomes attributable to a program divided by the cost to achieve those outcomes.

Impact Calculation

$317,471 total costs / 629,866 meals provided = roughly $0.50 provides a meal to a person in need.

Benchmark for Rating

Impact & Results scores of food distribution programs are based on the cost of a meal relative to the cost that a food-secure person incurs to buy a meal in that county. Programs receive an Impact & Results score of 100 if they are less than 75% the cost of a meal and a score of 80 if they are less than 125%. If a nonprofit reports impact but doesn't meet the benchmark for cost-effectiveness, it earns a score of 65.

Determination

Highly cost-effective

Unscored Information

Largest Programs

The Friendship Center reported its largest program on its FY 2019 Form 990 as:

$199,061

Spent in most recent FY

100%

Percent of program expenses

The Friendship Center operates two food pantries providing food and assistance to over 1,600 individuals per month. The Friendship Center also works to connect clients with critical social service age ... (More)

Culture & Community

The Friendship Center has earned a 85% for the Culture & Community beacon. See the metrics below for more information.

This beacon provides an assessment of the organization's culture and connectedness to the community it serves.

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Metrics

Full Credit

Partial Credit

No Credit

Not Applicable

Constituent Feedback - No Data Available - Unscored

Constituent Feedback and Listening Practice data are not available for this organization. Charity Navigator believes nonprofit organizations that engage in inclusive practices, such as collecting feedback from the people and communities they serve, may be more effective.

Equity Practices - Data Available - 85/100 pts

100% of beacon score

This organization's score of 85 is a passing score. The organization reported that it is implementing 5 Equity Practices. Charity Navigator believes nonprofit organizations implementing effective equity policies and practices can enhance a nonprofit's decision-making, staff motivation, innovation, and effectiveness.

Equity Practices (1/7)
	We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
	We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and/or portfolios.
	We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization/'s programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
	We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
	We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
	We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured
	We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.

Equity Policies and Procedures (4/7)
	We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
	We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
	We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
	We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
	We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
	We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
	We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.

Leadership & Adaptability

The Friendship Center cannot currently be evaluated by our Leadership & Adaptability methodology because we have not received data from the charity regarding its leadership capacity, strategic thinking and planning, and ability to innovate or respond to changes.

Note: The absence of a score does not indicate a positive or negative assessment, it only indicates that we have not yet evaluated the organization.

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99%

Four-Star Charity

Impact & Results

Accountability & Finance

Culture & Community

Leadership & Adaptability

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The Friendship Center

The Friendship Center

Rating Information

Rating Report

Accountability & Finance

Unscored Information

ROSS OUTTEN, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

$42,075

DEAN MORRIS, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

$40,012

ALEX EARLEY, OPERATIONS AND LOGISTICS MANAGER

$13,008

GRETA BAILEY, BOOKKEEPER

$2,448

Impact & Results

Unscored Information

Largest Programs

$199,061

100%

Culture & Community

Equity Practices (1/7)

Equity Policies and Procedures (4/7)

Leadership & Adaptability

Four-Star Charity