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8061 CONGRESS ST
Port Richey FL 34668-6714
Port Richey FL | IRS ruling year: 1999 | EIN: 59-3555687
TVW HELPS FINANCIALLY INSECURE INDIVIDUALS MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS BY PRDNG FOOD, PERSONAL ITEMS, REQOURCES AND HOPE. TVW DISTRIBUTS MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF FOOD EVERY ... (More)
TVW HELPS FINANCIALLY INSECURE INDIVIDUALS MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS BY PRDNG FOOD, PERSONAL ITEMS, REQOURCES AND HOPE. TVW DISTRIBUTS MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF FOOD EVERY YEAR FREE OF CHARGE TO LOCAL PANTRIES,SOUP KTCHNS, ETC. (Less)
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This charity's score is 100%, 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% Leadership & Adaptability. Learn more about our criteria and methodology.
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Volunteer Way Inc. cannot currently be evaluated by our Accountability & Finance methodology because they have e-filed less than three full IRS Form 990s in the past six fiscal years
We recognize that organizations may skip e-filing on certain years, while otherwise meeting our methodology. However, we do not believe it appropriate to rate an organization based on this limited amount of data.
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This chart displays the trend of revenue and expenses over the past several years for this organization, as reported on their IRS Form 990.
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
Source: IRS Form 990 (page 7), filing year 2019
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)
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 (Volunteer Way Inc.) or EIN (593555687) in the 'Search Term' field.
This organization was impacted by COVID-19 in a way that effected their financial health in 2020. This normally would have reduced their star rating. Due to the unprecedented nature of the pandemic, we give charities such as this one the opportunity to share the story of COVID's impact on them, and doing this pauses our revision of their rating. Charities may submit their own pandemic responses through their nonprofit portal.
Volunteer Way Inc. reported being impacted by COVID-19 in the following ways:
Program Delivery
Fundraising Capacity
Staffing
Administrative Capacity
Grants Sent
How COVID-19 impacted the organization's operations financially:
In-Kind donations of food and goods declined by 66% due to shipping and logistical issues. In-person fundraisers had to be cancelled due to the pandemic. We received a PPP loan to cover employees salaries.
How COVID-19 impacted the organization's delivery of programs:
Due to the pandemic, we had to shut down our soup kitchen, as well as the shower and laundry services for the homeless. Our soup kitchen reopened quickly for to-go meals only, and is currently distributing 2 meals per client four days a week. Our shower facilities reopened recently as well. Due to social distancing, our food pantry switched to a drive-thru pickup system initially, but we have since returned to full operations.
How this organization adapted to changing conditions caused by COVID-19:
Our staff had to develop alternative methods to food distribution to preserve the health and safety of all. We had to learn to distribute food and other services while keeping our clients socially distanced. We also joined a new program to provide back rent and utility payments for people who lost their jobs due to the pandemic. This program is complete, and we are now refocusing on our primary mission: feeding the people of Pasco, Citrus, and Hernando counties.
Innovations the organization intends to continue permanently after the pandemic:
We began offering our food pantry clients the opportunity to pick up food every two weeks instead of once a month. Low-income families in our community continue to show an increased need for food security.
Volunteer Way Inc. 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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Full Credit
Partial Credit
No Credit
Not Applicable
Program
Feeding Pasco
Activities
The nonprofit collects, warehouses and distributes food to front-line organizations like food pantries and soup kitchens.
Program Type
Food Distribution
Beneficiaries Served
Program Geography
Time Period of Data
1/1/20 to 1/1/21
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.
Outcome data collected during the program. The nonprofit submitted data on the amount of food it provides.
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 nonprofit’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.
Program cost data reported by the nonprofit. Partner and beneficiary costs reported by the nonprofit or estimated by Charity Navigator.
Cost Calculation
$254,917 program costs + $198,808 partner costs + $0 beneficiary costs = $453,725 total costs
We calculate impact, defined as the change in outcomes attributable to a program divided by the cost to achieve those outcomes.
Impact Calculation
$453,725 total costs / 351,670 meals provided = roughly $1 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
Volunteer Way Inc. reported its largest program on its FY 2019 Form 990 as:
Spent in most recent FY
Percent of program expenses
IN 2019 THE VOLUNTEER WAY DISTRIBUTED OVER 5 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD AT NO COST TO AUR PARTNERING FOOD PANTRIES AND CONSUMERS. THE TOTAL FAMILIES SERVED WAS OVER 22,000 EACH MONTH. WE ALSO DISTRIBUTED ... (More)
IN 2019 THE VOLUNTEER WAY DISTRIBUTED OVER 5 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD AT NO COST TO AUR PARTNERING FOOD PANTRIES AND CONSUMERS. THE TOTAL FAMILIES SERVED WAS OVER 22,000 EACH MONTH. WE ALSO DISTRIBUTED USDA COMMODITIES TO 30 NON-PROFIT CHARITIES THROUGHOUT ALL OF PASCO AND HERNANDO COUNTIES. OUR SOUP KITCHEN SERVER OVER 7,000 MEALS EACH MONTH AND OUR MOBILE FOOD PANTRY ASSISTED AN AVERAGE OF 800 FAMILIES THAT ARE LOCATED IN ISOLATED FOOD DESERT AREAS IN PASCO COUNTY. OUR BROWN BAG PROGRAM HAS HOW GROWN TO OVER 210 LOW-INCOME HOMEBOUND ELDERLY THAT GET A DELIVERY BOX OF GROCERIES AND PERSONAL ITEMS MONTHLY. WE ARE AN ACCESS SITE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. ALL OF OUR SERVICES ARE FREE OF ANY FEES TO OUR CONSUMERS AND PERTNERING NON-PROFITS. (Less)
Volunteer Way Inc. cannot currently be evaluated by our Culture & Community methodology because we have not received data from the charity regarding its Constituent Feedback or Equity Practices strategies.
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Volunteer Way Inc. has earned a 100% for the Leadership & Adaptability beacon. See the metrics below for more information.
This beacon provides an assessment of the organization's leadership capacity, strategic thinking and planning, and ability to innovate or respond to changes in constituent demand/need or other relevant social and economic conditions to achieve the organization's mission.
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Full CreditPartial CreditNo CreditNot ApplicableMission - 10/10 ptsMission - 10/10 pts
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization's mission
To make Paso County a better place to live, work, and raise a family by feeding the vulnerable populations: the homeless, the disabled, the elderly, veterans, low-income families, children, and all those who are food insecure living in food desert areas; to improve their health and help them succeed in achieving a better quality of life. Our calling is to offer a hand up, rather than a hand out, and to put the spirit of hope back into our clients, to help them overcome poverty, and to become productive citizens in their communities.
Vision - 10/10 ptsVision - 10/10 pts
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization’s vision.
People Helping People. We believe that The Volunteer Way’s thoughtful, committed volunteers can change the world and put the spirit of hope back into our children, single parents and seniors, so that they can become productive citizens in their communities.
Source: Nonprofit submitted responses
Goals - 20/20 ptsGoals - 20/20 pts
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking and goal setting through sharing their most important strategic goals.
Goal One: Provide 300,706 people with food assistance.
Goal Type: Grow, expand, scale or increase access to the existing programs and services.
Goal Two: We address the second step out of poverty, economic mobility, through education. We want to expand our free GED program and start ESL classes by the end of the year.
Goal Type: New program(s) based on observed changes in needs among our constituencies/communities served.
Goal Three: Deliver food, personal items, and pet food to 200 homebound and disabled seniors once a month. They live alone and don't have anyone to take them to a food pantry or to pick up food for them.
Goal Type: Grow, expand, scale or increase access to the existing programs and services.
Leadership Development - 15/15 ptsLeadership Development - 15/15 pts
The nonprofit provides evidence of investment in leadership development
Staff attend professional development classes related to their jobs.
Mobilizing for Mission - 15/15 ptsMobilizing for Mission - 15/15 pts
The nonprofit provides evidence of leadership through focusing externally and mobilizing resources for the mission.
Strategic Partnerships
Networks of Collective Impact Efforts
Thought Leadership
Raising Awareness
Community Building
We partner with many different non-profits, ministries, and community organizations; for example, we receive USDA food from Feeding Tampa Bay and the Florida Department of Agriculture. We furnish free food and personal items to 30 partner food pantries and partners throughout Pasco County; we also train their personnel and perform inspections of their facilities. “We are the Hope” Mobile Medical Service and a Mobile Dentist come to our food pantry and soup kitchen to provide services. The Department of Children and Families lists us as a Gold Access Site Partner for food stamp applications, Medicaid applications, and verifications. We help our clients apply for SNAP and other programs. Metropolitan Ministries, our GED program partner, provides our students access to their online learning site. We many more partnerships with agencies we assist with food, and we believe that our greatest strength is in our ability to come together in the community.
Adaptability Story - 30/30 ptsAdaptability Story - 30/30 pts
The nonprofit has an opportunity to tell the story of how the organization adapted to tremendous external changes in the last year.
Our programs are still greatly impacted by the pandemic. We rely on volunteers and other unpaid workers to carry out our daily operations. The COVID surge over the last few months has reignited fears of getting sick working with the public. After the government shutdown, we’ve begun receiving community service referrals again but volunteer referrals from partner agencies are still low in number. We closed the doors of our soup kitchen, providing to-go sandwiches for pickup in hopes of keeping everyone safe. However, we had to shut down the soup kitchen and have it professionally sanitized because of a COVID outbreak. Our Moon Lake Soup Kitchen reopened and provided to-go meals to ensure the safety of our community. Previously, deliveries to our warehouse were stalled as truck drivers maxed out their drive-time because there was such a high demand for their services. The shipping industry is still dealing with logistical issues. Adjustments to inventory management were made to balance out food distribution. Despite these significant challenges and setbacks, our organization has successfully adapted to the community’s needs. We increased deliveries and pickups to twice a month to meet the increased need for people who lost their jobs due to COVID. We are expanding and maintaining our services to meet the increased need in the community, without sacrificing interpersonal relations.
Impact & Results
Accountability & Finance
Culture & Community
Leadership & Adaptability
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