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← RUBYS HEART

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RUBYS HEART.

Totals

Total revenue
$44,691,635
Total expenses
$46,016,758
Contributions and grants received
$44,158,899
Grants paid
$40,627,544
Program service revenue
$174,468
Investment income
$126,707
Other revenue
$231,561
Total assets, end of year
$31,243,426
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,664,292
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$21,579,134
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$45,245,199
Management and general expenses
$706,443
Fundraising expenses
$65,116
Program service expenses (Part III)
$45,245,199

Program services were 98.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $44,158,899

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $38,555,268

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program Service Rent

    total $174,468 · related or exempt $174,468

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $1,626,578

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $1,499,871

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $126,707

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $126,707 · excluded $126,707

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $231,561

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $231,561 · related or exempt $231,561

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,469,336 · program services $1,469,336

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $39,158,208 · program services $39,158,208

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $89,718 · program services $73,396 · management and general $13,755 · fundraising $2,567

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,743,230 · program services $1,426,842 · management and general $266,253 · fundraising $50,135

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $9,973 · program services $8,128 · management and general $1,571 · fundraising $274

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $144,045 · program services $117,389 · management and general $22,692 · fundraising $3,964

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $136,776 · program services $115,559 · management and general $17,157 · fundraising $4,060

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,553 · program services $175 · management and general $2,378

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $63,377 · management and general $63,377

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $41,159 · program services $5,566 · management and general $35,593

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $74,842 · program services $18,147 · management and general $56,695

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $44,393 · program services $13,436 · management and general $30,957

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $626,304 · program services $562,727 · management and general $63,577

  • 17 · Travel

    total $27,327 · program services $3,610 · management and general $23,717

  • 20 · Interest

    total $464,416 · program services $421,176 · management and general $43,240

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $836,563 · program services $817,137 · management and general $19,426

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $200,253 · program services $170,215 · management and general $30,038

  • 24a · Other expenses: Transportation

    total $763,091 · program services $763,091

  • 24b · Other expenses: Food distribution and s

    total $45,534 · program services $45,534

  • 24c · Other expenses: Credit card and bank fe

    total $43,442 · program services $36,926 · management and general $2,400 · fundraising $4,116

  • 24d · Other expenses: Equipment repairs and m

    total $32,218 · program services $18,601 · management and general $13,617

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $661,025 · end of year $652,669

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $104 · end of year $52

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $21,119,149 · end of year $19,046,873

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $12,055 · end of year $2,096

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $10,194,372

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,934,291

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,615,868 · end of year $8,260,081

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,844,215 · end of year $3,281,655

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $318,026 · end of year $278,733

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $29,325 · end of year $22,850

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $4,550,007 · end of year $5,475,283

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $40,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,410,801 · end of year $3,887,426

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $22,904,257 · end of year $21,579,134

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The Organization's primary mission is to distribute surplus food to Midwest communities, particularly in rural areas.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Distribute surplus food to Midwest rural communities

  • Ruby's Pantry:The Organization runs a food distribution program that distributes donated corporate surplus food through over 87 church-sponsored distribution sites in the Midwest. In 2024, there were 241,967 families served in these distributions; 19,571,202 pounds of food received from donors. As is our practice, $603,284 was donated to sponsoring churches to be used for benevolence and other expenses.

    Expenses $45,036,602 · Grants $40,627,544 · Revenue $186,926

  • Ruby's Second Hand:The Organization operates a thrift store in Siren, WI that provides donated clothing and other items at low prices. It also has a program where teachers from the local school district that the Organization serves can send home a list for students in need of clothing, and Ruby's Second Hand will fill the order without cost.

    Expenses $208,597 · Revenue $219,103

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nicole Schwidder

    Chair, Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Megan Griffin

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Garrett Novak

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Charles Schreffler

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Kimberly Brown

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • RoxAnn Sahr

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $89,718
    From this org
    $78,826
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,892
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523219349313442

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