Public Charity

FOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC

FOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC is a Public Charity headquartered in LINCOLN, NE. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $20.2M revenue, $21.0M expenses, $17.4M total assets. 109 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $10.0M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 470640293 LINCOLN, NE Food Banks & Pantries NTEE: K31 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$20.2M
Total Expenses$21.0M
Total Assets$17.4M
Grant Records109
Funding Total$10.0M
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

THE FOOD BANK OF LINCOLN, INC. IS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ORGANIZED TO MEET THE EMERGENCY FOOD NEEDS FOR THE SIXTEEN COUNTIES IT SERVES IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.THE FOOD BANK OF LINCOLN SERVES AS A KEY ORGANIZATION FOR RECEIVING, INSPECTING, STORING, AND DISTRIBUTING DONATED AND PURCHASED FOOD TO NON-PROFIT PARTNER AGENCIES WHO RE-DISTRIBUTE SUCH FOOD TO LOW-INCOME CLIENTS IN THEIR LOCAL AREAS. THE FOOD BANK OPERATES AS A SINGLE PROGRAM BUT USES SEVERAL METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTION: OPERATIONS, CHILD HUNGER, AND SNAP OUTREACH.

Where $100 goes at Food Bank of Lincoln Inc

How Food Bank of Lincoln Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$94 Programs the work itself
$2 Management running the organization
$4 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $94 for programs

$80
The food bank operations department distributes food through its 69 agency partners and 29 monthly mobile pantry distributions in southeast nebraska
85% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 40,000 households
$12
The Food Bank of Lincoln's child hunger programs partner with 124 schools in a 16-county area to distribute food through school food market, school pantry, and backpack programs
13% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 124 schools; 65,000 households
$1
The food bank has two full-time SNAP outreach employees who provide SNAP application assistance and education and awareness in the food bank's 16-county service area
1% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 715,000 meals

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

SECRETARY Ben Pankonin
VICE PRESDIENT Dennis Van Horn
DIRECTOR Drtakako Olsen
DIRECTOR Jason Muhleisen
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFIER Jennifer Ekeler
VP FUNDRAISING & ENGAGEMEN John Mabry

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$5,118,879 66 grants
Food Assistance & Nutrition
$4,327,955 22 grants
Human & Social Services
$356,328 10 grants
Health & Medicine
$128,682 2 grants
Unspecified
$58,657 4 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $20.2M $21.0M $17.4M
2024 $20.3M $21.2M $18.3M
2023 $18.5M $18.6M $18.7M
2021 $32.8M $24.8M $18.0M
2020 $23.2M $19.5M $9.4M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $23.2M to $20.2M (-13%), with total assets most recently reported at $17.4M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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