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The Open Door reported $14.3 million in revenue and $13.7 million in expenses for calendar year 2025. Of every $100 it spent, $93.08 went to program services, $3.64 to management and general costs and $3.28 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was contributions and grants: 99.4% of the total. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $143,178 (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR). 1 person received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation. Revenue rose 380% between 2019 and 2025. Source: Form 990, 2025.
Where $100 of spending went
Calendar year 2025 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $14MFor context, the median across 349 covered food, agriculture & nutrition charities: $94.56 programs, $3.12 management, $2.32 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).
Where $100 of revenue came from
Calendar year 2025 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $14MThe 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | 2025 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 93.1% | 94.2% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 3.6% | 3.1% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 3.3% | 2.3% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | $0.03 | $0.02 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 99.4% | 96.4% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 10.5% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 1.3% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | $143,178 | $213,323 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | 1.04% | 0.61% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 3.3 | 6.6 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 11 of 11 | 100.0% |
A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.
What the money paid for, in its own words
2025 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expenseThe Open Door is a hunger-relief organization which benefits low-income, food-insecure individuals and families who live in dakota county and surrounding areas. Through 2025 we accomplished: 1. Providing safe and reliable access to healthy, nutritionally dense food to more than 23,000 individuals each month.2. Facilitating weekly large-scale produce distributions serving as many as 4,400 people at a single distribution. 3. Delivering over 27,000 lunches to children throughout the summer.4. Helping food-shelf clients plant, grow, harvest and prepare their own fresh produce. Churches, schools…
Highest reported compensation
2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here| Role | From this org | From related orgs | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Director/trustee, officer, 40.00 hrs/week | $126,706 | $0 | $16,472 | $143,178 |
1 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from The Open Door (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $143K (Part IX, line 5).
7 years of filings
Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linkedGovernance answers, as filed
2025 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means- Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b11 · 11 independent
- Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
- Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
- Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
- Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
- Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aYes
- Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
- Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2No
- Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
- Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
- Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
- Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
- Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
- Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bNo
- Employees Part I, line 527
- Volunteers Part I, line 61,224
Private foundation grants it received
10 private foundations reported grants to The Open Door totaling $142K on their tax year 2023 Form 990-PF returns. See which foundations, on WHOFUNDS.
Source: WHOFUNDS open grant graph, matched from Form 990-PF Part XV.
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Questions people ask
How much of The Open Door's spending goes to programs?
In calendar year 2025, The Open Door reported that 93.1% of its $13.7 million in expenses went to program services, 3.6% to management and general and 3.3% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
How much does The Open Door pay its top executive?
The largest total compensation The Open Door reported for one person in calendar year 2025 was $143,178, for the role of EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).
Where does The Open Door get its money?
Of $14.3 million in revenue in calendar year 2025, 99.4% came from contributions and grants and 0.0% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is The Open Door a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 27-0415900 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.
Sources
- 2025: Form 990 for calendar year 2025, object 202641879349300814 · read the filing · XML
- 2024: Form 990 for calendar year 2024, object 202531579349300813 · read the filing
- 2023: Form 990 for calendar year 2023, object 202411909349301656 · read the filing
- 2022: Form 990 for calendar year 2022, object 202331869349300038 · read the filing
- 2021: Form 990 for calendar year 2021, object 202212159349301081 · read the filing
- 2020: Form 990 for calendar year 2020, object 202121539349301352 · read the filing
- 2019: Form 990 for calendar year 2019, object 202021849349300417 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 27-0415900: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.