MIDWEST FOOD BANK NFP INC: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: MIDWEST FOOD BANK NFP INC (EIN 41-2120170)
Tax period: 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed: 2017-06-27
IRS object ID: 201711889349300601
Schema version: 2016v3.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule G
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2017-06-27T12:12:36-04:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	272509623	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Phillips Salmi Associates LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	112 S Main St	AddressLine1Txt
City	Washington	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	61571	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	412120170	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MIDWEST FOOD BANK NFP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	MIDW	BusinessNameControlTxt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1703 S VETERANS PARKWAY	AddressLine1Txt
City	BLOOMINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	61701	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	DAVID KIESER	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENTCEO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	3096635350	PhoneNum
Signature	2017-06-27	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Lori Salmi	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00712052	PTIN
Phone	3094444909	PhoneNum
Preparation	2017-06-27	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	75.146.107.177	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2017-07-07	IPDt
IP Tm	09:02:26	IPTm
Federal Original Submission Id	3725902017188tqepjr1	FederalOriginalSubmissionId
Federal Original Submission Id	2017-07-07	FederalOriginalSubmissionIdDt
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	C883594C74174EA88AA1464E3465E27FFE5CCA30	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	C883594C74174EA88AA1464E3465E27FFE5CCA30	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$139,948,965	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.MIDWESTFOODBANK.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2003	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	IL	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	AS A FAITH BASED ORGANIZATION IT IS THE MISSION OF MIDWEST FOOD BANK TO ALLEVIATE HUNGER AND POVERTY BY GATHERING AND DISTRIBUTING FOOD DONATIONS TO NOT-FOR-PROFITS AND DISASTER SITES WITHOUT COST TO THE RECIPIENTS.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	17	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	17	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	32	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	16959	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$122,584,138	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$139,084,112	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$73,396	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	-$6,874	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$6,346	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$481,068	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$579,628	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$123,058,332	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$139,743,482	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,014,535	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,139,780	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$259,226	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$125,918,640	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$133,205,600	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$126,933,175	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$134,345,380	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$3,874,843	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$5,398,102	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$20,119,990	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$28,864,322	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$1,468,113	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$4,814,343	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$18,651,877	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$24,049,979	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	AS A FAITH BASED ORGANIZATION IT IS THE MISSION OF MIDWEST FOOD BANK TO ALLEVIATE HUNGER AND POVERTY BY GATHERING AND DISTRIBUTING FOOD DONATIONS TO NOT-FOR-PROFITS AND DISASTER SITES WITHOUT COST TO THE RECIPIENTS.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$133,332,922	ExpenseAmt
Desc	APPROXIMATELY 29,000 TONS OF FOOD, BEVERAGE AND OTHER SUPPLIES WERE DISTRIBUTED TO 1,321 ORGANIZATIONS, BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONWIDE. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT MORE THAN 168,035 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER TIME ARE CONTRIBUTED ANNUALLY TO THE ORGANIZATION IN PROVIDING FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND DISASTER RELIEF.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$133,332,922	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	Yes (true)	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (true)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	31	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	32	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	Yes (true)	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Country	KE	ForeignCountryCd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	Yes (true)	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Form8282 Filed	0	Form8282FiledCnt
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	Yes (true)	Form1098CFiledInd
DAF Excess Business Holdings	false	DAFExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributionsInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	17	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	17	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (true)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	GA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	PETER GODDARD	PersonNm
Phone	3096635350	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1703 S VETERANS PARKWAY	AddressLine1Txt
City	BLOOMINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	61701	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (17 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
DAVID KIESER
PRESIDENTCEO	35.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
RALPH ENDRESS
ASSISTANT SECRETARY	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JOHN FEIT
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DAVE HODEL
TREASURER	30.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MARK MILLER
DIRECTOR	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MERRY ANNE TUDY SCHMIED
SECRETARY	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
LARRY HERMAN
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT	40.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
TOM RIEKER
DIRECTOR	40.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JIM GAPINSKI
DIRECTOR	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BART RINKENBERGER
DIRECTOR	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
TRENT SCHOLL
DIRECTOR	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BILL LEMAN
DIRECTOR	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DENNIS MOTT
ASSISTANT TREASURER	16.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CORNELIUS MUTHERI
DIRECTOR	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LARRY BRUELLMAN
DIRECTOR	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
STAN SINN
DIRECTOR	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ERIC SHELDAHL
DIRECTOR	40.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$0	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
All Other Contributions	$139,084,112	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$130,760,668	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$139,084,112	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	TENDER MERCIES	Desc
Business	624210	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$73,396	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$73,396	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$73,396	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$346	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$346	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$47,800	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$47,800	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$47,800	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$47,800	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$6,000	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$6,000	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$6,000	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$6,000	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$700,966	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$205,483	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$495,483	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$495,483	ExclusionAmt

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$36,345	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$36,345	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$36,345	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$139,743,482	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$109,741	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$549,629	ExclusionAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,057,048	TotalAmt
Program Services	$451,743	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$425,166	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$180,139	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$82,732	TotalAmt
Program Services	$35,357	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$33,220	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$14,155	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,220	TotalAmt
Management And General	$9,220	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$30,273	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,496	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$28,278	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$499	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$128,953	TotalAmt
Program Services	$98,818	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$30,135	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$65,718	TotalAmt
Management And General	$32,859	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$32,859	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$56,124	TotalAmt
Management And General	$56,124	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$346,834	TotalAmt
Program Services	$309,513	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$25,490	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$11,831	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$31,481	TotalAmt
Program Services	$23,611	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,870	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$59,398	TotalAmt
Program Services	$56,428	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,970	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$759,258	TotalAmt
Program Services	$721,420	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$37,838	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$156,288	TotalAmt
Program Services	$148,474	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,814	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
FOOD DRINK & OTHER SUPPLIES	$130,338,353	$130,338,353
POSTAGE & SHIPPING	$574,053	$574,053
VEHICLES	$231,212	$231,212
MAINTENANCE	$329,858	$329,858

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$88,577	TotalAmt
Program Services	$12,586	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$56,248	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$19,743	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$134,345,380	TotalAmt
Program Services	$133,332,922	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$753,232	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$259,226	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,527,045	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,721,218	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$171,692	BOYAmt
EOY	$201,228	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,562,401	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,386,992	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$17,331,425	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$4,776,541	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,858,852	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,554,884	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$20,119,990	BOYAmt
EOY	$28,864,322	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,850	BOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,466,263	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,695,000	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$119,343	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,468,113	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,814,343	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,448,334	BOYAmt
EOY	$23,665,555	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$203,543	BOYAmt
EOY	$384,424	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,651,877	BOYAmt
EOY	$24,049,979	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$20,119,990	BOYAmt
EOY	$28,864,322	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$5,398,102	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Other	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingOtherInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$48,284,362	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$63,207,678	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$89,555,524	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$123,076,105	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$139,785,078	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$463,908,747	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$48,284,362	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$63,207,678	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$89,555,524	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$123,076,105	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$139,785,078	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$463,908,747	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$192,556,472	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$271,352,275	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$24,807	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$41,027	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$46,857	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$46,521	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$48,146	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$207,358	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$45,964	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$105,927	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$36,345	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$188,236	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$464,304,341	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$73,396	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.58440	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.53760	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,587,941	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$1,587,941	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$10,578,168	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,669,040	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$8,909,128	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$4,538,188	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$3,107,501	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$1,430,687	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$627,128	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$627,128	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$12,554,884	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
REAL ESTATE TAX ADVANCES	$117,493
SECURITY DEPOSIT GA	$1,850

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$119,343	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$140,000,128	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$256,646	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$256,646	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$139,743,482	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$139,743,482	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$134,602,026	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$256,646	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$256,646	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$134,345,380	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$134,345,380	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Footnote for uncertain tax position under FIN 48 (Part X)	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	MIDWEST FOOD BANK IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION AND CLAIMS EXEMPTION FROM FEDERAL AND STATE INCOME TAXES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND SIMILAR PROVISIONS OF STATE TAX CODES. IN ADDITION, THE ORGANIZATION QUALIFIES FOR THE CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION DEDUCTION UNDER SECTION 170(B)(1)(A) AND HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS NOT A PRIVATE FOUNDATION UNDER SECTION 509(A)(2).THE ORGANIZATION BELIEVES THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS RESULTING IN LIABILITIES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO BE RECORDED FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (2 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA	PROGRAM-RELATED INVESTMENTS	FOOD DISTRIBUTION	$40,406
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA	PROGRAM SERVICES	FOOD DISTRIBUTION	$101,861

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Spent	$142,267	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$142,267	TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	false	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Method of accounting for expenditures (Part I, line 3, col f)	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE ORGANIZATION USES THE MODIFIED CASH BASIS TO ACCOUNT FOR EXPENDITURES ON THE ORGANIZATIONS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	GALA	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$301,242	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$301,242	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$61,403	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	BANQUET	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$90,410	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$90,410	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$5,335	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total	9	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Other Events	$309,314	GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Events	$309,314	GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Events	$138,745	OthDirectExpnssOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total	$700,966	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$700,966	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$205,483	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$205,483	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$495,483	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Cars And Other Vehicles CarsAndOtherVehiclesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	8	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$48,007	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FAIR MARKET VALUE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	5	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$8,700	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FAIR MARKET VALUE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Real Estate Residential RealEstateResidentialGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	1	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$117,839	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FAIR MARKET VALUE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Food Inventory FoodInventoryGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	2243	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$130,557,539	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FAIR MARKET VALUE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp (2 entries)

Non Cash CheckboxNonCashCheckboxInd	DescDesc	ContributionContributionCnt	Noncash Contributions Rpt F990NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Yes (X)	FUEL	4	$878
Yes (X)	USED EQUIPMENT	17	$27,705

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (true)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	Yes (true)	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

Number of contributions or items or both (Part I, col b)

THE NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTIONS OF FOOD INVENTORY IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TRUCKLOADS THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVED DURING THE YEAR. THE NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTIONS OF CARS AND OTHER VEHICLES IS BASED ON THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF VEHICLES RECEIVED DURING THE YEAR. THE NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTIONS OF SECURITIES - PUBLIC HELD IS THE NUMBER OF SEPARATE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SECURITIES RECEIVED DURING THE YEAR. THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES IS BASED ON THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF PROPERTIES RECEIVED DURING THE YEAR. THE NUMBER OF OTHER DONATED PROPERTY ITEMS ARE BASED ON THE ACTUAL EQUIPMENT RECEIVED AND THE NUMBER OF INSTANCES IN WHICH FUEL WAS DONATED.

Third party arrangements (Part I, line 32b)

THE ORGANIZATION USES IDONATE TO PROCESS AND SELL NONCASH DONATIONS OF VEHICLES.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Officer directors etc family relationship Part VI line 2	THE ADMINISTRATOR IS THE BROTHER IN LAW OF ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS. THE COMPTROLLER IS THE SON IN LAW OF ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS. THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS IS THE BROTHER OF ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.
Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11	BEFORE THE FORM 990 WAS FILED, IT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE REVIEW PROCESS INCLUDED A THREE STEP PROCESS: 1) A COPY WAS SENT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR THEIR INPUT. 2) THE COMPTROLLER REPORTED THE FINDINGS TO THE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 3)THE 990 WAS DISTRIBUTED TO THE ENTIRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW. ONCE THE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS WERE ADDRESSED SATISFACTORILY, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS VOTES TO APPROVE THE FORM 990.
Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c	POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST INVOLVING ANY & ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AND KEY EMPLOYEES ARE REPORTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECOTS. THE WRITTEN CONFLICT OF INTERESTS POLICY IS DISCUSSED AND ENFORCED ANNUALLY AT A SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING. EACH DIRECTOR, OFFICER, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AS WELL AS KEY EMPLOYEES ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN A STATEMENT WHICH AFFIRMS THAT SUCH PERSON HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, HAS READ AND UNDERSTOOD THE POLICY, AND HAS AGREED TO COMPLY WITH THE POLICY. AN INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN AN ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST TRANSACTION MAY NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY DISCUSSION OF THE RELEVANT TRANSACTION.
CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15a	ALL OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS ARE UNPAID. COMPENSATION (IF COMPENSATED)OF THE MANAGEMENT TEAM IS DETERMINED ANNUALLY BY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Other officer or key employee compensation Part VI line 15b	THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS THE COMPENSATION OF MFBS KEY EMPLOYEES & HIGHEST PAID EMPLOYEES, NAMELY THE CEO, CFO, FIRST VP, SECOND VP, COMPTROLLER, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, AND THE ADMINISTRATOR. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS, CEO, CFO, FIRST VP AND SECOND VP STILL REMAIN VOLUNTARY KEY STAFF OF MFB WITH NO COMPENSATION WHATSOEVER.
Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19	THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. IN MANY CASES, THEY ARE AUTOMATICALLY AVAILABLE ON THE COMPANY WEBSITE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW.