Charity Navigator Updates A Simple Gesture Greensboro Profile, Notes 91% Rating

Charity Navigator updated the profile for A Simple Gesture - Greensboro Inc. (EIN 47-2995932) and the page presents the organization with a 91% score and a Four-Star Charity designation. The profile text identifies ASG as “a volunteer‑driven, grassroots food collection program that relies on volunteer donors and volunteer drivers,” and the entry shows the headquarters address as 3503 REDINGTON DR, GREENSBORO NC 27410-4617 with IRS ruling year 2015 and a note that “Donations are tax-deductible.”

The Charity Navigator capture includes category headers such as “Impact & Measurement,” “Accountability & Finance,” “Culture & Community,” and “Leadership & Adaptability,” and the page displays administrative lines reading “Profile managed by nonprofit | Is this your nonprofit?” The capture also shows site UI text including “Sign in/Create an account Sign Out Nonprofit Resources Support Charity Navigator” and menu items like “Knowledge Base” and “2024 Methodology Enhancement.” The captured profile did not display a date for the update in the visible snippets.

The Charity Navigator page capture shows donor-facing errors during the donation flow. The interface text quoted on the capture reads “You're faster than our page! Give the page a little longer to finish loading and try your donation again.” Another section header in the capture was “Error attempting donation” followed by “You're too fast!” and “Your donation attempt encountered a problem. Please refresh the page to try again.” Those messages suggest donors clicking the profile donation button could encounter transient failures in the captured session.

Operational details on ASG programs appear in local directory and review captures. GreatNonprofits lists the organization’s mission as “A Simple Gesture engages the community to end hunger by providing a sustainable supply of food to local nonprofits.” The Green Bag Program is described verbatim: “A Simple Gesture provides community members with a bag that has the list of most needed non-perishable food items on it. The donor fills up the bag and leaves the food on their front porch on their designated Saturday morning. A volunteer picks up the food, leave a new green bag for the next month, and delivers the food directly to local food banks.” A reviewer wrote, “Simple Gestures is a fantastic local nonprofit working hard to feed the hungry in our community. They make it so easy to be a donor!”

Yesweekly’s coverage and a quote from Leslie Loyd identify program history and scope. Leslie Loyd, named as “president and chief operating officer at A Simple Gesture,” said, “Our goal is to really engage the community to end hunger. We got started back in 2015 when Greensboro and High Point were one of the hungriest metropolitan areas in the country. We felt like there were so many pantries that were doing amazing things. We didn’t need another pantry but we really wanted a way to get the entire community involved in ending hunger.” Yesweekly also records that ASG “serves cities in Guilford County and helps cities throughout the country set up their own programs,” and that the organization added a Food Recovery Program in 2020 to collect near-expiration surplus from grocery stores, restaurants, caterers, and farms and deliver it to shelters, churches, and partner pantries.

Public-facing impact figures in directory listings require reconciliation. GreatNonprofits lists results saying “Since 2015, A Simple Gesture has collected over 5 million meals for our community!” and separately lists “collect nearly 3 million meals which were distributed to more than 40 local nonprofits” as a “Direct beneficiaries per year” field. Those two numerical claims appear together in the public captures but are not reconciled in the available snippets and should be verified with the organization’s impact reports or Form 990 filings.

A Simple Gesture also appears in CauseIQ under the header “A Simple Gesture - Greensboro” with the same EIN, and the CauseIQ capture shows site prompts including “You've reached your limit of 100 profile views for the month for unregistered users. Want access to more profiles? Just create a free account.” For donors or staff checking the Charity Navigator profile, the mailing address on the Charity Navigator capture is 3503 REDINGTON DR, GREENSBORO NC 27410-4617; given the donation UI errors captured on Charity Navigator, interested donors and staff should verify current donation channels and request the organization’s latest impact documentation to reconcile the meal totals and confirm the 91% rating composition.