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← THE FOOD BASKET INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE FOOD BASKET INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$14,997,411
Total expenses
$13,215,097
Contributions and grants received
$14,371,208
Grants paid
$941,620
Program service revenue
$348,266
Investment income
$240,856
Other revenue
$37,081
Total assets, end of year
$12,933,310
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,229,600
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,703,710
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,197,925
Management and general expenses
$818,509
Fundraising expenses
$198,663
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,197,925

Program services were 92.3% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $29,331

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $6,164,856

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $8,177,021

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $4,857,023

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $348,266 · related or exempt $348,266

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $182,675 · excluded $182,675

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $58,181

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $58,181

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $58,181 · excluded $58,181

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $46,821

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $9,740

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $37,081 · excluded $37,081

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $941,620 · program services $941,620

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $121,525 · program services $101,145 · management and general $17,001 · fundraising $3,379

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,327,788 · program services $1,100,569 · management and general $192,126 · fundraising $35,093

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $13,008 · program services $11,077 · management and general $1,482 · fundraising $449

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $208,502 · program services $177,551 · management and general $23,747 · fundraising $7,204

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $241,747 · program services $206,034 · management and general $29,323 · fundraising $6,390

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,727 · program services $12,393 · management and general $18,322 · fundraising $6,012

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $107,096 · fundraising $107,096

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,560,598 · program services $2,488,125 · management and general $54,567 · fundraising $17,906

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $111,095 · program services $110,637 · management and general $458

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $40,019 · program services $13,504 · management and general $19,964 · fundraising $6,551

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $303,763 · program services $273,387 · management and general $30,376

  • 17 · Travel

    total $40,929 · program services $38,715 · management and general $2,214

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $13,966 · program services $8,991 · management and general $4,975

  • 20 · Interest

    total $608 · program services $117 · management and general $364 · fundraising $127

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $246,450 · program services $219,067 · management and general $27,383

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $50,996 · program services $35,697 · management and general $15,299

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD EXPENSES

    total $6,091,760 · program services $6,091,760

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

    total $342,627 · management and general $342,627

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $103,255 · program services $92,936 · management and general $10,319

  • 24d · Other expenses: TRANSPORTATION & DELIVERY

    total $88,620 · program services $88,620

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $222,398 · program services $185,980 · management and general $27,962 · fundraising $8,456

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,091,968 · end of year $655,575

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,076,030 · end of year $7,588,462

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $820,891 · end of year $904,150

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $896,548 · end of year $501,574

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $115,738 · end of year $127,297

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

    $3,948,245

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

    $1,336,314

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,516,871 · end of year $2,611,931

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $421,623 · end of year $544,321

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $595,650 · end of year $686,941

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $11,900 · end of year $17,245

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $410,723 · end of year $525,414

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,301,768 · end of year $8,424,078

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,619,628 · end of year $3,279,632

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO FEED THE HUNGRY IN HAWAII COUNTY WHILE ATTENDING TO THE ROOT CAUSES OF THIS CRITICAL SOCIAL PROBLEM. THE FOOD BASKET ACCOMPLISHES ITS MISSION BY PREVENTING THE WASTE OF ALL EDIBLE FOOD IN HAWAII COUNTY, FEEDING THE HUNGRY WITH THIS FOOD, EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY ABOUT LOCAL HUNGER AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO SOLVE THIS SOCIAL PROBLEM, AND COLLABORATING WITH ORGANIZATIONS OF PARTNERING MISSIONS TO ERADICATE THE ROOT OF HUNGER AND OTHER SOCIAL ILLS: POVERTY.

  • IN 2023, THE FOOD BASKET CONTINUED ITS EMERGENCY FOOD RESPONSE WITH PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS AFFECTED BY THE ESCALATING COST OF FOOD, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING DIGNIFIED FOOD ACCESS REGARDLESS OF GEOGRAPHY. OUR KUPUNA PANTRY PROGRAM (ALSO KNOWN AS THE COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM) SERVED 1,361 INCOME QUALIFYING SENIORS ISLAND WIDE. WE ALSO SERVED NEARLY 8,000 CHILDREN IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITH 100% FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH RATES THROUGH OUR "WE GOT YOUR BACK" KEIK BACKPACK PROGRAM AND BEGAN SIX NEW SCHOOL PANTRY PROGRAMS. THROUGH THESE PANTRIES, WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO SERVE NEARLY 14,000 FAMILY MEMBERS. IN KEEPING WITH THE FOOD BASKET'S POLICY OF SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, WE PURCHASED 600,248 OF FOOD FOR OUR EMERGENCY FOOD PROGRAM FROM PRODUCERS AND BUSINESSES ON HAWAI'I ISLAND TO SUPPLEMENT THE FEDERALLY SUBSIDIZED FOOD SHIPMENTS WE RECEIVED. CUMULATIVELY, THE FOOD BASKET DISTRIBUTED NEARLY 3 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD TO RESIDENTS ACROSS THE 4,028 SQUARE MILES OF HAWAI'I ISLAND. TO HELP COMBAT THE HEART-WRENCHING IMPACTS CAUSED BY THE 2023 MAUI WILDFIRE DISASTER, THE FOOD BASKET HOSTED THE PILINA FUND, RAISING A TOTAL OF 94,009 TO HELP DEFRAY THE COST OF DELIVERIES OF FOOD AND SUPPLIES FLOWN IN SMALL PLANES BY INDEPENDENT PILOTS OUT OF KONA TO THE HARD-HIT COMMUNITIES OF LAHAINA AND KA'ANAPALI, THAT WERE ISOLATED AND DIFFICULT TO REACH IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE FIRES.

    Expenses $12,197,925 · Grants $941,620 · Revenue $348,266

  • IN 2023, THE FOOD BASKET SELECTIVELY CLEARED OUR 24.5 ACRES OF LAND IN HILO AS WE MOVED FORWARD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AGRICULTURE INNOVATION PARK AND FOOD SYSTEMS CAMPUS TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF MULTIPLE RECENT DISASTERS INCLUDING LAVA FLOWS, HURRICANES, AND THE PANDEMIC. THE NAME OF "HO'OLAKO" (IN HAWAIIAN, MEANING 'THE PLACE THAT PROVIDES') WAS GIFTED AS A NAME FOR THE CAMPUS BY OUR COMMUNITY'S ELDERS IN A CULTURAL CEREMONY ON THE PROPERTY. HO'OLAKO IS ENVISIONED AS A COMMUNITY GATHERING PLACE GROUNDED IN A SHARED BELIEF THAT OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES SAFE, NUTRITIOUS, FAIR, AND AFFORDABLE FOOD. THE CAMPUS WILL INCLUDE AGRICULTURE CROPS, A COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER AND FOOD BANK, A STATE-OF-THE-ART FOOD INNOVATION CENTER AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR: FOOD PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION; FARM AND BUSINESS INCUBATION; AGRICULTURE TRAINING AND PRODUCTION; CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.

  • DA BUX DOUBLE UP FOOD BUCKS PROGRAM CONTINUED OPERATIONS ACROSS THE STATE AND AT THE END OF 2023, WAS AVAILABLE AT OVER 100 RETAIL SITES. THE PROGRAM ISSUED OVER 2,451,217 MILLION IN FOOD NUTRITION INCENTIVES STATEWIDE ON HAWAI'I GROWN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. DA BUX PROGRAM ALSO PUBLISHED THEIR FOURTH CHILD-BASED NUTRITION EDUCATION BOOK IN 'OLELO HAWAI'I (HAWAIIAN) AS PART OF THE KAI & HOKU EXPLORE FOODS OF HAWAI'I SERIES, TO HELP FAMILIES AND EDUCATORS EXPLORE LOCAL FRUITS AND VEGETABLES WITH CHILDREN AND TO ADDRESS THE TREND OF HIGH PERCENTAGES OF OBESITY AND CHRONIC DIET RELATED DISEASES AMONG HAWAI'I'S SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS.

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kristin Frost Albrecht

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $121,525
    From this org
    $100,975
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,550
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ann Ebesuno

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark Krzyzanowski

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julia Zee

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dennis Lin

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephen Ueda

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Warren Lee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Samantha Collins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Casey Halpern

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maurice Messina

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

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Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
30 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202413199349317926

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