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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by KANBES MARKETS.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,365,635
Total expenses
$6,991,787
Contributions and grants received
$6,969,223
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$310,448
Investment income
$6,595
Other revenue
$79,369
Total assets, end of year
$3,301,972
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,111,857
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,190,115
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,916,145
Management and general expenses
$340,986
Fundraising expenses
$734,656
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,916,145

Program services were 84.6% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $230,475

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $705,944

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,032,804

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $3,359,769

  • 2a · Program service revenue: HEALTHY CORNER STORES

    total $191,766 · related or exempt $191,766

  • 2b · Program service revenue: WHOLESALE FOOD SALES

    total $75,533 · related or exempt $75,533

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM INCOME

    total $43,149 · related or exempt $43,149

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,595 · excluded $6,595

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $90,083

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $90,083

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $90,083 · excluded $90,083

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $67,316

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $230,475

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $78,030

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$10,714 · excluded -$10,714

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $132,389 · program services $84,694 · management and general $6,916 · fundraising $40,779

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,703,258 · program services $1,089,641 · management and general $88,975 · fundraising $524,642

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $23,985 · program services $15,344 · management and general $1,253 · fundraising $7,388

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $130,763 · program services $83,654 · management and general $6,831 · fundraising $40,278

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $165,225 · program services $72,699 · management and general $64,438 · fundraising $28,088

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $816 · program services $359 · management and general $318 · fundraising $139

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $144,194 · program services $63,445 · management and general $56,236 · fundraising $24,513

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $15,002 · program services $7,839 · fundraising $7,163

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $100,632 · program services $76,815 · management and general $17,529 · fundraising $6,288

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $78,354 · program services $58,354 · management and general $5,644 · fundraising $14,356

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $371,681 · program services $351,713 · management and general $3,357 · fundraising $16,611

  • 20 · Interest

    total $13,058 · program services $9,072 · management and general $3,986

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $140,066 · program services $70,509 · management and general $69,557

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $122,304 · program services $121,545 · management and general $680 · fundraising $79

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD DONATIONS CONSUMED

    total $3,354,819 · program services $3,354,819

  • 24b · Other expenses: FOOD AND SUPPLIES

    total $286,917 · program services $286,917

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD TRANSPORTATION EXP

    total $84,861 · program services $84,682 · fundraising $179

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $50,707 · program services $43,221 · management and general $6,100 · fundraising $1,386

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $72,756 · program services $40,823 · management and general $9,166 · fundraising $22,767

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $893,195 · end of year $1,183,390

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $776,139 · end of year $302,528

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $18,021 · end of year $36,637

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $491 · end of year $0

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

    $1,316,851

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

    $320,106

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $282,341 · end of year $996,745

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $937,447 · end of year $782,672

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $104,200 · end of year $108,230

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $14,612 · end of year $47,925

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $43,390 · end of year $179,910

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $929,165 · end of year $775,792

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $672,767 · end of year $1,571,875

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,143,500 · end of year $618,240

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

KANBE'S MARKETS IS WORKING TO BUILD A MORE EQUITABLE AND EFFICIENT FOOD SYSTEM IN KANSAS CITY BY INTERCEPTING EXCESS FOOD AND REDIRECTING IT THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS TO SERVE COMMUNITIES FACING CHRONIC FRESH FOOD INSECURITY AND ACTIVE FOOD CRISES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO BUILD AN INCLUSIVE FOOD SYSTEM THAT TRANSFORMS FOOD LOSS INTO FOOD ACCESS.

  • HEALTHY CORNER STORE PROGRAM. KANBE'S MARKETS OPERATES A NETWORK OF FRESH FOOD RETAIL LOCATIONS EMBEDDED WITHIN KANSAS CITY'S MOST FOOD-INSECURE COMMUNITIES. THE ORGANIZATION DELIVERS FRESH PRODUCE DAILY TO NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER STORES, CONVERTING EXISTING RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE INTO RELIABLE ACCESS POINTS FOR PERISHABLE FOOD, REQUIRING NO BEHAVIOR CHANGE FROM RESIDENTS AND NO NEW CONSTRUCTION.

    Expenses $1,734,817 · Revenue $230,330

  • FOOD REDIRECTION PROGRAM. KANBE'S MARKETS RESCUES SURPLUS PERISHABLE FOOD FROM WHOLESALE PARTNERS AND REDISTRIBUTES IT ACROSS MULTIPLE SEGMENTS OF THE FOOD SYSTEM. RECOVERED PRODUCT MOVES THROUGH A FOUR-TIER CASCADE: RETAIL SALE THROUGH HEALTHY CORNER STORES, DONATION TO CHARITABLE FOOD PARTNERS, ANIMAL FEED, AND COMPOST. THIS MODEL DIVERTS MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF FOOD FROM WASTE ANNUALLY WHILE DIRECTING THE HIGHEST-QUALITY RESCUED PRODUCT TOWARD COMMUNITIES WITH THE GREATEST NEED.

    Expenses $4,040,677 · Revenue $77,282

  • OTHER VARIOUS PROGRAMS INCLUDING WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION

    Expenses $140,651 · Revenue $2,836

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jennifer Malone

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Liz Salas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Davin Gordon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Vickye Sayles

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Scott Molos

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Matt Kleinmann

    BOARD VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Whitney White

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Wendell Cole

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Kimberly Randolph

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Maxfield Kaniger

    FOUNDER/CEO

    Total calculated
    $132,389
    From this org
    $132,389
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45

  • Danny Ritz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Jim Richter

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Andrew Hsu

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
1 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202641529349300314

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