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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FOOD GATHERERS.

Totals

Total revenue
$22,528,904
Total expenses
$22,663,036
Contributions and grants received
$22,010,525
Grants paid
$18,565,025
Program service revenue
$386,954
Investment income
$157,262
Other revenue
-$25,837
Total assets, end of year
$17,647,675
Total liabilities, end of year
$510,715
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$17,136,960
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$21,642,720
Management and general expenses
$449,895
Fundraising expenses
$570,421
Program service expenses (Part III)
$21,642,720

Program services were 95.5% 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

    $106,661

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $517,970

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,159,303

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $20,226,591

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $15,256,542

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FOOD BANK REVENUE

    total $386,954 · related or exempt $386,954

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $141,262 · excluded $141,262

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $16,000

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $16,000

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $16,000 · excluded $16,000

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

    $517,970

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $28,988

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$28,988

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $3,151 · excluded $3,151

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,151

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $16,236,952 · program services $16,236,952

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $2,328,073 · program services $2,328,073

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $171,893 · program services $20,627 · management and general $103,136 · fundraising $48,130

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,021,921 · program services $1,550,731 · management and general $166,612 · fundraising $304,578

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $149,320 · program services $125,842 · management and general $7,207 · fundraising $16,271

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $211,559 · program services $178,686 · management and general $7,344 · fundraising $25,529

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $156,172 · program services $126,893 · management and general $6,907 · fundraising $22,372

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,926 · management and general $5,926

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $50,885 · program services $200 · management and general $50,685

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $60,211 · program services $4,080 · management and general $173 · fundraising $55,958

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $174,622 · program services $155,636 · management and general $4,898 · fundraising $14,088

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $59,642 · program services $47,705 · management and general $9,471 · fundraising $2,466

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $293,080 · program services $249,354 · management and general $27,070 · fundraising $16,656

  • 17 · Travel

    total $19,833 · program services $18,843 · management and general $457 · fundraising $533

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $182,999 · program services $146,399 · management and general $36,600

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $72,771 · program services $63,067 · management and general $9,704

  • 24a · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL & MAINT

    total $209,007 · program services $209,007

  • 24b · Other expenses: VEHICLE EXPENSE

    total $78,310 · program services $78,310

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $76,215 · program services $71,112 · management and general $4,387 · fundraising $716

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $67,166 · management and general $6,380 · fundraising $60,786

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $36,479 · program services $31,203 · management and general $2,938 · fundraising $2,338

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $342 · end of year $284

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,026,986 · end of year $4,827,541

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $8,659 · end of year $247,366

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $58,126 · end of year $32,715

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $994,734 · end of year $1,305,242

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $67,549 · end of year $69,772

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

    $6,137,014

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

    $2,450,119

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,800,032 · end of year $3,686,895

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $6,941,876 · end of year $7,211,044

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $337,415 · end of year $266,816

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $255,764 · end of year $243,899

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $337,415 · end of year $266,816

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $16,590,122 · end of year $16,781,836

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $52,418 · end of year $355,124

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO ALLEVIATE HUNGER AND ELIMINATE ITS ROOT CAUSES IN WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS LOCAL FEEDING PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT WASHTENAW COUNTY THROUGH THE COLLECTION AND DELIVERY OF SURPLUS PERISHABLE FOOD FROM LOCAL SOURCES AND FROM THE ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD THROUGH A NATIONAL FOOD BANK PROGRAM.

  • THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVES DIRECT DONATIONS OF FOOD, ADMINISTERS SOME GOVERNMENT FOOD PROGRAMS (TEFAP/USDA/SUMMER FOOD PROGRAM) AND PURCHASES FOOD FROM WHOLESALERS. FOOD IS SORTED, PACKED AND DELIVERED TO MORE THAN 100 OTHER NONPROFIT AGENCIES SUCH AS HOMELESS SHELTERS, FOOD PANTRIES, LOW INCOME HOUSING AND AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, WHO THEN DISTRIBUTE THE FOOD TO PEOPLE IN NEED THROUGHOUT WASHTENAW COUNTY. IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, APPROXIMATELY 9.8 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD WERE DISTRIBUTED, MORE THAN 60% OF WHICH WAS PRODUCE AND PROTEIN ITEMS. ADDITIONALLY, 27,450 IN CASH GRANTS AND 1,403,153 IN THE FORM OF CREDITS FOR FOOD PURCHASING WERE DISTRIBUTED TO PARTNER AGENCIES.

    Expenses $20,247,044 · Grants $17,790,035 · Revenue $386,954

  • FOOD GATHERERS OPERATES A COMMUNITY KITCHEN, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE ROBERT J. DELONIS CENTER, HOME OF THE SHELTER ASSOCIATION OF WASHTENAW COUNTY. VOLUNTEERS TRANSFORM RESCUED AND BULK FOOD INTO USEFUL FOOD RESOURCES AND PREPARE AND SERVE APPROXIMATELY 12 MEALS PER WEEK TO THOSE IN NEED.

    Expenses $947,202 · Grants $429,422

  • SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM - THE SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM (SFSP) WAS CREATED TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN IN LOWER-INCOME AREAS COULD CONTINUE TO RECEIVE NUTRITIOUS MEALS DURING LONG SCHOOL VACATIONS WHEN THEY DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH OR SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAMS. THE SFSP IS A PROGRAM OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WHICH PROVIDES FUNDING TO COVER THE COSTS OF THE MEALS AT ELIGIBLE SITES. FOOD GATHERERS IS THE LARGEST SPONSOR OF THE SFSP FOR CHILDREN IN WASHTENAW COUNTY. FREE MEALS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO CHILDREN UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE AND UNDER OR PERSONS UP TO AGE 26 WHO ARE ENROLLED IN AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR THE MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY DISABLED THAT IS RECOGNIZED BY A STATE OR LOCAL PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.

    Expenses $448,474 · Grants $345,568

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • EILEEN SPRING

    PRESIDENT AN

    Total calculated
    $184,387
    From this org
    $164,306
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,081
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,306
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $10,147
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,934
    Filer's total
    $184,387

  • CHRIS TRESSLER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CINDY LEUNG

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID RHOADES

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FRANK CAROLLO

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GARY BRUDER

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JACQUELYNN LAPINSKI

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JIM LEE

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY KERR

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NELL DORITY

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SIMON WHITELOCKE

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUSAN AARONSON

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TONY DENTON

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VERETTA NIX

    MEMBER

    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
30 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202403109349302865

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