Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$572,820

Total expenses

$605,073

Contributions and grants received

$572,800

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$20

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$234,815

Total liabilities, end of year

$17,191

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$217,624

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$508,210

Management and general expenses

$51,763

Fundraising expenses

$45,100

Program service expenses (Part III)

$508,210

Program services were 84.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• Chefs Feeding Families (CFF) is a collaborative between Real Food for Kids and the hospitality industry to provide chef-inspired plant-forward meals and meal kits to families facing nutrition insecurity and create employment opportunities in D.C.-area restaurants. Launched at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic to complement school meal distribution, the program continues to serve children and families throughout the Greater Washington Region with nourishing foods and nutrition literacy collateral to support healthy eating behaviors.

  Expenses $136,961

• The SNAP Ambassador Program (launched in June 2021) trains individuals in key community positions, such as school social workers and multi-lingual liaisons, affordable housing resident managers, food pantry staff and volunteers, to provide information on SNAP, address misinformation and fears, and support residents with the SNAP enrollment process. Following certification through an online training SNAP Ambassadors volunteer at enrollment clinics and outreach events as well as support families within schools and housing settings. The program serves as outreach for the Department of Human Services.

  Expenses $128,520

• The Chef Exchange Program (CEP) aligns the sister industries of hospitality and school food through sharing best practices, increasing chef-inspired, plant-based and plant-forward options on school menus, and better engaging students and families to increase school meal participation. The program pairs school nutrition professionals with chefs from the hospitality industry to collaborate on new recipes and share best practices, resulting in recipes that can be produced in schools, restaurants and homes. The program seeks to blur the lines between school food, restaurant food and home food to create a culture of healthy food.

  Expenses $98,089

• Advocacy - Real Food for Kids advocates for and has won positive changes to school food policies and has generated institutionalized support for our goal of healthy school food as a critical component of children's wellness and academic success. Current activities focus on increasing access to healthful foods and integrating nutrition education inside and outside school walls to build a population of healthy eaters.

  Expenses $53,247

• Fresh Food Explorers - is an eight-week nutrition education program for preschoolers from low income communities, at greater risk of developing obesity and related health conditions as a result of diet. The program focuses on building a greater acceptance of vegetables to increase consumption at school and at home. A series of video lessons is paired with hands-on activities to reinforce lesson concepts and food literacy, complemented by parent educational materials to support increased consumption of vegetables in the home.

  Expenses $34,437

• Culinary Challenge - The Real Food for Kids Culinary Challenge is an opportunity for students to play a change-maker role in improving what's on the menu in their cafeterias. This five-month intensive co-curricular program between RFFK and Family and Consumer Sciences educators puts Middle and High School students in the shoes of the school nutrition professionals to create a healthy, delicious, and appealing lunch, breakfast, or snack that meets strict USDA nutrition and cost guidelines. The Challenge culminates in a district wide competition. Winning dishes are adapted by school districts throughout the D.C. region and served to thousands of students. High standards of taste, presentation and originality have inspired our restaurant partners to adapt winning dishes for their own customers.

  Expenses $56,956

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

Listed in Part VII

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

2023

Filed

15 January 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202520159349301547

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