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← THE GLOBAL FOODBANKING NETWORK

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE GLOBAL FOODBANKING NETWORK.

Totals

Total revenue
$13,075,039
Total expenses
$16,808,508
Contributions and grants received
$12,872,718
Grants paid
$6,489,035
Program service revenue
$18,700
Investment income
$182,776
Other revenue
$845
Total assets, end of year
$10,680,349
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,384,881
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$9,295,468
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,653,946
Management and general expenses
$1,565,842
Fundraising expenses
$1,588,720
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,653,946

Program services were 81.2% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $12,872,718

  • 2a · Program service revenue: conference registration revenue

    total $18,700 · related or exempt $18,700

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $106,563 · excluded $106,563

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,316,000

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $2,239,787

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $76,213 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $76,213 · excluded $76,213

  • 11a · Other revenue: miscellaneous revenue

    total $845 · excluded $845

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $845

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $204,357 · program services $204,357

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $6,284,678 · program services $6,284,678

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,412,627 · program services $960,693 · management and general $142,816 · fundraising $309,118

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,168,816 · program services $2,779,364 · management and general $628,555 · fundraising $760,897

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $156,045 · program services $127,625 · management and general $19,230 · fundraising $9,190

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $645,772 · program services $505,157 · management and general $65,515 · fundraising $75,100

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $344,847 · program services $208,387 · management and general $58,013 · fundraising $78,447

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $60,665 · management and general $60,665

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,404,601 · program services $994,954 · management and general $203,826 · fundraising $205,821

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $177,680 · program services $177,680

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $44,516 · program services $29,568 · management and general $7,616 · fundraising $7,332

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $177,403 · program services $117,833 · management and general $30,350 · fundraising $29,220

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $177,217 · program services $114,638 · management and general $23,743 · fundraising $38,836

  • 17 · Travel

    total $886,653 · program services $675,105 · management and general $196,438 · fundraising $15,110

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $331,110 · program services $252,110 · management and general $73,357 · fundraising $5,643

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $54,912 · program services $43,593 · management and general $4,293 · fundraising $7,026

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $28,770 · program services $18,535 · management and general $5,349 · fundraising $4,886

  • 24a · Other expenses: Other Operating Expenses

    total $247,839 · program services $159,669 · management and general $46,076 · fundraising $42,094

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,989,092 · end of year $4,911,111

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,715,448 · end of year $1,105,693

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $6,712,408 · end of year $4,078,386

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $330,159 · end of year $186,074

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

    $317,610

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

    $233,553

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $133,180 · end of year $84,057

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $20,547

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $412,764 · end of year $294,481

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $938,033 · end of year $690,493

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $112,000 · end of year $459,375

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $4,700 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $368,826 · end of year $235,013

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,688,045 · end of year $3,236,267

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,181,447 · end of year $6,059,201

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) is a global, nonprofit organization that provides food to people facing hunger while reducing food loss and waste, (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)

  • TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING: GFN provides capability-building services through subject matter experts, peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and partner engagement and aligns these knowledge services with catalytic financing, with an aim of accelerating food bank social and environmental impact and effectiveness. The focus for knowledge services is determined through organizational assessment, and food banking members pursue a multiyear plan to increase organizational effectiveness in targeted ways. GFN provided knowledge resources through a variety of pathways in FY2025, including: Re-starting the rigorous, standards-based Certification Process; one-to-one advisory services conducted virtually and in person; training and experience-sharing at a regional meeting held in Accra, Ghana; subject-focused webinars; and Fellowship Exchanges among food banks. Common areas for capability building include food safety, logistics and supply chain efficiencies, product sourcing, nonprofit fundraising, governance, and data collection and decision-making. GFN PROVIDES SERVICES TO ALL NETWORK MEMBERS BUT OFFERS CONCENTRATED SUPPORT IN MARKETS THAT ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY HUNGER AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES. Across the network in FY2025, nine of the 10 food banks that had the largest increases in people served year-over-year came from emerging and developing markets.

    Expenses $9,631,318 · Grants $5,805,650 · Revenue $18,700

  • ACCELERATOR: GFN's Food Bank Accelerator program empowers new food banks to learn from other food banks, expand services and establish credibility through a cohort approach over three years. The program provides technical and financial support, mentoring, peer-to-peer connections and Fellowship Exchanges, and partnership opportunities that might otherwise be unavailable to partners establishing operations in areas where the food banking model is relatively unknown. Currently, the Accelerator supports two cohorts. The newest cohort consists of three food banks in Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines) and five food banks in Africa (Cote D'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Madagascar and Mauritius). Together, that cohort increased the number of people reached by 20% in 2024.

    Expenses $1,056,129 · Grants $521,385

  • MOBILIZING FOOD SYSTEM ACTION: Food banking organizations make a marked difference in the lives of millions of people and strengthen community and national resilience. They are also agents for change in transforming food systems. In FY2025, GFN united its network to increase understanding about the importance of connecting food surplus with those facing hunger through targeted engagements to food systems players and national governments. GFN continued its partnership with the Harvard Law School's Food Law and Policy Clinic on The Global Food Donation Policy Atlas to better understand national legal frameworks to discourage food loss and waste and encourage food redistribution. In FY2025, the Atlas promoted and encouraged improved food donation legislation in Brazil, Ecuador, France, Mexico, Peru, Singapore, South Korea and Vietnam.

    Expenses $1,654,901

  • RESEARCH AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: BECAUSE FOOD BANKING ORGANIZATIONS SOURCE FOOD FROM NUTRITIOUS FOOD SURPLUSES, FOOD BANKING HAS GAINS FOR BOTH PEOPLE AND PLANET. IN FY2025, GFN MEMBERS WERE ESTIMATED TO AVOID 1.9 MILLION KILOGRAMS OF CO2E EMISSIONS, THE EQUIVALENT OF TAKING 443,000 CARS OFF THE ROAD. TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE ENVIRONEMENTAL IMPACT THROUGH FOOD BANKING, GFN DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED FRAME, A SPECIFIC METHODOLOGY TO MEASURE FOOD BANKING'S ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT, WITH A FOCUS ON THE ROLE IT CAN PLAY IN MITIGATING METHANE EMISSIONS. THIS METHODOLOGY WAS PILOTED AT FOOD BANKING ORGANIZATIONS IN ECUADOR AND MEXICO, AND IT IS EXPANDING TO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE NETWORK.

    Expenses $974,016 · Grants $100,000

  • AGRICULTURAL RECOVERY: To increase access to nutritious food, in FY2025 GFN continued investing into building surplus recovery from farms, packhouses and produce markets. GFN supports these efforts through skills training, knowledge sharing and financial resources to accelerate adoption and scaling of agricultural recovery programs, especially in emerging and developing markets. Currently, 35 GFN food banks have an agricultural recovery program, and in 2024, 26% of food distributed by the network came from agricultural sources like farms, packhouses and markets. In FY2025, GFN hired a new Agricultural Recovery Hub director and launched the Agricultural Recovery Communities of Practice, which provides expertise and guidance to partner food banks looking to start or scale recovery efforts.

    Expenses $337,582 · Grants $62,000

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Carol Criner

    Chairman (partial year)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Kumiko Watanabe

    Vice Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sachin Gupta

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Brian Greene

    Director (partial year)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carol Bellamy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christine Sheehan

    Director (partial year)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Dr Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Fatma Samoura

    Director (partial year)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gonzalo Munoz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jacques Vandenschrik

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joseph Gitler

    Director (partial year)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Juan Jose Freijo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Julie Yurko

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Keith Willliams

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Linda Nageotte

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Martin Burt

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Melissa Ho

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mildred Nadah Pita

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Paul Henrys

    Director (partial year)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shenggen Fan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Arnold

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Douglas L O'Brien

    Vice President, Programs, Asst. Secretary (until December 2024)

    Total calculated
    $245,479
    From this org
    $218,208
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,271
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,145
    Bonus
    $10,500
    Other
    $2,563
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,271
    Filer's total
    $245,479

  • Lisa J Moon

    President and CEO

    Total calculated
    $451,539
    From this org
    $443,832
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,707
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $398,859
    Bonus
    $44,595
    Other
    $378
    Deferred
    $6,013
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,694
    Filer's total
    $451,539

  • Michael Oko

    VP, Communications & Marketing

    Total calculated
    $251,374
    From this org
    $216,817
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,557
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,296
    Bonus
    $10,500
    Other
    $1,021
    Deferred
    $11,183
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,374
    Filer's total
    $251,374

  • Vanessa Gutierrez

    Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $177,084
    From this org
    $159,755
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,329
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,471
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $284
    Deferred
    $4,813
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,516
    Filer's total
    $177,084

  • Vicki Clarke

    Vice President, Development, Secretary

    Total calculated
    $236,233
    From this org
    $222,637
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,596
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,116
    Bonus
    $10,500
    Other
    $1,021
    Deferred
    $11,183
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,413
    Filer's total
    $236,233

  • Anthony Kitchen

    Field and Knowledge Services Senior Director

    Total calculated
    $168,977
    From this org
    $153,286
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,691
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,829
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $457
    Deferred
    $7,671
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,020
    Filer's total
    $168,977

  • Christopher Rebstock

    Canada, Europe, and South Asia Program Director

    Total calculated
    $190,261
    From this org
    $172,745
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,516
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,611
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,134
    Deferred
    $7,542
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,974
    Filer's total
    $190,261

  • Jennifer Wright

    Communications Senior Director

    Total calculated
    $180,899
    From this org
    $150,253
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,646
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,793
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $460
    Deferred
    $7,739
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,907
    Filer's total
    $180,899

  • Matthew Eckford

    Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships Senior Director

    Total calculated
    $160,050
    From this org
    $142,524
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,526
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,217
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $307
    Deferred
    $2,907
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,619
    Filer's total
    $160,050

  • Shamir Shahi

    Chief of Staff

    Total calculated
    $172,873
    From this org
    $164,068
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,805
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,344
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $724
    Deferred
    $7,560
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,245
    Filer's total
    $172,873

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

  • 1a · Travel for companions
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Travel for companions
Due to the extenuating circumstances and extensive amount of international travel and the nature of the officer's position, GFN offers a small travel benefit for family travel of this officer. This benefit was treated as taxable compensation to the officer.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 1b Written policy regarding payment or reimbursement of expenses
Pursuant to the employment agreement in place between the officer and GFN, the officer is eligible to receive reimbursements for companion travel up to $5,000 annually. The officer is required to provide written substantiation for these expenses prior to being reimbursed. The amounts reimbursed are treated as taxable compensation to the officer. This officer received companion travel benefits totaling $7,815 in calendar year 2024 and was taxed on those benefits accordingly.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 7 Non-fixed payments
The CEO is eligible for a maximum percent bonus. The steering committee, within this parameter, recommends an amount to the Board of Directors which is subsequently approved by the Board of Directors. VPs and the CFO are eligible for a maximum percent bonus. The President determines the bonus earned based on organizational performance and established key performance indicators.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
18 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202513529349301651

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