Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$427,167

Total expenses

$345,162

Contributions and grants received

$427,167

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$243,655

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$243,655

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$247,810

Management and general expenses

$25,567

Fundraising expenses

$71,785

Program service expenses (Part III)

$247,810

Program services were 71.8% 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 · 2024

• IN 2024, THE OUTREACH CONNECTION MADE REMARKABLE STRIDES IN COMBATING FOOD INSECURITY AND EXPANDING ITS SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. WE PROVIDED OVER 160,000 POUNDS OF SUPPLIES AND WELCOMED 12,789 INDIVIDUAL VISITS TO OUR CLIENT-CHOICE PANTRY. THIS EMPOWERING MODEL ALLOWS CLIENTS TO SELECT THE ITEMS THEY NEED, ENSURING THEY RECEIVE NUTRITIOUS FOOD WHILE MAINTAINING THEIR DIGNITY AND AUTONOMY. ADDITIONALLY, THROUGH OUR FOOD PANTRY, WE WERE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE 100 THANKSGIVING MEALS TO FAMILIES IN NEED AND PROVIDE 104 BACKPACKS FILLED WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY. A SIGNIFICANT NEW DEVELOPMENT THIS YEAR WAS OUR EFFORTS TO EXPAND THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO OUR CLIENTS. WE BEGAN INVITING PARTNER AGENCIES TO SET UP WITHIN OUR FACILITY, ALLOWING CLIENTS TO ACCESS A WIDER RANGE OF SERVICES WHILE PICKING UP THEIR FOOD. THESE COLLABORATIONS INCLUDED ACCESS TO FREE PRODUCE MARKETS, SNAP ASSISTANCE, FAMILY SERVICES, AND OTHER ESSENTIAL PROGRAMS, MAKING IT EASIER FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO RECEIVE THE COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT THEY NEED. THIS NETWORK OF RESOURCES ENHANCES OUR PANTRYS ABILITY TO MEET THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, PROVIDING CLIENTS WITH THE TOOLS AND GUIDANCE TO IMPROVE THEIR OVERALL WELL-BEING. BEYOND THE PANTRY, OUR RESOURCE MENTORS PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN OFFERING GUIDANCE TO INDIVIDUALS, HELPING THEM CONNECT WITH LOCAL AGENCY PROGRAMS. MANY PANTRY VISITORS ARE UNAWARE OF THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM OR FACE CHALLENGES IN ACCESSING THE SERVICES THEY NEED. BY UNDERSTANDING EACH PERSONS UNIQUE SITUATION, WE CONNECTED THEM WITH VITAL PROGRAMS SUCH AS HOUSING ASSISTANCE, HEALTHCARE SERVICES, AND JOB TRAINING. THIS PERSONALIZED SUPPORT EMPOWERS CLIENTS TO ACCESS THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO IMPROVE THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES AND WORK TOWARD GREATER SELF-SUFFICIENCY.

  Expenses $195,769

• COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WAS ALSO A KEY FOCUS FOR US IN 2024. OUR DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED AN IMPRESSIVE 7,403 HOURS TO SUPPORT OUR GROWING PROGRAMS. THEIR EFFORTS INCLUDED WORKING DIRECTLY IN THE PANTRY, ASSISTING AT 31 THREADS (OUR CLOTHING THRIFT STORE), AND SUPPORTING VARIOUS PROJECTS AND COMMITTEE WORK. 31 THREADS SERVES A DUAL PURPOSE. NOT ONLY DOES IT RAISE FUNDS FOR THE PANTRY, BUT IT ALSO PROVIDES AFFORDABLE, QUALITY CLOTHING TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN NEED. THIS INITIATIVE HELPS ENSURE EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY HAS ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE CLOTHING, WHILE ALSO FOSTERING DIGNITY AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY. THE FUNDS RAISED FROM 31 THREADS ARE ESSENTIAL IN SUSTAINING OUR PANTRY OPERATIONS AND SUPPORTING THE BROADER NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. THROUGH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS, EXPANDED PARTNERSHIPS, AND THE INVALUABLE SUPPORT OF OUR VOLUNTEERS, THE OUTREACH CONNECTION CONTINUES TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD AND ESSENTIAL RESOURCES, FOSTERING A STRONGER, MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITY. TOGETHER, WE EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO BUILD A BRIGHTER FUTURE.

  Expenses $52,041

As filed on the 2024 return.

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

2024

Filed

3 June 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.1

Source object

202541549349301534

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