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← GREEN CARES FOOD PANTRY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GREEN CARES FOOD PANTRY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$466,202
Total expenses
$391,897
Contributions and grants received
$463,111
Grants paid
$353,452
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,091
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$501,675
Total liabilities, end of year
$54,280
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$447,395
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$372,838
Management and general expenses
$17,350
Fundraising expenses
$1,709
Program service expenses (Part III)
$372,838

Program services were 95.1% 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

    $23,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $440,111

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $313,894

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,091 · excluded $3,091

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $353,452 · program services $353,452

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,486 · management and general $6,486

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $299 · management and general $299

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $196 · fundraising $196

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,259 · management and general $1,643 · fundraising $616

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,315 · management and general $1,315

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,037 · program services $6,830 · management and general $805 · fundraising $402

  • 17 · Travel

    total $247 · program services $247

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $14,037 · program services $12,309 · management and general $1,233 · fundraising $495

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,569 · management and general $5,569

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $106,213 · end of year $75,360

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $145,425 · end of year $148,516

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $21,000 · end of year $21,000

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

    $284,220

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

    $27,421

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $247,336 · end of year $256,799

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,742 · end of year $3,529

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $141,142 · end of year $50,751

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $373,090 · end of year $447,395

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO SERVE LOW-INCOME GREEN COUNTY WISCONSIN HOUSEHOLDS BY PROVIDING HEALTHY AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD, AND LINKING HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS TO EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, COMMUNITY RESOURCES, NON-PROFIT PROGRAMMING, AND GOVERNMENTAL BENEFITS TO IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC CONDITION OF THE HOUSEHOLD. WE ASSIST IN PROVIDING THE BASIC NEEDS FOR OUR CLIENTS BY ENSURING ALL PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD. WE PROMOTE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND WE SERVE AS AN ADVOCATE FOR LOW-INCOME CITIZENS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

GREEN CARES HAS A BASIC BELIEF - NO ONE SHOULD BE HUNGRY. THE GOALS OF GREEN CARES FOOD PANTRY ARE TO ASSIST IN PROVIDING THE BASIC NEEDS FOR OUR CLIENTS BY ENSURING ALL PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR YOUTH AND ELDERLY; TO PROMOTE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL; TO SERVE AS AN ADVOCATE FOR LOW-INCOME CITIZENS AND TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

  • THE GREEN CARES FOOD PANTRY (PANTRY) WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2009 AND PREVIOUSLY OPERATED UNDER ANOTHER TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION, SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM (SWCAP). IN 2022, THE PANTRY WAS GRANTED ITS OWN TAX-EXEMPT STATUS AND HAS NOW UNDERTAKEN ITS MISSION AND ACTIVITIES UNDER ITS OWN ENTITY.THIS PANTRY PROVIDES FOOD TO LOW-INCOME FAMILIES IN GREEN COUNTY, WISCONSIN, AND IS CURRENTLY THE LARGEST FOOD PANTRY IN GREEN COUNTY. ITS GOALS ARE TO ASSIST IN PROVIDING THE BASIC NEEDS FOR LOW-INCOME CLIENTS BY ENSURING ALL PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD, ESPECIALLY THE YOUTH AND ELDERLY; TO PROMOTE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL; TO SERVE AS AN ADVOCATE FOR LOW-INCOME CITIZENS AND TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.IN 2024, THE PANTRY SERVED A TOTAL OF 3,060 HOUSEHOLDS WITH A TOTAL OF 7,559 INDIVIDUALS. OF THESE 29.8% WERE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18, 43.2% WERE ADULTS AGED 18-59, AND 27% WERE ADULTS OVER THE AGE OF 60. THERE ARE 3 DIFFERENT PANTRIES EACH WEEK AT VARIOUS TIMES FOR A TOTAL OF NEARLY 40 HOURS A MONTH STAFFED BY ALL VOLUNTEERS. OUR GOAL IS SIMPLY TO SEE THAT NO ONE GOES HUNGRY IN GREEN COUNTY.

    Expenses $372,838 · Grants $353,452

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Marcia Voss

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Mary Gafner

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Karen Gierhart

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kelly Volk

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dennis Holcomb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • Joyce Hummel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Sharon Nafzger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Robert Voss

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Joni McNeill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503189349303615

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