Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$16,521,219

Total expenses

$15,619,399

Contributions and grants received

$16,406,054

Grants paid

$368,695

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$55,237

Other revenue

$59,928

Total assets, end of year

$16,271,382

Total liabilities, end of year

$383,409

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$15,887,973

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$15,105,834

Management and general expenses

$330,711

Fundraising expenses

$182,854

Program service expenses (Part III)

$15,105,834

Program services were 96.7% 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

• ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES IS RESCUING GOOD FOOD FROM GOING TO WASTE. OUR DEDICATED FOOD RESCUE INITIATIVE OPERATES WITH THE AIM OF BOLSTERING FOOD SECURITY BY CURBING UNNECESSARY FOOD WASTE. EMBRACING A MULTIFACETED APPROACH, THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES GROCERY RESCUE, SALVAGING SURPLUS ITEMS FROM RESTAURANTS, AND HARVESTING EXCESS PRODUCE THROUGH GLEANING EFFORTS. ADDITIONALLY, WE COLLABORATE WITH LOCAL LIVESTOCK FARMERS TO REPURPOSE FOOD UNSUITABLE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION, THEREBY ENRICHING THEIR FEED STOCK. THIS COLLABORATIVE ENDEAVOR NOT ONLY MITIGATES FOOD WASTE BUT ALSO ENRICHES THE DIETS OF LIVESTOCK WITH A DIVERSE ARRAY OF NUTRIENTS. UNDERSCORING THE IMPACT OF OUR COMMITMENT, IN 2023 WE RESCUED MORE THAN 2 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD FROM LANDFILLS, UNDERSCORING OUR DEDICATION TO SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRACTICES.OUR ORGANIZATION IS COMMITTED TO PRIORITIZING THE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN. THROUGH OUR FORKIDS PROGRAM, WE ADDRESS THE SIGNIFICANT SERVICE GAP EXPERIENCED BY CHILDREN WHO RELY ON FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH PROGRAMS DURING WEEKENDS. RECOGNIZING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ADEQUATE NUTRITION, ENHANCED HEALTH, AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, OUR PROGRAM ENDEAVORS TO ENSURE CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO NOURISHING MEALS, ALLOWING THEM TO FOCUS ON THEIR CLASSES UPON RETURNING TO SCHOOL MONDAY MORNING. THIS IMPACTFUL OUTREACH EFFORT COLLABORATES CLOSELY WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS TO PROVIDE KID-FRIENDLY MEAL BAGS TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN OVER THE WEEKEND. IN THE YEAR 2023, OUR PROGRAM EXTENDED ITS REACH TO SERVE APPROXIMATELY 1,300 STUDENTS WEEKLY ACROSS 30 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND 3 HEAD START PROGRAMS. ADDITIONALLY, THROUGH OUR SCHOOL BREAK BAGS PROGRAM, WE PROVIDED MEALS TO 2,000 CHILDREN DURING SCHOOL BREAKS.OUR DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN FACILITATING BOTH WEEKLY FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS AND MONTHLY NON-FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS TO OUR TWO PANTRIES, SATELLITE PARTNERS, AND THROUGH OUR MOBILE OUTREACH PROGRAM. WE EMPLOY VARIOUS DELIVERY MECHANISMS, INCLUDING SHOPPING MODELS, PRE-PACKAGED FOOD BOXES AND BAGS, AS WELL AS WALK-UP AND DRIVE-UP SERVICES, ENSURING ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL. OUR FOOD OFFERINGS ENCOMPASS A DIVERSE RANGE, FROM FRESH PRODUCE TO FROZEN PROTEINS AND SHELF-STABLE CANNED AND DRY GOODS, ALL PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE. ADDITIONALLY, OUR NON-FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS PRIORITIZE ESSENTIAL HEALTH, HYGIENE, AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, CATERING TO NEEDS THAT MAY NOT BE COVERED BY SNAP BENEFITS. THESE ITEMS MAY INCLUDE SOAP, SHAMPOO, CONDITIONER, DEODORANT, LAUNDRY SOAP, RAZORS, TOOTHPASTE, AND TOOTHBRUSHES. NOTABLY, IN THE YEAR 2023, OUR EFFORTS REACHED APPROXIMATELY 47,000 INDIVIDUALS, HIGHLIGHTING THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF OUR PROGRAM WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.IN OUR CAPACITY AS A REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION ORGANIZATION (RDO), WE PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN ENHANCING FOOD ACCESSIBILITY FOR SMALLER HUNGER RELIEF AGENCIES SPANNING ACROSS LEWIS, MASON, AND KITSAP COUNTIES. OPERATING FROM OUR EXPANSIVE 30,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE, WE HANDLE THE RECEPTION, STORAGE, PROCESSING, AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD TO OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS WHO OFTEN HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES, SPACE, AND CAPACITY. OUR PROCUREMENT EFFORTS EXTEND ACROSS BOTH REGIONAL AND STATEWIDE HUNGER RELIEF NETWORKS, ENSURING A DIVERSE SUPPLY OF PERISHABLE, FROZEN, AND SHELF-STABLE FOODS. NOTEWORTHY IS OUR ACHIEVEMENT IN THE YEAR 2023, WHEREIN WE FACILITATED THE EXTERNAL REDISTRIBUTION OF OVER 3.5 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD, WITH A TOTAL DISTRIBUTION OF OVER 8 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD.

  Expenses $15,105,834 · Grants $368,695

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. 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

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

• ROCHESTER ORGANIZATION OF FAMILIES

  $116,731

  FOOD BANK

• YELM COMMUNITY SERVICES

  $80,755

  FOOD BANK

• BREMERTON FOODLINE

  $48,400

  FOOD BANK

• TENINO COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER

  $46,937

  FOOD BANK

• GATHER CHURCH

  $25,000

  FOOD BANK

• SALVATION ARMY-BREMERTON

  $8,316

  FOOD BANK

• SALVATION ARMY-CENTRALIA

  $7,552

  FOOD BANK

• LEWIS COUNTY FOOD COALITION

  $7,200

  FOOD BANK

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

20 May 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

202411419349301711

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