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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FOOD ACCESS PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$841,426
Total expenses
$483,425
Contributions and grants received
$835,193
Grants paid
$22,432
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$6,233
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$616,585
Total liabilities, end of year
$32,521
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$584,064
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$341,971
Management and general expenses
$68,776
Fundraising expenses
$72,678
Program service expenses (Part III)
$341,971

Program services were 70.7% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $835,193

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,233 · excluded $6,233

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $22,432 · program services $22,432

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $199,242 · program services $171,269 · management and general $16,787 · fundraising $11,186

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,453 · program services $2,109 · management and general $206 · fundraising $138

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $16,061 · program services $565 · management and general $15,459 · fundraising $37

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $15,435 · program services $13,108 · management and general $1,460 · fundraising $867

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $786 · management and general $786

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,460 · management and general $23,460

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $81,250 · program services $29,750 · management and general $538 · fundraising $50,962

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $30,706 · program services $24,267 · management and general $70 · fundraising $6,369

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,968 · program services $1,245 · management and general $2,723

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,454 · program services $4,488 · management and general $3,534 · fundraising $432

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,405 · program services $7,829 · fundraising $2,576

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,652 · management and general $3,652

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $63,988 · program services $63,988

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,133 · program services $921 · management and general $101 · fundraising $111

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $229,521 · end of year $307,252

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $302,525

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $6,808

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,750 · end of year $32,521

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $224,771 · end of year $414,314

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $169,750

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

FOOD ACCESS PROJECT DBA VIVERY COMMUNITY NFP IS A PUBLIC CHARITY ESTABLISHED TO LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY TO INCREASE ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WE DO THIS BY FUNDRAISING TO BRING VIVERY TECHNOLOGY AND PROGRAMS TO EVERY FOOD BANK AND PANTRY AT NO COST. ADDITIONALLY, WE PARTNER WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO PROVIDE INNOVATIVE FOOD ACCESS PROGRAMS SUCH AS ONLINE MARKETS, IN-HOME DELIVERY, MEDICALLY TAILORED GROCERIES, AND MORE, SO EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES, CAN EFFORTLESSLY ACCESS NUTRITIOUS FOOD, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES NEARBY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY & PROGRAMS TO HELP FOOD BANKS & PANTRIES INCREASE ACCESS TO FOOD.

  • BROUGHT VIVERY TECHNOLOGY TO 19 ADDITIONAL FOOD BANKS FOR A TOTAL OF 21 LIVE FIND FOOD MAPS IN 16 STATES . . . WITH 5700 PANTRIES ON THE MAP . . . SERVING A POPULATION OF 5.7 MILLION PEOPLE . . . WITH OVER 120,000 SEARCHES FROM A PHONE OR COMPUTER TO ACCESS AVAILABLE FOOD AND PROGRAMS EACH MONTH.

    Expenses $175,689

  • COLLABORATED WITH THE CHICAGO MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THE COMMUNITY SAFETY COORDINATION CENTER TO COORDINATE PARTNERS AND DELIVER FOOD PANTRY GROCERIES AND SUPPLEMENTAL FRESH PRODUCE TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES IN THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY. OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS INCLUDE 4 LOCAL PANTRIES, 2 PRODUCE PROVIDERS, 1 DELIVERY SERVICE AND 8 SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES. THE PROGRAM SCALED TO SERVE 100 INDIVIDUALS. 2012 DELIVERIES WERE MADE . . . 62,875 POUNDS OF FOOD REPRESENTING 57,708 MEALS.

    Expenses $150,308 · Grants $22,432

  • PARTNERED WITH TWO FOOD PANTRIES TO EXPAND THEIR WEEKDAY IN-HOME DELIVERY PROGRAMS OF NUTRITIOUS PANTRY GROCERIES AND PRODUCE TO SENIORS AND HOMEBOUND INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY OF CHICAGO. THE PROGRAM WORKED WITH A LOCAL DELIVERY SERVICE RATHER THAN RELYING ON CURRENT VOLUNTEERS . . . 895 DELIVERIES WERE MADE . . . 44,750 POUNDS OF FOOD DELIVERED REPRESENTING 37,292 MEALS. THE TWO PANTRIES WILL TAKE OVER THEIR PROGRAMS IN 2024.

    Expenses $15,974

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Nasrin Thierer

    PRESIDENT/CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Lorry Carlson

    TREASURER/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Jon Phillips

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202421359349308272

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