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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FOOD ACCESS PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,264,104
Total expenses
$1,017,049
Contributions and grants received
$1,212,043
Grants paid
$71,000
Program service revenue
$13,000
Investment income
$39,061
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$903,690
Total liabilities, end of year
$72,702
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$830,988
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$692,273
Management and general expenses
$131,247
Fundraising expenses
$193,529
Program service expenses (Part III)
$692,273

Program services were 68.1% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,212,043

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EARNED REVENUE

    total $13,000 · related or exempt $13,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $39,126 · excluded $39,126

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $536,267

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

    securities $536,332

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$65

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$65 · excluded -$65

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $71,000 · program services $71,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $145,000 · program services $97,608 · management and general $13,976 · fundraising $33,416

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $283,073 · program services $190,552 · management and general $27,285 · fundraising $65,236

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,180 · program services $2,578 · management and general $393 · fundraising $209

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $23,996 · program services $19,451 · management and general $2,967 · fundraising $1,578

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $36,432 · program services $29,531 · management and general $4,505 · fundraising $2,396

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,933 · management and general $2,933

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $32,815 · management and general $32,815

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $78,655 · fundraising $78,655

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $130,067 · program services $105,912 · management and general $23,177 · fundraising $978

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $30,701 · program services $26,191 · management and general $600 · fundraising $3,910

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $41,510 · program services $24,411 · management and general $13,186 · fundraising $3,913

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,878 · program services $13,640 · fundraising $3,238

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,824 · management and general $3,824

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $108,494 · program services $108,494

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $5,354 · management and general $5,354

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,137 · program services $2,905 · management and general $232

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $307,252 · end of year $118,268

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $13,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $6,808 · end of year $25,968

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $302,525 · end of year $746,454

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $32,521 · end of year $72,702

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $414,314 · end of year $527,258

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $169,750 · end of year $303,730

Mission and programs · 2024

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)

FOOD ACCESS PROJECT LEVERAGES TECHNOLOGY AND PROGRAMS TO HELP FOOD BANKS AND PANTRIES INCREASE ACCESS TO FOOD.

  • BROUGHT VIVERY TECHNOLOGY TO 26 ADDITIONAL FOOD BANKS FOR A TOTAL OF 47 LIVE FIND FOOD MAPS IN 29 STATES WITH 13,200 PANTRIES ON THE MAP SERVING A POPULATION OF 9.8 MILLION PEOPLE ... WITH OVER 213,000 SEARCHES FROM A PHONE OR COMPUTER TO ACCESS AVAILABLE FOOD AND PROGRAMS EACH MONTH. TWENTY-FOUR PERCENT OF THE FEEDING AMERICA FOOD BANKS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO IMPROVE FOOD ACCESS IN THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THIS AT NO COST TO EVERY FOOD BANK REQUESTING THE TECHNOLOGY.

    Expenses $337,204

  • FOOD IS MEDICINE - NUTRITIOUS FOOD DELIVERY PROGRAM. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHICAGO MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, OUR PROGRAM USES TECHNOLOGY TO COORDINATE SERVICES FROM 10 COMMUNITY PARTNERS. TOGETHER WE PROVIDE 2 MONTHLY IN-HOME DELIVERIES OF NUTRITIOUS FOOD AND FRESH PRODUCE TO 176 FOOD-INSECURE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES LIVING IN CHICAGO'S AUSTIN COMMUNITY. THIS PROGRAM ADDRESSES HUNGER AND PROMOTES HEALTH AND WELL BEING FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS. THIS YEAR 3232 DELIVERIES WERE MADE; 87,271 MEALS.

    Expenses $276,041 · Grants $44,000

  • FOOD IS MEDICINE - MEDICALLY TAILORED GROCERY PROGRAM. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SINAI CHICAGO, ONE OF ILLINOIS' LARGES SAFETY NET HOSPITALS, WE ARE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS AND 6 LOCAL PARTNERS TO DEPLOY TECHNOLOGY THAT COORDINATES 2 MONTHLY DELIVERIES OF MEDICALLY TAILORED GROCERIES AND FRESH PRODUCE. IN SEPTEMBER, WE LAUNCHED OUR FIRST COHORT THAT WILL SERVE 120 FOOD INSECURE PATIENTS MANAGING CHRONIC DISEASE LIVING ON THE WEST SIDE OF CHICAGO THIS PILOT IS PAVING THE WAY FOR BETTER HEALTH OUTCOMES AND IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH NUTRITIOUS FOOD. IN 2024 236 IN-HOME DELIVERIES WERE MADE; 5,453 MEALS.

    Expenses $45,131 · Grants $27,000

  • RESEARCH STUDY TO ASSESS THE SUCCESS OF THE NUTRITIOUS FOOD DELIVERY PROGRAM AFTER 12 MONTHS OF OPERATION. RESULTS AVAILABLE MID 2025. BROUGHT VIVERY TECHNOLOGY TO 1 NON-FOOD BANK ORGANIZATION TO PROVIDE A FIND FOOD MAP THAT ACCESSES FOOD AND PROGRAMS ACROSS THE STATE.

    Expenses $33,897 · Revenue $13,000

As filed on the 2024 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

  • Jonathan Phillips

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lorry Carlson

    TREASURER/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Ashley Friend

    MANAGING DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY PTNRSHP

    Total calculated
    $145,000
    From this org
    $145,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
2024
Filed
2 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202521289349302002

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