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← FOOD FORWARD INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FOOD FORWARD INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$195,263,115
Total expenses
$193,381,743
Contributions and grants received
$193,836,648
Grants paid
$185,325,930
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$190,455,457
Management and general expenses
$1,789,350
Fundraising expenses
$1,136,936
Program service expenses (Part III)
$190,455,457

Program services were 98.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • RICHARD NAHMIAS

    FOUNDER/CEO

    Total calculated
    $281,897
    From this org
    $226,957
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,940
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $226,646
    Bonus
    $311
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $43,167
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,773
    Filer's total
    $281,897

  • JEFF HARRIS

    BOARD CHAIR (AS OF 6/19/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • ROB VALENCIA

    BOARD CHAIR (THRU 6/18/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JASON CRAYNE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • DONELLA WILSON

    SECRETARY (AS OF 4/1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK RHEIN

    SECRETARY (THRU 3/31/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JIM BERLINER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • CHRISTY CHIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JEDD GOLD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • NEIL HALTRECHT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • DAVID LAKE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • BRIAN LAZARUS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • CINDY LEE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHARI LEINWAND

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • PAMELA SCHWARTZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • BETTY ZAMORANO-PEDREGON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • DIANE HELFREY

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & ACCOUNTING

    Total calculated
    $155,720
    From this org
    $137,369
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,351
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,797
    Bonus
    $572
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,129
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,222
    Filer's total
    $155,720

  • KRISTEN JOHNSON

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $202,957
    From this org
    $190,534
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,423
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,226
    Bonus
    $308
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,552
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,871
    Filer's total
    $202,957

  • JENNIFER COX

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $177,763
    From this org
    $161,139
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,624
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,807
    Bonus
    $332
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,840
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,784
    Filer's total
    $177,763

  • JODI JACOBSEN

    DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $170,361
    From this org
    $129,110
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,251
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,781
    Bonus
    $329
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,959
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,292
    Filer's total
    $170,361

  • AMIR ZAMBRANO

    MANAGING DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $133,519
    From this org
    $128,518
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,001
    Hours/week
    50

  • NKEMDILIM NWOSU

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $132,123
    From this org
    $121,134
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,989
    Hours/week
    55

  • SAMANTHA TESLIK

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $125,501
    From this org
    $107,824
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,677
    Hours/week
    42

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 — 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

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4B
PARTICIPANT: RICHARD NAHMIAS, CEO. IN DECEMBER 2023, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ESTABLISHED A 457(F) DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN AS PART OF AN EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. THE AGREEMENT OUTLINES THE CEO'S DUTIES, COMPENSATION, BENEFITS, ALLOWABLE EXPENSES, AND ANNUAL EVALUATIONS. THE AGREEMENT ALSO OUTLINES ANY IMPACTS TO PLAN BENEFITS IF THE EMPLOYER OR EMPLOYEE TERMINATES THE AGREEMENT FOR CAUSE, DEATH, DISABILITY, OR OTHER REASON. CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO A FUTURE VESTING CONDITION OR EVENT ARE REPORTED AS "RETIREMENT AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION" ON SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (C). CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY VESTED ARE REPORTED AS "BONUS & INCENTIVE COMPENSATION" ON SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (B)(II). RICHARD NAHMIAS: $36,346
PART I, LINE 7
DISCRETIONARY BONUSES WERE DETERMINED BY THE CEO AND COO AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
20 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202542969349301589

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