Form 990 for tax year 2025
Filed by TUCSON FAMILY FOOD PROJECT INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $417,162
- Total expenses
- $231,822
- Contributions and grants received
- $417,589
- Grants paid
- $56,212
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- -$427
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $276,768
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $2,868
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $273,900
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $137,221
- Management and general expenses
- $60,050
- Fundraising expenses
- $34,551
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $137,221
Program services were 59.2% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$417,589
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$12,617
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3 · Investment income
total $1,935 · excluded $1,935
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $2,362
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7c · Gain or loss
securities -$2,362
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7d · Net gain or loss
total -$2,362 · excluded -$2,362
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $56,212 · program services $56,212
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $65,041 · program services $39,025 · management and general $13,008 · fundraising $13,008
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $16,093 · program services $7,012 · management and general $9,081
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $1,863 · management and general $1,863
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $6,529 · program services $3,746 · management and general $1,756 · fundraising $1,027
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $4,289 · management and general $4,289
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $10 · fundraising $10
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11g · Fees: other
total $455 · management and general $455
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $15,293 · fundraising $15,293
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13 · Office expenses
total $15,676 · program services $4,453 · management and general $6,010 · fundraising $5,213
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14 · Information technology
total $5,792 · management and general $5,792
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16 · Occupancy
total $4,688 · program services $4,688
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17 · Travel
total $10,168 · program services $7,797 · management and general $2,371
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $799 · management and general $799
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $8,664 · program services $7,972 · management and general $692
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23 · Insurance
total $1,336 · management and general $1,336
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24a · Other expenses: ROGERS ELEMENTARY EXPEN
total $17,626 · program services $5,268 · management and general $12,358
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24b · Other expenses: REGENERATIVE FARM EXPEN
total $1,048 · program services $1,048
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24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIPS & SUBSCRIPT
total $240 · management and general $240
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $78,713 · end of year $37,700
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $164,715
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$90,509
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$18,266
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $9,730 · end of year $72,243
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $117 · end of year $2,110
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
end of year $2,868
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $88,560 · end of year $273,900
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
THE MISSION OF THE TUCSON FAMILY FOOD PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE MEALS FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH FOOD INSECURITY, WHILE TEACHING THEM HOW TO COOK FOOD FOR THEMSELVES IN THEIR OWN HOMES.
Activities or mission (Part I)
PROVIDES MEAL KITS TO CHILDREN EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY WHILE TEACHING THEM ESSENTIAL COOKING SKILLS.
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EVERY WEEK, THE TUCSON FAMILY FOOD PROJECT DELIVERS MEAL KITS TO MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE TUCSON AREA. THROUGH ENGAGING YOUTUBE VIDEOS AND EASY-TO-FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS, WE EQUIP YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THE CONFIDENCE AND LIFE SKILLS TO PREPARE MEALS FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES - SKILLS THEY WILL CARRY WITH THEM FOR A LIFETIME. DURING THE 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR, WE PRODUCED MORE THAN 9,500 MEAL KITS, SERVING APPROXIMATELY 250 STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES EACH WEEK. IN THE 2025-26 SCHOOL YEAR, WE ARE REACHING 260 FAMILIES WEEKLY AND ARE ON TRACK TO PRODUCE OVER 10,000 MEAL KITS - EQUIVALENT TO AT LEAST 40,000 SERVINGS OF FRESH, HOME-COOKED FOOD IN A SINGLE YEAR. THIS WORK IS MADE POSSIBLE BY OUR DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS AND THE GENEROUS USE OF DONATED COMMERCIAL KITCHEN SPACE. IN 2025 ALONE, VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN 3,600 HOURS OF SERVICEVALUED AT OVER $125,000 - HELPING US PRODUCE MEAL KITS FOR TUCSON-AREA FAMILIES. BY LEVERAGING THESE CRITICAL IN-KIND RESOURCES, WE ARE ABLE TO KEEP PRODUCTION COSTS LOW WHILE MAXIMIZING OUR IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY.
Expenses $137,221 · Grants $56,212
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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STEVEN COTA-ROBLES
PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $65,041
- From this org
- $65,041
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 50
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CHERYL KIGER
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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MARY LU BRESHEARS
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 7
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MAYELA CERVANTEZ MORALES
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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STEPH LACIKA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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MATT MACCULLAUGH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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ALEXANDRO URIAS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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VANESSA VELIZ
DIRECTOR
- 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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 28 April 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202611259349303426
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