Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$733,462

Total expenses

$777,739

Contributions and grants received

$721,824

Grants paid

$535,140

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$11,638

Total assets, end of year

$635,669

Total liabilities, end of year

$54,172

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$581,497

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$668,923

Management and general expenses

$66,605

Fundraising expenses

$42,211

Program service expenses (Part III)

$668,923

Program services were 86.0% 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

• FUND LOCAL CHARITIES THAT FIGHT POVERTY THROUGH GRANTS.

  Expenses $632,283 · Grants $498,500

• HMSHOST FOUNDATION, INC. (THE "FOUNDATION") ESTABLISHED THE HMSHOST CARES FUND (THE "FUND") IN 2017 TO HELP EMPLOYEES OF HMSHOST CORPORATION, INC. (THE "CORPORATION") AND ITS AFFILIATES AND THE FAMILIES OF SUCH EMPLOYEES. HMSHOST CARES IS AN EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE FUND DESIGNED TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL RELIEF FOR QUALIFIED INCIDENTS. HMSHOST CARES RECEIVES CONTRIBUTIONS AND IS PRIMARILY FUNDED BY HMSHOST ASSOCIATES IN ORDER TO HELP FELLOW ASSOCIATES IN CRISIS. THE COMPANY CREATED THE PROGRAM AND CONTRIBUTED INITIAL FUNDING. PAYMENTS TO EMPLOYEES ARE NOT TAXABLE TO THE EMPLOYEE; HOWEVER, EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FUND ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A CHARITABLE DEDUCTION.THE FOUNDATION REQUIRES THAT EACH EMPLOYEE APPLYING FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE FUND DEMONSTRATE AN IMMEDIATE NEED BEFORE A GRANT IS MADE TO SUCH EMPLOYEE. THUS, EMPLOYEES MUST PROVIDE A PERSONAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT DETAILING THE MONTHLY FINANCES OF THE EMPLOYEE AND HIS/HER FAMILY. IN ADDITION, THE EMPLOYEE MUST DESCRIBE THE INCIDENT AND HOW IT IS CAUSING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP FOR THE EMPLOYEE AND HIS/HER FAMILY AND ATTACH APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTATION TO SHOW PROOF OF THE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. IF THE EMPLOYEE REQUESTS THAT THE FOUNDATION PAY BILLS ON BEHALF OF THE EMPLOYEE, THE FOUNDATION REQUIRES A COPY OF THE BILL. APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE FUND ARE REVIEWED BY AN INDEPENDENT SELECTION COMMITTEE WHICH CONSISTS OF EMPLOYEES OF THE CORPORATION, A MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO EXERCISE SUBSTANTIAL INFLUENCE OVER THE CORPORATION'S AFFAIRS. CURRENTLY, ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE ANY EMPLOYEE OF HMSHOST WHO HAS INCURRED AN ELIGIBLE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND WHO IS ACTIVELY WORKING OR ON AN APPROVED LEAVE OF ABSENCE OF NO MORE THAN ONE YEAR. APPLICATIONS TO THE FUND ARE TREATED IN A CONFIDENTIAL MANNER. GRANTS FROM THE FUND ARE MADE ON AN OBJECTIVE, NONDISCRIMINATORY BASIS AND AS SUCH NO EMPLOYEE IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE FROM THE FUND BY REASON OF THE EMPLOYEE'S LENGTH OR TYPE OF SERVICE WITH THE CORPORATION, OR THE EMPLOYEE'S HISTORY OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FUND. 39 EMPLOYEES WERE ASSISTED IN 2023 THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.

  Expenses $36,640 · Grants $36,640

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.

Grants on this return

• MOVE FOR HUNGER

  $32,500

  TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE WAYS TO REDUCE FOOD WASTE AND FIGHT HUNGER USING THE RELOCATION INDUSTRY

• BLACK GIRLS COOK

  $30,000

  EMPOWER AND INSPIRE INNER-CITY ADOLESCENT GIRLS OF COLOR THROUGH CULINARY ARTS AND URBAN FARMING

• EMMA'S TORCH LTD

  $30,000

  TO EMPOWER REFUGEES, ASYLEES, AND SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING THROUGH CULINARY EDUCATION

• THE LAMB CENTER

  $25,000

  ASSIST THE HOMELESS IN THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING MEALS, SHELTER AND JOB TRAINING

• COMMUNITY CULINARY SCHOOL OF CHARLOTTE

  $25,000

  TO PROVIDE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE IN THE FOOD SERVICE INDUSTRY FOR ADULTS WHO FACE BARRIERS TO LONG-TERM SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYMENT

• GRACE-MAR SERVICES INC

  $25,000

  PROVIDES SOCIAL CAPITAL AND JOB TRAINING TO LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN THE CHARLOTTE COMMUNITY

• HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $25,000

  TO SUPPORT THE HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION'S MAUI STRONG FUND IN ITS EFFORTS TO PROVIDE RAPID RESPONSE AND RECOVERY FOR THE DEVASTATING WILDFIRES ON MAUI

• PEACE4KIDS

  $20,000

  TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH IMPACTED BY FOSTER CARE THAT ADDRESS HEALTH AND NUTRITION EDUCATION, FOOD INSECURITY, AND JOB DEVELOPMENT

• SD GUNNER FUND

  $20,000

  TO PROVIDE FULLY TRAINED SERVICE DOGS AT NO COST TO VETERANS IN NEED

• SO ALL MAY EAT INC

  $20,000

  CREATING COMMUNITY THROUGH HEALTHY FOOD ACCESS TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY

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

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

27 June 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202411809349300206

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