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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ACME SMOKED FISH FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$517,908
Total expenses
$429,723
Contributions and grants received
$499,318
Grants paid
$305,548
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$18,590
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$705,445
Total liabilities, end of year
$256,235
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$449,210
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$378,123
Management and general expenses
$15,600
Fundraising expenses
$36,000
Program service expenses (Part III)
$378,123

Program services were 88.0% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $499,318

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $18,590 · excluded $18,590

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $252,149 · program services $252,149

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $53,399 · program services $53,399

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,870 · management and general $9,870

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $108,575 · program services $72,575 · fundraising $36,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $667 · management and general $667

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,063 · management and general $5,063

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $407,025 · end of year $676,436

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $29,009

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $46,000 · end of year $256,235

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $361,025 · end of year $449,210

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ACME SMOKED FISH FOUNDATION ESTABLISHES SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE DEDICATED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF VOLUNTEER HOURS TO CHARITABLE CAUSES TO HELP PAY FOR COLLEGE. ADDITIONALLY ACME SMOKED FISH FOUNDATION AWARDS THE ERIC CASLOW SEAFOOD INNOVATION FUND TO THREE APPLICANTS EACH YEAR THAT DEMONSTRATE THEIR INNOVATIONS WILL POSITIVELY IMPACT SEAFOOD MANUFACTURING, FOOD SAFETY, THE FUTURE OF PROTEINS, FISHING AND AQUACULTURE PRACTICES, TRACEABILITY, FISHERIES MANAGEMENT, FEED, PACKAGING, TRANSPORTATION, AND LABOR.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ACME SMOKED FISH FOUNDATION AWARDS GRANTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING CLIMATE CHANGE INNOVATION AND EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES IN THE SEAFOOD INDUSTRY.

  • THE FIRST GRANT, WHICH IS AN EDUCATIONAL GRANT, WILL ESTABLISH SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS SO THAT CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN OF EMPLOYEES WHO ARE STARTING COLLEGE AND WHO HAVE DEDICATED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF VOLUNTEER HOURS TO CHARITABLE CAUSES WILL RECEIVE GRANTS TO HELP PAY FOR COLLEGE.THE SECOND GRANT, WHICH IS THE ERIC CASLOW SEAFOOD INNOVATION FUND AND AWARDS, WILL GO TO THREE APPLICANTS EACH YEAR THAT DEMONSTRATE THAT THEIR INNOVATIONS WILL POSITIVELY IMPACT SEAFOOD MANUFACTURING, FOOD SAFETY, THE FUTURE OF PROTEINS, FISHING AND AQUACULTURE PRACTICES, TRACEABILITY, FISHERIES, MANAGEMENT, FEED, PACKAGING, TRANSPORTATION, AND LABOR. AT A TIME WHEN THE INDUSTRY IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF ATTRACTING AND RETAINING DIVERSE TALENT, THIS FUND WILL FOCUS ON MAKING AWARDS TO WOMEN AND MINORITIES THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO A CLIMATE FRIENDLY FUTURE FOR THE INDUSTRY.

    Expenses $378,123 · Grants $305,548

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Robert Snyder

    CHIEF PEOPLE & SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • John Billik

    CHIEF SEAFOOD BUYER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Franco Adam Raffo

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Emily Gindi

    INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Eduardo Carbajosa

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523179349309052

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