Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$412,105,034

Total expenses

$417,691,270

Contributions and grants received

$411,518,002

Grants paid

$346,344,950

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$253,582

Other revenue

$333,450

Total assets, end of year

$42,992,059

Total liabilities, end of year

$15,793,435

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$27,198,624

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$367,094,907

Management and general expenses

$13,060,376

Fundraising expenses

$37,535,987

Program service expenses (Part III)

$367,094,907

Program services were 87.9% 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 · 2024

• HEALTH - IN 2024, FOOD FOR THE POOR SHIPPED 304 TRACTOR- TRAILER LOADS OF LIFESAVING MEDICINES, MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT, PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT SUCH AS MASKS, SANITIZER, AND OTHER CRITICAL ESSENTIALS TO HELP MAINTAIN CLINICS, HOSPITALS, AND MEDICAL-CARE CENTERS TO PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED MEDICAL CARE TO POVERTY-STRICKEN CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.IN A SIGNIFICANT STEP TOWARD IMPROVING MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, FFTP, CEPUDO, AND FUNAZUCAR LAUNCHED THE "FOR YOU AND YOUR BABY" CAMPAIGN. THIS INITIATIVE AIMS TO DISTRIBUTE PRENATAL VITAMINS PROVIDED BY FFTP DONORS TO MORE THAN 135,000 PREGNANT AND BREASTFEEDING WOMEN ACROSS SIX DEPARTMENTS IN HONDURAS. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O).THE CAMPAIGN IS BEING ADMINISTERED THROUGH 80 HEALTH CENTERS WITH THE BACKING OF SIX SUGAR COMPANIES AND REGIONAL HEALTH OFFICES. THE "FOR YOU AND YOUR BABY" CAMPAIGN ALSO IS CONDUCTING AWARENESS SESSIONS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS. THESE SESSIONS, SUPPORTED BY MEDICAL STAFF AT EACH HEALTH CENTER, WILL EDUCATE WOMEN ON THE BENEFITS OF PRENATAL VITAMINS FOR THE GROWTH OF BABIES AND THE STRENGTHENING OF THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEMS.

  Expenses $219,769,372 · Grants $214,616,951

• BASIC NEEDS - THE CHARITY SHIPPED 2,160 TRACTOR-TRAILER LOADS OF ESSENTIAL GOODS VALUED AT MORE THAN $314 MILLION IN 2024.FFTP PROVIDED FOOD FOR 207.9 MILLION MEALS FOR HUNGRY CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. ALSO IN 2024, FFTP CONTINUED TO RAMP UP PURCHASING FOOD LOCALLY IN THE COUNTRIES WHERE IT SERVES, REDUCING INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING COSTS AND GETTING RESOURCES SOONER TO THE FAMILIES WHO NEED THEM MOST. FFTP DISTRIBUTES AID TO SUPPORT THE FEEDING, CLOTHING, AND SHELTERING OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES LIVING IN POVERTY. FOR THOSE ALREADY STRUGGLING WITH THE HARDSHIP OF POVERTY IN HAITI, THE SUFFERING WAS AMPLIFIED IN 2024 WITH CIVIL UNREST AND GANG VIOLENCE DISPLACING MORE THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O).FFTP IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO RESPOND IN HAITI BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND PROVIDING SUPPORT IN THE COUNTRY SINCE 1986 AND CONTINUES TO PROVIDE MUCH-NEEDED AID. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF ASSISTANCE IN 2024 INCLUDE: -ASSEMBLING VOLUNTEERS IN FFTP'S COCONUT CREEK, FLA., HEADQUARTERS TO PACK 19,000 PERSONAL HYGIENE KITS. ITEMS FOR THE KITS WERE SUPPLIED BY MAP INTERNATIONAL, AND FFTP PURCHASED ITEMS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 30,000 KITS, WHICH INCLUDE ESSENTIAL ITEMS SUCH AS SOAP, TOOTHPASTE, AND SANITARY PRODUCTS.-PURCHASING SUPPLIES TO ASSEMBLE 15,000 WOMEN'S CARE KITS, AS WELL AS 140 PALLETS OF MANNAPACK RICE MEALS, EQUAL TO MORE THAN 5,000 CASES, FROM PARTNER FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN. -SECURING COMMITMENTS FOR 20,000 HYGIENE KITS FROM HEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL AND 3,200 FAMILY EMERGENCY KITS OF ESSENTIAL ITEMS, SUCH AS HYGIENE PRODUCTS, WATER PURIFICATION SACHETS, BUCKETS, AND SOLAR-POWERED LIGHTS, FROM GLOBALMEDIC.-SUPPORTING FFTP-HAITI AS IT DISPATCHED 17 TRUCKS WITH DONATIONS IN APRIL TO DISTRIBUTION CENTERS IN THE SOUTH, THE NORTH AND THE CENTRE; IN MAY, 27 TRUCKS WERE SENT TO THE SOUTH, THE NORTH AND ARTIBONITE, USING A BARGE SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME. FFTP-HAITI'S PORT-AU-PRINCE OFFICE ALSO PROVIDED AID TO 1,450 ORGANIZATIONS, WHILE 260 ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVED AID FROM THE CHARITY'S CARACOL OFFICE.

  Expenses $107,873,683 · Grants $94,095,500

• COMMUNITY SUPPORT & DEVELOPMENT - WATER WELLS, AGRICULTURAL TOOLS, SEEDS, TRAINING, AND OTHER GRANTS WERE DISTRIBUTED ENABLING ENTIRE COMMUNITIES TO GROW THEIR OWN FOOD. AQUACULTURE PONDS, FISHING VILLAGES, FRUIT TREE NURSERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY PROJECTS AND OTHER PROGRAMS WE HAVE FUNDED GIVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES LIVING IN POVERTY FRESH HOPE FOR A BETTER TOMORROW.THE CHARITY CONTINUED TO FOCUS ON BUILDING LIVES AS WELL AS BUILDING HOMES AND SCHOOLS, MONITORING ITS PROGRESS TO ENSURE BETTER OUTCOMES AND SUSTAINED IMPACT, AND BEING RESILIENT IN HOW IT RESPONDS TO EMERGENCIES. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O).IN EARLY 2024, FFTP BEGAN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (SCD) PROJECT IN GUATEMALA. SCDS, WHICH TYPICALLY TAKES ABOUT FIVE YEARS TO COMPLETE, INVOLVE IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND SPIRITUAL CHALLENGES THAT ARISE IN A COMMUNITY, AND EMPOWERING FAMILIES TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT AND ABLE TO THRIVE LONG-TERM. FFTP IS CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTING 15 SCD PROJECTS, WITH LOCATIONS IN GUATEMALA, COLOMBIA, EL SALVADOR, HONDURAS, AND NICARAGUA. ON DEC. 7, 2024, FFTP MARKED A HISTORIC MILESTONE WITH A CEREMONIAL GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE ZION ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITY, THE CHARITY'S FIRST SCD IN JAMAICA. THE DEVELOPMENT IS BEING CREATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ENTREPRENEURS ACROSS BORDERS AND THE UPMOBILITY FOUNDATION. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE DIOCESE OF MONTEGO BAY GENEROUSLY DONATED THE LAND FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS LOCATED ON JAMAICA'S NORTHERN COAST WITHIN THE MARTHA BRAE COMMUNITY IN THE PARISH OF TRELAWNY. PALMA REAL, LOCATED IN GRANADA, COLOMBIA, IS THE FIRST LARGE-SCALE SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCTED BY FFTP AND A TRUSTED PARTNER. THE CHARITY ALSO PARTNERED IN A SEED-TO-MARKET PROGRAM FOR RURAL SMALLHOLDER FARMING FAMILIES. THE RESULTING FOOD IS DIRECTED TO EXISTING FFTP FEEDING PROGRAMS, PROVIDING LOCALLY SOURCED MEALS AND SNACKS TO CHILDREN IN COLOMBIA AND HAITI.

  Expenses $33,195,567 · Grants $31,655,486

• EDUCATION - IN 2024, FFTP BUILT 84 NEW CLASSROOMS AND REPAIRED TWO SCHOOLS. THE CHARITY ALSO SHIPPED ONE CONTAINER OF EDUCATION-RELATED GOODS, INCLUDING SCHOOL FURNITURE, BOOKS, AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES TO SCHOOLS, PROVIDING CHILDREN WITH VALUABLE TOOLS FOR LEARNING.IN ADDITION TO BUILDING SCHOOLS AND PROVIDING SUPPLIES, FFTP ALSO SUPPORTS SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRIES WHERE WE SERVE. FOR MANY VULNERABLE CHILDREN, THE NUTRITIOUS FOOD THEY RECEIVE AT SCHOOL MAY BE THEIR ONLY MEAL OF THE DAY. THE MEALS NOT ONLY HELP A CHILD CONCENTRATE, LEARN, AND DEVELOP, BUT THEY ALSO SERVE AS A POWERFUL INCENTIVE FOR PARENTS TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.

  Expenses $6,256,285 · Grants $5,977,012

As filed on the 2024 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. 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

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

• OUR LITTLE ROSES

  $60,000

  EMERGENCY RELIEF

• CATHOLIC CHARITES DIOCESE OF ST PETERSBURG INC

  $52,501

  EMERGENCY RELIEF

• FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF PINE ISLAND

  $32,615

  EMERGENCY RELIEF

• SEND RELIEF INC

  $25,000

  EMERGENCY RELIEF

• IGLESIA BAUTISTA DE JESUCRISTO

  $19,965

  EMERGENCY RELIEF

• CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ACADIANA

  $14,423

  EMERGENCY RELIEF

• FLORIDA CATHOLIC CONFERENCE-EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

  $11,121

  EMERGENCY RELIEF

• CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE RALEIGH INC

  $9,943

  EMERGENCY RELIEF

• CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON

  $9,648

  EMERGENCY RELIEF

• PINELLAS HOPE CATHOLIC CHARITIES

  $8,523

  EMERGENCY RELIEF

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• FOOD FOR THE POOR FOUNDATION INC

  501(C)(3) · FUNDRAISING · FL · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by FOOD FOR THE POOR INC

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

3 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202503079349303660

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