Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,542,069

Total expenses

$952,209

Contributions and grants received

$1,310,082

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$231,987

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$617,815

Total liabilities, end of year

$27,955

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$589,860

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$898,890

Management and general expenses

$23,255

Fundraising expenses

$30,064

Program service expenses (Part III)

$898,890

Program services were 94.4% 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

• RESCUE- SIX DAYS PER WEEK, DRIVERS FROM OUR CADRE OF VOLUNTEERS COLLECT FOOD FROM LOCAL SUPERMARKETS, RESTAURANTS, FARMS, CATERERS, AND BAKERIES, AND DELIVER TO MORE THAN 65 LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING FOOD PANTRIES, COMMUNITY MEAL PROGRAMS, AFTER SCHOOL CENTERS, SHELTERS, AND MORE. THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE ACROSS HAMPDEN, HAMPSHIRE, AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES OF WESTERN MA. IN 2023, OUR REFRIGERATED VAN AND VOLUNTEER CARS DELIVERED OVER 701,000 POUNDS OF FOOD FROM 80+ FOOD DONORS- A 95% INCREASE FROM 2022. MOST OF THE INCREASE IS DUE TO OUR REFRIDGERATED VAN. WE CONTINUALLY ADD MORE ROUTES TO OUR RESCUE OPERATIONS, AND WE ARE BEGINNING TO REVIEW THE NEED FOR ANOTHER REFRIGERATED VEHICLE. OUR 2024 GOAL: SUSTAIN OUR INCREASED OPERATIONS TO MEET THE NEED WHILE ENSURING EQUITABILITY IN DISTRIBUTION.

  Expenses $784,525

• PURCHASE- RTWM SPONSORS SEVERAL PROGRAMS TO CATER EVEN FURTHER TO SPECIFIC REQUESTS BY PARTNER AGENCIES. FRESH FRUIT FOR CHILDREN DURING THE WINTER MONTHS, SHELF-STABLE MILK FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, AND TURKEYS FOR THANKSGIVING ARE EXAMPLES OF HOW WE SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS DESIRES. THIS YEAR, OUR PURCHASE PROGRAM DELIVERED 33,500 POUNDS OF REQUESTED FOOD TO PARTNER AGENCIES. OUR 2024 GOAL: CONTINUE TO RESPOND TO CULTURAL AND DESIRED NEEDS OF THE CLIENTS OUR PARTNER AGENCIES SERVE.

  Expenses $51,913

• GLEAN- GLEANING IS THE PRACTICE OF COLLECTING GRAIN OR PRODUCE AFTER HARVEST. 2023 SAW A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN OUR GLEANING PROGRAM- 44 GLEANS (UP FROM 12 IN 2022), 100+ NEW GLEANING VOLUNTEERS, AND 71% MORE PRODUCE HARVESTED AND DISTRIBUTED- DUE TO GREATER FOCUS ON OPEN COMMUNITY GLEANS, NEW LOGISTICAL SOLUTIONS, AND WIDER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS. APPROXIMATELY 25% OF GLEANERS IN 2023 REPORTED THAT GLEANING DIRECTLY HELPED THEM TO FEED THEIR HOUSEHOLDS. DEEPENING RELATIONSHIPS WITH FARMERS REVEALED OPPORTUNITES FOR FUTURE COLLABORATION. OUR 2024 GOAL- SUSTAIN OUR GLEANING OPERATIONS, EXPLORE WAYS TO SUPPORT LOCAL FARMERS, AND DONATE EVEN MORE PRODUCE TO PARTNER AGENCIES AND PEOPLE IN NEED.

  Expenses $20,544

• GROW - BY SPRING OF 2024, RTWM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION MA CHAPTER, WILL HAVE ENHANCED OR INITIATED 11 GARDENS IN WHICH PEOPLE MOST DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY FOOD INSECURITY WILL HAVE HAD AN INTEGRAL PART IN PLANNING, PLANTING, AND HARVESTING. THESE GARDENS PROVIDE DIRECT ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD, INCLUDING IN FOOD DESERTS WHERE LACK OF ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION MAKES GOING TO GROCERY STORES CHALLENGING. COMMUNITY-LED TRAININGS, COOKBOOKS DESIGNED BY CHILDREN (95 CHILDREN ARE A PART OF 5 OF THE GARDENS), COOK-OFFS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES, SOCIALIZATION AND RAISED GARDEN BEDS FOR SENIORS WHO USE WHEELCHAIRS, PART-TIME JOBS FOR TEENAGERS, AND SHARED RECIPES THAT INCLUDE TASTES OF HOME ARE JUST SOME OF THE OUTCOMES OF THIS PROGRAM. OUR 2024 GOAL: CONTINUE TO ADD 3 NEW GARDENS PER YEAR TO THIS 3-YEAR PROGRAM TO FOSTER SELF-DETERMINED FOOD SOURCES AND COMMUNITY-LED SOLUTIONS TO FOOD SECURITY.

  Expenses $27,353

• TEEN BOARD - OUR YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM INCLUDES A BOARD WITH OFFICERS AND MEMBERS WHO EDUCATE THEMSELVES AND OTHERS ABOUT FOOD INSECURITY, SERVE OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY IN MANY PROJECTS SUCH AS PACKING WEEKEND BACKPACKS OF FOOD OR COOKING FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN IN CRITICAL CARE, AND ADVOCATE FOR CHANGE BY WRITING LETTERS OR LEARNING ABOUT LOCAL LEGISLATION. OUR 2024 GOAL: GROW THIS PROGRAM TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER YOUTH LEADERS IN OUR REGION.

  Expenses $14,555

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

31 July 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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