Totals
- Total revenue
- $4,244,231
- Total expenses
- $3,578,251
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,516,855
- Grants paid
- $40,000
- Program service revenue
- $1,713,251
- Investment income
- $25,210
- Other revenue
- -$11,085
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,944,403
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $425,340
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,519,063
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $3,015,119
- Management and general expenses
- $269,164
- Fundraising expenses
- $293,968
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $3,015,119
Program services were 84.3% 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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1b · Membership dues
$5,870
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1c · Fundraising events
$387,787
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$1,225,261
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$897,937
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$127,500
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2a · Program service revenue: CalAIM - food & education
total $1,052,814 · related or exempt $1,052,814
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2b · Program service revenue: Classes & events - onsite
total $523,583 · related or exempt $523,583
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2c · Program service revenue: Cooking classes - offsite
total $136,854 · related or exempt $136,854
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3 · Investment income
total $25,210 · excluded $25,210
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$54,072
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$387,787
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$98,612
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$44,540 · excluded -$44,540
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: Gift card breakage
total $24,822 · excluded $24,822
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11b · Other revenue: Other
total $8,633 · excluded $8,633
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11e · Other revenue, total
$33,455
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $40,000 · program services $40,000
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $142,693 · program services $42,808 · management and general $57,077 · fundraising $42,808
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,534,919 · program services $1,316,394 · management and general $52,008 · fundraising $166,517
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $46,280 · program services $38,841 · management and general $1,568 · fundraising $5,871
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $98,883 · program services $85,695 · management and general $2,709 · fundraising $10,479
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $132,900 · program services $105,344 · management and general $8,390 · fundraising $19,166
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $66,804 · management and general $66,804
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $7,795 · fundraising $7,795
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $377,578 · program services $359,474 · management and general $17,624 · fundraising $480
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $18,144 · program services $850 · fundraising $17,294
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13 · Office expenses
total $41,397 · program services $32,988 · management and general $1,900 · fundraising $6,509
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14 · Information technology
total $90,998 · program services $73,911 · management and general $9,355 · fundraising $7,732
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15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $94,771 · program services $83,193 · management and general $10,645 · fundraising $933
-
17 · Travel
total $66,848 · program services $49,075 · management and general $11,421 · fundraising $6,352
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $26,309 · management and general $26,309
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24a · Other expenses: Food Costs
total $721,368 · program services $721,299 · fundraising $69
-
24b · Other expenses: Program supplies & materials
total $66,416 · program services $61,099 · management and general $3,354 · fundraising $1,963
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24c · Other expenses: Other expenses
total $4,148 · program services $4,148
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24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $131,224 · end of year $157,160
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $508,060 · end of year $1,157,606
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $103,510 · end of year $111,941
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $393,831 · end of year $446,184
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $15,987 · end of year $24,982
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $77,615 · end of year $46,530
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $219,303 · end of year $241,726
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $78,996 · end of year $135,947
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $78,845 · end of year $47,667
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $616,083 · end of year $1,124,491
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $237,000 · end of year $394,572
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Our mission is to empower our community with the confidence and creativity needed to buy, cook, and eat good food every day.
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At our Community Cooking School, community residents can take basic cooking classes, attend community dinners, and learn about food, cooking, and social issues surrounding food. Over 2,000 people attended classes and programming at our Community Cooking School in 2023. Classes are offered on a fee-for-service basis, with scholarships and sliding scale fees offered for each class. All proceeds from the classes benefit the Cooking Matters Program.
Expenses $830,253 · Revenue $523,583
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Food as Medicine helps low-income Medi-Cal patients with diet sensitive conditions learn cooking, nutrition, and household planning and budgeting skills that help them take control of their health. For up to twelve months, patients receive weekly boxes of home-delivered healthy groceries, sourced from local farms and grocery partners. Each week, patients attend an online cooking and nutrition class led by a primary care doctor and an 18 Reasons staff member. The program is a partnership between 18 Reasons and Contra Costa Health as part of the new statewide CalAIM initiative to use Medi-Cal funds to address social determinants of health, including food and housing. Graduates of our Food as Medicine program reported lower blood sugar levels, lower BMI, and less dependance on medication to control their diabetes.
Expenses $796,205 · Revenue $1,052,814
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Our Cooking Matters program offers free cooking and nutrition classes to low-income adults, children, and families. Each series of classes meet once a week for six weeks. Each class is two hours long, and is taught by a team consisting of a chef, a nutrition instructor, and a class assistant. We seek out volunteers with skills in cooking and nutrition to teach these classes, and we also train and employ graduates of our Cooking Matters as peer health educators to fill these roles. Cooking Matters classes are held at locations that offer other services to low-income families, such as shelters, schools, clinics, community centers, and subsidized housing sites. These agencies and organizations recruit participants for the classes, and we bring the instructors, food, curricula, and cooking equipment. At the end of each six-week series, we conduct an evaluation that measures positive behavior changes including increased consumption of fruits and vegetables, and an increased use of nutrition skills and knowledge when making decisions about food. In 2021, we conducted 86 six-week series of classes, taught by approximately 300 volunteers and 18 peer health educators, at 51 different locations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, reaching over 2,000 people. Each Cooking Matters graduate takes a validated test at the beginning and end of their series to measure their food insecurity score and their behaviors and attitudes related to healthy eating. 18 Reasons effects all of the below changes in participants' lives in only 6 weeks. In our most recent data, our graduates report increased consumption of healthy foods, with 74% of graduates eating more vegetables, 78% eating more fruit, and 88% are prepping healthy meals more often at home. Graduates report a 52% decrease in consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and an 85% increase in drinking water. Graduates are able to access more healthy food by learning to stretch their food dollars; 68% plan meals ahead of time and shop with a grocery list more often to save money at the store, 97% use the nutrition facts label more often, and 74% feel they can afford to buy more fruits and vegetables with their existing food budget as a result of the shopping skills we teach. Food insecurity in the Bay Area drops by 1% each year as the wealth in our area grows, whereas 18 Reasons is able to reduce food insecurity among our low-income participants by 12% in just 6 weeks because of the food resource management skills we teach. In 2021, we distributed over 25,000 pounds of groceries through our Cooking Matters classes, and we are on track to significantly increase that number with each year that passes. We receive about 5 new partner applications for Cooking Matters each month, meaning that demand for our programs is high. We are glad to be a local leader in food education, and the demand for our services shows us we are offering the community programs they want. Our data show us we are offering evidence-based programs proven to create lasting behavior change.
Expenses $778,501 · Revenue $136,854
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Nourishing Pregnancy is a 16 week program for Black and Latinx birthing parents during the last trimester of pregnancy and first months postpartum. Classes, workshops, cooking and nutrition education, peer support, and free groceries work together to improve health and well being for parent and child. Nourishing Pregnancy launched in 2021 to address the disparities and urgent needs of BIPOC birthers in our community. In San Francisco, 20% of Black/27% of Latinx women experience food insecurity during pregnancy, compared to almost 0% for white women. A Black infant is twice as likely to be born prematurely (14% versus 7% for White infants). Black women are more than three times as likely to die from pregnancy-related complications as white women, regardless of their income or education. Black, Latinx, and Pacific Islander women are also more likely to experience gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, and peripartum mood disorders including postpartum depression. As a community nonprofit at the intersection of food and health,18 Reasons is uniquely positioned to deliver both cooking and nutrition education and a structure for maternal health classes and workshops. Over 16 weeks, Nourishing Pregnancy offers nutrition skills and pre- and postnatal classes while peer support helps parents build relationships and support networks that will last beyond pregnancy. All birthers receive free groceries for the duration of the program, which can significantly offset food insecurity during those vulnerable months. To supplement our nutrition and food skills expertise, 18 Reasons partners with doulas, lactation consultants, postpartum depression experts, and sleep and exercise practitioners.
Expenses $566,012
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Fiscally spoored organizations.
Expenses $44,148 · Grants $40,000
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Sarah Nelson
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $142,693
- From this org
- $131,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,693
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Theresa Salcedo
Program Dir.
- Total calculated
- $118,008
- From this org
- $114,558
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $3,450
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Brianna Tejuco
Program Dir.
- Total calculated
- $115,726
- From this org
- $105,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $10,726
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Claudia Guerrero
Operations Dir.
- Total calculated
- $114,740
- From this org
- $105,101
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $9,639
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Shannon White Cogen
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Sarah Wigglesworth
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Merritt Richmond
Vice-Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Poonam Singh
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Liesl Schumacher
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Wendy Weiden
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Bill Rusitzky
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Maria Ansari
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Rosabel Tao
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Ruth Chang Hess
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Bob Rosner
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Suzy Obst
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Calvin Tsay
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Sam Mogannam
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Priya Fielding-Singh
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Marian Baldauf
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Brian Elliot
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Ryan Hazelton
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Gretchen Sandler
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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
-
$20,000
Capacity Building Support
-
$20,000
Capacity Building Support
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 6 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202503109349302795
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