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← THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$179,230,226
Total expenses
$169,439,269
Contributions and grants received
$169,096,992
Grants paid
$140,661,187
Program service revenue
$7,597,419
Investment income
$2,216,327
Other revenue
$319,488
Total assets, end of year
$85,151,557
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,319,012
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$75,832,545
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$155,136,150
Management and general expenses
$6,695,165
Fundraising expenses
$7,607,954
Program service expenses (Part III)
$155,136,150

Program services were 91.6% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,943,922

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $66,259,551

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $100,893,519

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $70,913,232

  • 2a · Program service revenue: COOP INCOME

    total $7,142,331 · related or exempt $7,142,331

  • 2b · Program service revenue: WAREHOUSE MEMBER FEES

    total $313,511 · related or exempt $313,511

  • 2c · Program service revenue: HRSN

    total $141,577 · related or exempt $141,577

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,941,152 · excluded $1,941,152

  • 6a · Gross rents

    personal property $348,036

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    personal property $167,777

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    personal property $180,259

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $180,259 · unrelated business $180,259

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $33,491,000 · other assets $19,597

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $33,235,422 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $255,578 · other assets $19,597

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $275,175 · excluded $275,175

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $228,190

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $1,943,922

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $445,275

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$217,085 · excluded -$217,085

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $356,314 · related or exempt $356,314

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $356,314

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $140,661,187 · program services $140,661,187

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,713,244 · program services $738,159 · management and general $649,845 · fundraising $325,240

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $11,234,922 · program services $4,825,279 · management and general $4,278,189 · fundraising $2,131,454

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $190,883 · program services $92,333 · management and general $61,409 · fundraising $37,141

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,387,651 · program services $671,232 · management and general $446,417 · fundraising $270,002

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,078,784 · program services $521,827 · management and general $347,053 · fundraising $209,904

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,460 · management and general $11,460

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $148,927 · management and general $148,927

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $33,547 · management and general $33,547

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $2,359,801 · fundraising $2,359,801

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $237,600 · program services $38,210 · management and general $94,062 · fundraising $105,328

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,293,938 · program services $1,370 · management and general $693,997 · fundraising $598,571

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,332,372 · program services $348,931 · management and general $470,189 · fundraising $1,513,252

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,076,014 · program services $7,561 · management and general $1,053,235 · fundraising $15,218

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,756,281 · program services $1,644,546 · management and general $87,449 · fundraising $24,286

  • 17 · Travel

    total $84,526 · program services $26,109 · management and general $43,358 · fundraising $15,059

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $830,165 · program services $830,165

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,339 · management and general $16,339

  • 24a · Other expenses: FREIGHT CHARGES

    total $2,243,927 · program services $2,243,927

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER PERSONNEL COSTS

    total $312,353 · program services $11,576 · management and general $299,566 · fundraising $1,211

  • 24c · Other expenses: FLEET EXPENSES

    total $263,090 · program services $258,799 · management and general $4,291

  • 24d · Other expenses: ALLOCATED EXPENSES

    total -$137,044 · program services $1,959,586 · management and general -$2,096,630

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $309,302 · program services $255,353 · management and general $52,462 · fundraising $1,487

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,209,625 · end of year $8,340,939

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,426,979 · end of year $5,070,184

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $14,382,799 · end of year $17,792,718

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,660,716 · end of year $218,732

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $4,618,740 · end of year $3,720,024

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $849,490 · end of year $917,219

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $16,478,811

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $7,009,761

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,036,255 · end of year $9,469,050

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $37,283,347 · end of year $39,622,691

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,551,685 · end of year $6,121,992

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,715,687 · end of year $2,486,592

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $552,290 · end of year $710,428

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $61,672,740 · end of year $69,008,529

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,975,549 · end of year $6,824,016

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

OUR COSTS CONSIST OF ACQUIRING, SORTING AND DISTRIBUTING FOOD TO 617 MEMBER AGENCIES, TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO 69 DIRECT DISTRIBUTION SITES SUCH AS GBFB MOBILE MARKETS, AND FEDERAL DISTRIBUTIONS FOR LOW INCOME SENIORS. LAST YEAR, WE DISTRIBUTED OVER 109 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD, THE EQUIVALENT OF OVER 90.9 MILLION MEALS. WE ARE COMMITTED TO INCREASING OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTION TO PROVIDE AT LEAST THREE MEALS A DAY TO EVERY PERSON IN NEED IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK'S MISSION IS TO END HUNGER IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.

  • GBFB ACQUIRES FOOD THROUGH FOOD INDUSTRY PRODUCT DONATIONS, FOOD DRIVES, AND FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ENABLE US TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL HIGH-NUTRIENT QUALITY FOOD. WE ALSO BENEFIT FROM THE GENEROSITY OF OVER 18,000 VOLUNTEERS ANNUALLY WHO HELP SORT AND DISTRIBUTE DONATED FOOD PRODUCTS. GBFB WORKS TO ACQUIRE, STORE, ORGANIZE AND DISTRIBUTE FOOD THROUGH LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES, COMMUNITY MEAL PROGRAMS, SHELTERS, YOUTH PROGRAMS, SENIOR CENTERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY CENTERS IN THE 190 CITIES AND TOWNS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS THAT GBFB SERVES. GBFB'S FOOD ASSISTANCE LOCATOR PROVIDES AN EASY WAY FOR PEOPLE IN NEED TO FIND HELP NEARBY. GBFB ALSO DISTRIBUTES FOOD DIRECTLY TO THOSE IN NEED THROUGH DEDICATED PROGRAMS THAT SERVE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE GROUPS, SUCH AS SENIORS AND CHILDREN. SINCE 2009, GBFB HAS OPERATED OUT OF A STATE-OF-THE-ART 117,000 SQUARE-FOOT FOOD DISTRIBUTION FACILITY, THE YAWKEY DISTRIBUTION CENTER, LOCATED IN THE NEWMARKET SECTION OF BOSTON. THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK IS A MEMBER OF FEEDING AMERICA, THE NATION'S LARGEST HUNGER-RELIEF ORGANIZATION.

    Expenses $155,136,150 · Grants $140,661,187 · Revenue $7,953,733

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Allen Hamdan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carl Paratore

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Debbie Amaral

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Edward Mackey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eileen Pyne

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Schoen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Harry Wilcox

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Heidy King Jones

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joanna Travis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Core

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ken Rinaldi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kim Goldinger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lauren Brouhard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lisa Kelly-Croswell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marci Sindell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Demichaelis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Friedman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Hintlian

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melissa Lavinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Natacha Gassenbach

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Roger Wheeler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ted Truscott

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tom Croswell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Sieniewicz

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Catherine D'Amato

    PRESIDENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $627,385
    From this org
    $618,234
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,151
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $473,846
    Bonus
    $117,845
    Other
    $26,543
    Deferred
    $5,658
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,493
    Filer's total
    $627,385

  • Cheryl Anne Oldfield Schondek

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $434,134
    From this org
    $428,841
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,293
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $334,588
    Bonus
    $69,988
    Other
    $24,265
    Deferred
    $5,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $293
    Filer's total
    $434,134

  • Pranita Amarasinghe

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $375,639
    From this org
    $370,464
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,175
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $297,743
    Bonus
    $48,996
    Other
    $23,725
    Deferred
    $5,175
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $375,639

  • Aprylle Wallace

    EVP OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $208,000
    From this org
    $206,477
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,523
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $36,324
    Bonus
    $22,610
    Other
    $147,543
    Deferred
    $1,523
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $208,000

  • O'Neil Outar

    EXECUTIVE VP OF ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $421,862
    From this org
    $383,169
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,693
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $311,018
    Bonus
    $49,151
    Other
    $23,000
    Deferred
    $6,258
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,435
    Filer's total
    $421,862

  • Jonathan Tetrault

    VP OF COMMUNITY IMPACT & OPER. (UNTIL 3/2025)

    Total calculated
    $215,558
    From this org
    $178,778
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,780
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,163
    Bonus
    $15,947
    Other
    $668
    Deferred
    $2,883
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,897
    Filer's total
    $215,558

  • Julee Sanderson

    VP OF TECH OPERATIONS (UNTIL 1/2025)

    Total calculated
    $225,334
    From this org
    $212,630
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,704
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,390
    Bonus
    $13,240
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,125
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,579
    Filer's total
    $225,334

  • Lisa Davis

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $173,141
    From this org
    $165,412
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,729
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,312
    Bonus
    $18,100
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,379
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,350
    Filer's total
    $173,141

  • Richard Ghiz

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS

    Total calculated
    $199,510
    From this org
    $173,220
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,290
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,250
    Bonus
    $9,970
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,639
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,651
    Filer's total
    $199,510

  • Unmesh Gandhi

    SR. VP OF ENTERPRISE TECH & STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $220,098
    From this org
    $220,098
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $206,452
    Bonus
    $13,646
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $220,098

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

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4A
APRYLLE WALLACE RECEIVED SEVERANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $126,769 DURING 2024.
PART I, LINE 7
INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE J PART II COLUMN B(II) ARE AMOUNTS PAID AS BONUSES. THESE BONUSES ARE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND INCLUDED ON THE INDIVIDUAL'S W-2 FOR 2024.

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

  • APPROXIMATELY 617 MEMBER AGENCIES

    $0

    TO PROVIDE MEMBER AGENCIES WITH FOOD TO DISTRIBUTE TO THOSE IN NEED

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.

  • GBFB REALTY CORPORATION

    501(C)(3) · HOLD TITLE TO GBFB'S YAWKEY DISTRIBUTION CENTER · MA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by GBFB

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.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • 100 TOPEKA STREET REALTY TRUST

    T · HOLDING TITLE TO GBFB'S PARKING LOT · MA · 100% owned · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by GBFB INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
9 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202610429349301841

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