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← RACHELS TABLE OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RACHELS TABLE OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,615,780
Total expenses
$2,148,871
Contributions and grants received
$2,416,908
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$183,492
Investment income
$15,380
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,076,090
Total liabilities, end of year
$19,321
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,056,769
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,960,876
Management and general expenses
$126,012
Fundraising expenses
$61,983
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,960,876

Program services were 91.3% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $265,716

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,151,192

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,596,074

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SPECIAL EVENTS

    total $183,492 · related or exempt $183,492

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $15,380 · related or exempt $15,380

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $84,441 · program services $42,221 · management and general $21,110 · fundraising $21,110

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $209,471 · program services $180,588 · management and general $17,488 · fundraising $11,395

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $18,924 · program services $14,396 · management and general $2,458 · fundraising $2,070

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $20,893 · program services $15,578 · management and general $2,904 · fundraising $2,411

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,175 · management and general $15,175

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $49,678 · program services $8,916 · management and general $31,085 · fundraising $9,677

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $15,080 · program services $2,162 · management and general $4,830 · fundraising $8,088

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $30,992 · program services $8,141 · management and general $17,641 · fundraising $5,210

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,250 · management and general $2,250

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,389 · program services $11,163 · management and general $226

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $13,830 · program services $10,521 · management and general $1,796 · fundraising $1,513

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,536 · program services $1,526 · management and general $9,010

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD

    total $1,665,517 · program services $1,665,517

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER PROGRAM

    total $695 · program services $147 · management and general $39 · fundraising $509

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $527,994 · end of year $734,375

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $20,000 · end of year $284,843

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,550 · end of year $6,431

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

    $71,186

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

    $20,745

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $64,271 · end of year $50,441

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $27,955 · end of year $19,321

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $569,860 · end of year $771,926

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $20,000 · end of year $284,843

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF RACHEL'S TABLE OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS (RTWM) IS TO ALLEVIATE HUNGER AND REDUCE THE WASTE OF FOOD RESOURCES IN WM. RTWM TAKES A HOLISTIC AND COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TOWARD FOOD SECURITY BY SUPPORTING AN INTERGENERATIONAL VOLUNTEER EFFORT TO FEED AND NOURISH OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

  • 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, 32 AFFILIATE ORGANIZATIONS, AND 41 INFORMAL NETWORKS, 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 2024, OUR REFRIGERATED VAN AND VOLUNTEER CARS DELIVERED OVER 925,000 POUNDS OF FOOD FROM 131 FOOD DONORS- A 30% INCREASE FROM 2023. 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 2025 GOAL: SUSTAIN AND GROW OUR OPERATIONS TO MEET THE NEED WHILE ENSURING EQUITABILITY IN DISTRIBUTION.

    Expenses $1,712,296

  • 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 24,403 POUNDS OF REQUESTED FOOD TO PARTNER AGENCIES. OUR 2025 GOAL: CONTINUE TO RESPOND TO CULTURAL AND DESIRED NEEDS OF THE CLIENTS OUR PARTNER AGENCIES SERVE.

    Expenses $81,722

  • GLEAN- GLEANING IS THE PRACTICE OF COLLECTING GRAIN OR PRODUCE AFTER HARVEST. 2024 SAW AN INCREASE IN OUR GLEANING PROGRAM- 57 GLEANS (UP FROM 44 IN 2023), 50,681 POUNDS GLEANED AND DONATED, AND A TOTAL OF 279 VOLUNTEERS FOR THE SEASON- DUE TO GREATER FOCUS ON OPEN COMMUNITY GLEANS, NEW LOGISTICAL SOLUTIONS, AND WIDER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS. APPROXIMATELY 23% OF GLEANERS IN 2024 REPORTED THAT GLEANING DIRECTLY HELPED THEM TO FEED THEIR HOUSEHOLDS. DEEPENING RELATIONSHIPS WITH FARMERS REVEALED OPPORTUNITES FOR FUTURE COLLABORATION. OUR 2025 GOAL- SUSTAIN OUR GLEANING OPERATIONS, ESPECIALLY THROUGH LOSS OF FEDERAL FUNDING, SUPPORT LOCAL FARMERS, AND EXPAND THE RECIPIENT PARTNERS THROUGH GREATER DISTRIBUTION IN FURTHER GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS.

    Expenses $71,157

  • GROW - RTWM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION MA CHAPTER, 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 7 OF THE 11 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 2025 GOAL: SUSTAIN CURRENT NUMBER OF GARDENS AND BRING 25% OF THE GARDENS TO SELF-SUSTAINABILITY IN ORDER TO BRING ON MORE GARDENS IN THE FUTURE.

    Expenses $80,010

  • 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 2025 GOAL: COLLABORATE WITH OTHER YOUTH LEADERS AND RECRUIT MORE YOUTH TO NOT ONLY THE TEEN BOARD, BUT TO INCLUDE THE YOUTH IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE WORK OF RACHEL'S TABLE, INCLUDING THE FOUR PROGRAMS AND ADVISING THE BOARD ON YOUTH ENGAGEMENT.

    Expenses $15,691

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

Listed in Part VII

  • ELLEN GOLD

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JUDY YAFFE

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LAURA KATZ

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JANE COHEN

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SARAH SHTRAX

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BETSY BERTUZZI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRENDA CANNING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JANICE DICKSTEIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANDREA GOLDSTEIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SUSAN GRODSKY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DEBORAH HAAS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JUDY INGIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STEVEN LEPOW

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MIMI MASENGILL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JEFF SAGALYN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JODI FALK

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $93,908
    From this org
    $84,441
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,467
    Hours/week
    40

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
2024
Filed
31 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513189349301631

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