Totals
- Total revenue
- $14,676,393
- Total expenses
- $15,132,611
- Contributions and grants received
- $14,495,517
- Grants paid
- $6,410,390
- Program service revenue
- $183,060
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- -$2,184
- Total assets, end of year
- $3,156,343
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $977,225
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $2,179,118
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $14,380,975
- Management and general expenses
- $418,293
- Fundraising expenses
- $333,343
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $14,380,975
Program services were 95.0% 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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1c · Fundraising events
$114,106
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$5,136,541
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$9,244,870
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$6,410,390
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2a · Program service revenue: Program service fees
total $183,060 · related or exempt $183,060
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$18,630
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$114,106
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$20,814
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$2,184 · excluded -$2,184
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $6,410,390 · program services $6,410,390
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $310,263 · program services $179,598 · management and general $124,933 · fundraising $5,732
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $4,565,404 · program services $4,210,500 · management and general $152,633 · fundraising $202,271
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $1,791 · program services $1,614 · management and general $102 · fundraising $75
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $437,710 · program services $395,014 · management and general $24,127 · fundraising $18,569
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $480,829 · program services $433,360 · management and general $27,261 · fundraising $20,208
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $57,521 · management and general $57,521
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $32,363 · fundraising $32,363
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11g · Fees: other
total $15,772 · fundraising $15,772
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13 · Office expenses
total $119,589 · program services $69,844 · management and general $27,821 · fundraising $21,924
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14 · Information technology
total $159,684 · program services $146,104 · management and general $2,519 · fundraising $11,061
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16 · Occupancy
total $122,362 · program services $122,362
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17 · Travel
total $133,841 · program services $129,278 · fundraising $4,563
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $367 · program services $367
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20 · Interest
total $8,519 · program services $8,519
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $68,861 · program services $67,131 · management and general $1,376 · fundraising $354
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24a · Other expenses: Delivery & distribution
total $1,173,355 · program services $1,173,355
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24b · Other expenses: Program supplies
total $1,004,004 · program services $1,004,004
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24c · Other expenses: Staff development
total $17,438 · program services $16,987 · fundraising $451
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24d · Other expenses: Printing & copying
total $12,548 · program services $12,548
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $530,047 · end of year $877,730
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $2,831,030 · end of year $2,125,183
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $19,457
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $35,497 · end of year $76,207
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$336,063
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$258,840
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $131,359 · end of year $77,223
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $912,054 · end of year $550,376
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19 · Deferred revenue
end of year $426,849
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $581,007 · end of year $304,410
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,054,329 · end of year $1,874,708
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
To create communities of health through fresh food. Brighter Bites seeks to improve health outcomes among children and families in under-resourced communities by using data-driven, evidence-based strategies for providing fresh produce and nutrition education.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Brighter Bites' goal is to improve the long-term health outcomes of those they serve.
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For eight weeks each in the fall, spring, and summer, Brighter Bites provides 1) Produce Distributions - two bags containing 50 servings (25 lbs) of fresh produce for participants to pick up and take home when they pick up their child at school; 2) Nutrition Education - we train and support teachers in schools, camps, and educational centers to implement evidence-based health nutrition education programs approved for classrooms across the United States. Parents receive weekly educational tools with their bags, including nutrition handbooks, recipes, and tips to demystify produce. All materials are available on the website, and 3) a Food Experience for the whole family, demonstrating colorful recipes, passing out samples that incorporate the week's fresh produce, and discussing healthy eating habits.
Expenses $14,380,975 · Grants $6,410,390 · Revenue $183,060
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Lisa Helfman
Founder & Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Benjamin Samuels
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sue Smith
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Melissa Ackerman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Faiyaz Bhojani
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chelsea Collins
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Gabby D'Arrigo
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Joel Grade
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Steven Graubart
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Manolo Sanchez
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Shreela Sharma Phd
Founder & Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Vic Smith
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Richard Dachman
CEO
- Total calculated
- $191,062
- From this org
- $180,250
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $10,812
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $180,250
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $10,812
- Filer's total
- $191,062
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Gouri Kulkami
Director of Finance
- Total calculated
- $119,201
- From this org
- $118,164
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $1,037
- Hours/week
- 40
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Michael Pomeroy
VP of Operations
- Total calculated
- $110,916
- From this org
- $103,628
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,288
- 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. 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 survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 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
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 26 September 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202412709349300946
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