← WHITE CENTER EMERGENCY FOOD ASSOCIATION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WHITE CENTER EMERGENCY FOOD ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue: $8,967,452
Total expenses: $5,328,054
Contributions and grants received: $9,416,190
Grants paid: $3,222,022
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: -$457,062
Other revenue: $8,324
Total assets, end of year: $10,440,331
Total liabilities, end of year: $2,006,553
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $8,433,778
Program services expenses (Part IX): $4,791,907
Management and general expenses: $301,032
Fundraising expenses: $235,115
Program service expenses (Part III): $4,791,907

Program services were 89.9% 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.

1a · Federated campaigns

$92,500
1c · Fundraising events

$180,795
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$3,308,447
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$5,834,448
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$3,132,415
3 · Investment income

total $26,399 · excluded $26,399
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

other assets $483,461
7c · Gain or loss

other assets -$483,461
7d · Net gain or loss

total -$483,461 · excluded -$483,461
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$60,280
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$180,795
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

$60,280
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total $0
11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

total $8,324 · excluded $8,324
11e · Other revenue, total

$8,324

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

2 · Grants to domestic individuals

total $3,222,022 · program services $3,222,022
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $142,441 · program services $65,523 · management and general $42,732 · fundraising $34,186
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $889,924 · program services $566,914 · management and general $165,333 · fundraising $157,677
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $6,522 · program services $5,191 · management and general $543 · fundraising $788
9 · Other employee benefits

total $46,714 · program services $30,017 · management and general $8,512 · fundraising $8,185
10 · Payroll taxes

total $87,399 · program services $53,750 · management and general $17,480 · fundraising $16,169
11c · Fees: accounting

total $37,350 · management and general $37,350
11d · Fees: lobbying

total $417 · program services $417
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

total $13,750 · fundraising $13,750
11g · Fees: other

total $7,827 · management and general $7,827
13 · Office expenses

total $60,583 · program services $60,583
16 · Occupancy

total $34,878 · program services $26,158 · management and general $4,360 · fundraising $4,360
20 · Interest

total $198,015 · program services $198,015
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $162,212 · program services $162,212
23 · Insurance

total $37,282 · program services $23,488 · management and general $13,794
24a · Other expenses: FOOD PURCHASES

total $255,172 · program services $255,172
24b · Other expenses: RELOCATION EXPENSES

total $100,642 · program services $100,642
24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

total $24,904 · program services $21,803 · management and general $3,101

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $152,217 · end of year $1,339,645
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $531,657 · end of year $957,447
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $591,767 · end of year $57,466
8 · Inventories for sale or use

beginning of year $63,822 · end of year $64,239
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $16,217 · end of year $16,694
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$8,421,574
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$416,734
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $6,440,154 · end of year $8,004,840
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $16,353 · end of year $0
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $69,613 · end of year $276,010
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

beginning of year $3,948,131 · end of year $1,730,543
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $2,270,424 · end of year $8,433,778
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $1,524,019 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO MINIMIZE HUNGER, WHILE NOURISHING COMMUNITY, NURTURING SELF-RELIANCE AND EMBRACING OUR RICH CULTURAL DIVERSITY.

THE WHITE CENTER FOOD BANK WORKS TO: SERVE OVER 4,500 FAMILY VISITS PER MONTH. THIS TRANSLATES INTO OVER 11,445 INDIVIDUAL VISITS - THE MOST VULNERABLE WOMEN, MEN, AND CHILDREN OF OUR COMMUNITY. WHILE THE RECESSION HAS ENDED, MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY STILL STRUGGLE TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE, ESPECIALLY WITH IMPLICATIONS FROM THE GLOBAL COVID-19 PANDEMIC. THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR CUSTOMERS WORK BUT ARE STILL UNABLE TO MEET BASIC NEEDS. LOW WAGES AND THE RISING COST OF HOUSING AND OTHER DURABLE GOODS ARE OFTEN CITED AS REASONS FOR NEEDING ASSISTANCE. SERVE THOSE WHO ARE OVERLOOKED. WHITE CENTER IS AN AMAZING PLACE. A COMMUNITY FINDING ITS WAY. A COMMUNITY THAT HAS BECOME THE ADOPTED HOME FOR REFUGEES AROUND THE WORLD WHO HAVE FLED WAR, CRUELTY, AND UNIMAGINABLE POVERTY. HOW DOES ONE BEGIN A NEW LIFE WITH NOTHING? OUR HUMBLE FOOD BANK IS A BRIDGE FROM CRISIS AND TRANSITION TO STABILITY. WE DISTRIBUTE OVER 1.6 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD EACH YEAR. IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, WE HAVE GROWN TO A $4 MILLION ORGANIZATION THANKS MOSTLY TO FOOD DONATIONS. IN ADDITION TO WORKING WITH FOOD LIFELINE AND NORTHWEST HARVEST, WHO HELP REGIONAL FOOD BANKS FILL THEIR SHELVES, WE GRATEFULLY ACCEPT DONATIONS FROM LOCAL GROCERY STORES, BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ORGANIZE FOOD DRIVES TO COLLECT ITEMS FROM NEIGHBORS AND CO-WORKERS. WE RELY ON THE DEDICATION OF 10 FULL-TIME AND 5 PART-TIME PAID STAFF MEMBERS AND 628 INCREDIBLE VOLUNTEERS WHO DISTRIBUTE FOOD, KEEP THE FOOD BANK CLEAN, PICK UP DONATIONS AT GROCERY STORES AND BUSINESSES, TRANSLATE IN EIGHT LANGUAGES, DO CUSTOMER INTAKE & DATA ENTRY, AND WORK IN THE WAREHOUSE (SORTING, BAGGING, STOCKING). WE ADDRESS FOOD JUSTICE WHILE BUILDING A STRONGER COMMUNITY THROUGH FOOD DISTRIBUTION. OUR MOST FUNDAMENTAL SERVICE IS TO PLACE NOURISHING FOOD ON EMPTY TABLES, AND TO DO SO WHEN CUSTOMERS CAN EASILY REACH US. IN ADDITION TO OUR DAYTIME HOURS MONDAY 12PM TO 4PM, WEDNESDAY 10AM TO 4PM, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY FROM 10 AM TO 2 PM (NO EVENINGS OR WEEKENDS). FOR THOSE WHO ARE HOME BOUND, WE PROVIDE DELIVERY SERVICE. IT'S HARD ENOUGH WHEN FAMILIES DON'T KNOW WHERE THEIR NEXT MEAL WILL COME FROM. IT'S EVEN WORSE WHEN NEW PARENTS CAN'T AFFORD BASIC SUPPLIES LIKE FORMULA, DIAPERS, AND BABY FOOD. WITH HELP FROM WESTSIDE BABY AND OTHER PRIVATE DONORS, WE ARE TAKING CARE OF THEM THROUGH OUR BABY PANTRY PROGRAM. THROUGH OUR SENIORS PROGRAM, SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION HOURS ARE SET ASIDE FOR THOSE 60 AND OVER: THURSDAYS FROM 10 AM TO 2 PM. WE PROVIDE FOODS FOR THEIR HEALTH NEEDS, LIKE LOW-SODIUM CANNED GOODS AND EXTRA VEGETABLES AND PROTEINS. THE FOOD STRENGTHENS THE BODY; THE SOCIAL TIME NOURISHES THE SOUL. IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO EASE THE ISOLATION AND LONELINESS THAT TOO MANY SENIORS FACE. THROUGH OUR MOBILE FOOD BANK PROGRAM, THE MOBILE FOOD BANK PROGRAM GOES OUT TO THREE SENIOR AND DISABLED LOW-INCOME HOUSING COMPLEXES BRINGING A FULL RANGE OF HEALTHY FOODS TO RESIDENTS. THROUGH THE HEALTHY FOOD GIFT CERTIFICATE PROGRAM, EACH CUSTOMER WHO COMES TO THE FOOD BANK RECEIVES AT $5.00 VOUCHER ONCE A MONTH TO ONE OF THREE FRUIT STANDS IN WHITE CENTER TO BE USED FOR FRESH FRUITS OR VEGETABLES. IN ADDITION, THE FRUIT STAND WILL GIVE EACH CUSTOMER A GIFT OF ADDITIONAL PRODUCE. THIS HELPS THE CUSTOMER HAVE ACCESS TO CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE PRODUCE THAT NOURISHES THEM. THROUGH EMERGENCY BAGS, THOSE WHO NEED HELP OUTSIDE OF DISTRIBUTION HOURS RECEIVE PRE-MADE BAGS OF FOOD PROVIDED BY THE EMERGENCY FEEDING PROGRAM THAT LAST AT LEAST 2 DAYS. WHETHER THEY GO TO SOMEONE WHO IS HOMELESS AND OUT OF OPTIONS FOR THE DAY OR A WOMAN WHO IS RUNNING FROM ABUSE, THESE BAGS ARE LIFELINES TO GET THROUGH A CRISIS. WE DISTRIBUTE EMERGENCY FOOD BAGS MONDAY-FRIDAY, 8:30 AM TO 5PM.

Expenses $4,791,907 · Grants $3,222,022

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

Listed in Part VII

Gabbi GonzalesGABBI GONZALES

BOARD PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Amy FrenchAMY FRENCH

BOARD TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kevin WatsonKEVIN WATSON

BOARD SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Melissa AaronMELISSA AARON

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Heather PatrickHEATHER PATRICK

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Carmen SmithCARMEN SMITH

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$142,441

From this org

$126,519

From related orgs

$0

Other

$15,922

Hours/week

40
Michael PlayfordMICHAEL PLAYFORD

OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$117,556

From this org

$105,839

From related orgs

$0

Other

$11,717

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: 4 August 2025
IRS schema version: 2024v5.2
Source object: 202512209349300821

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