Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$108,867,622

Total expenses

$110,700,514

Contributions and grants received

$26,717,335

Grants paid

$22,662,293

Program service revenue

$81,664,360

Investment income

$482,140

Other revenue

$3,787

Total assets, end of year

$30,783,092

Total liabilities, end of year

$11,715,181

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$19,067,911

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$109,419,978

Management and general expenses

$748,783

Fundraising expenses

$531,753

Program service expenses (Part III)

$109,419,978

Program services were 98.8% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• FOOD DISTRIBUTIONIN 2024, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED FOOD BANKS WITH MORE THAN 274 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS ACROSS THE STATE. THIS INCLUDED MORE THAN 269 MILLION POUNDS OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND ALMOST 5 MILLION POUNDS OF HIGH-QUALITY PROTEINS AND PANTRY ESSENTIALS TO KEEP FOOD BANKS STOCKED AT A TIME OF INCREASING NEED IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.THE ORGANIZATION'S FARM TO FAMILY OPERATION IS THE STATE'S MOST EXTENSIVE CHARITABLE FOOD RECOVERY PROGRAM, WORKING WITH A NETWORK OF OVER 240 FARMS AND AGGREGATORS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)LAST YEAR ALONE, THE PROGRAM DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 54 VARIETIES OF PRODUCE TO MORE THAN 71 FOOD BANKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.IN 2024, CAFB BEGAN IMPLEMENTING ITS STATE CONTRACT FOR THE USDA LOCAL FOOD PURCHASE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WE PURCHASED $11 MILLION WORTH OF PRODUCE FROM 600 LOCAL, SMALL, AND MID-SIZED FARMS. THIS PRODUCE WAS THEN DELIVERED TO 30 FOOD BANKS AND 14 COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA.THE CAFB FOOD PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS OPERATE ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS. THIS MEANS THE ORGANIZATION NEEDS TO HAVE SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS IN WORKING CAPITAL TO COVER THE PACKAGING AND FREIGHT COSTS FOR OUR MEMBERS BEFORE RECEIVING REIMBURSEMENT FROM FOOD BANKS OR STATE CONTRACTS. AN IMPORTANT FINANCIAL SAFETY NET FOR OUR MEMBERS WHICH ENSURES THE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN IS NOT INTERRUPTED, AND VITAL PRODUCE REACHES CALIFORNIA COMMUNITIES IN NEED.

  Expenses $101,183,061 · Grants $17,554,224 · Revenue $81,416,110

• PROGRAMSCALFRESH (SNAP) IS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMS IN THE NATION. THE ORGANIZATION'S CALFRESH OUTREACH PROGRAM SUPPORTS OVER FIFTY COMMUNITY PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THEIR EFFORTS INCLUDE ENROLLING ELIGIBLE CALIFORNIANS, HELPING THEM KEEP THEIR BENEFITS, AND EDUCATING THE OUTREACH AND STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITY. OUR OUTREACH PARTNERS ASSISTED MORE THAN 28,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN APPLYING FOR CALFRESH, AND NEARLY 8,000+ HOUSEHOLDS RETAINED BENEFITS WITH PARTNER SUPPORT.(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)IN 2024, THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUED ITS OUTREACH EFFORTS TO SUPPORT CALFRESH FOR DISASTER RELIEF AND SUN BUCKS UNTIL THESE PROGRAMS CONCLUDED. ACTIVITIES INCLUDED TRAINING AND PROVIDING PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT, OFFERING UPDATES ON POLICIES THAT AFFECT CALFRESH ACCESS AND ELIGIBILITY, AND COLLABORATING WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO ENHANCE LANGUAGE ACCESS BY TRANSLATING AND REVIEWING MATERIALS.

  Expenses $5,973,646 · Grants $5,038,950

• RESEARCH & PUBLIC POLICYCAFB RESEARCH AND PUBLIC POLICY WORK LEADS THE FIGHT TO ERADICATE FOOD INSECURITY IN CALIFORNIA BY RESEARCHING HUNGER IN ITS COMMUNITIES, ADVANCING LEGISLATIVE AND BUDGET INITIATIVES, AND CONDUCTING ADMINISTRATIVE ADVOCACY AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS TO STRENGTHEN CHARITABLE NUTRITION SAFETY NETS.IN 2024, OUR ADVOCACY & POLICY TEAM ADVOCATED FOR ROBUST INVESTMENTS IN FOOD BANKS AND PUBLIC BENEFIT ADEQUACY IMPROVEMENTS. SPECIFICALLY, THE (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)ORGANIZATION WORKED TO INCREASE STATE BASELINE FUNDING FOR THE CALFOOD PROGRAM WHICH ENABLES FOOD BANKS TO PURCHASE CALIFORNIA GROWN AND MANUFACTURED FOODS, PROTECTING FUNDING FOR A CALFRESH MINIMUM NUTRITION BENEFIT PILOT PROGRAM TO RAISE THE CALFRESH MONTHLY BENEFIT TO $60 FROM THE CURRENT MINIMUM OF $23, AND WORKED WITH THE STATE TO ENSURE ROBUST IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE NEW SUNBUCKS, SUMMER LUNCH PROGRAM.CAFB RESEARCH AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES CONTINUED ITS WORK TO DEEPEN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF FOOD INSECURITY IN CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING CONVENING A COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD TO INFORM THE ORGANIZATION ON BARRIERS TO ACCESSING CHARITABLE FOOD. WE ALSO RELEASED A MIXED-METHODS REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF EMERGENCY ALLOTMENTS IN CALIFORNIA, AND AN UPDATED ANALYSIS AND DASHBOARD ON THE EXPANSION OF CALFRESH BENEFITS TO SSI RECIPIENTS. IN ADDITION, THE DEPARTMENT CONTINUED TO PROVIDE RELEVANT TIME-SENSITIVE RESEARCH AND DATA THROUGH SEVERAL NEW DASHBOARDS TO TRACK ECONOMIC INDICATORS IN CALIFORNIA RELATED TO FOOD SECURITY, AND A SUITE OF RESOURCES TO INFORM THE EXPANSION OF MEDICALLY SUPPORTIVE FOOD AND NUTRITION PROGRAMS AMONG MEMBER FOOD BANKS..

  Expenses $1,366,334 · Grants $57,369

• COMMUNICATIONS & MEMBER ENGAGEMENTCAFB IS COMMITTED TO INCREASING THE UNDERSTANDING OF HUNGER AND ITS SOCIAL AND HEALTH-RELATED IMPACTS. OUR WORK INCLUDES UPLIFTING THE ESSENTIAL WORK OF FOOD BANKS, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT BARRIERS TO ACCESSING FOOD, CALFRESH, AND OTHER PUBLIC NUTRITION BENEFITS, AND POLICY PRIORITIES TO END HUNGER IN CALIFORNIA PERMANENTLY. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES DIRECT SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO ITS MEMBER FOOD BANKS THROUGH TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, COMMUNICATIONS TOOLKITS, AND AD HOC SUPPORT. ITS MEMBER ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS AIM TO INCREASE THE RESILIENCE AND CAPACITY OF ITS MEMBER FOOD BANKS THROUGH WEBINARS AND IN-PERSON CONVENING, AS WELL AS DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC, CROSS-NETWORK DISCUSSION GROUPS AND COHORTS TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES AND FIND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO CHALLENGES FACED BY FOOD BANKS ACROSS THE STATE.

  Expenses $896,937 · Grants $11,750 · Revenue $248,250

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

Listed in Part VII

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

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

• SAN DIEGO HUNGER COALITION

  $935,410

  TO END HUNGER IN CALIFORNIA

• COMMUNITY ALLIANCE WITH FAMILY FARMERS

  $448,117

  TO END HUNGER IN CALIFORNIA

• FRESH APPROACH

  $445,614

  TO END HUNGER IN CALIFORNIA

• LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK

  $331,305

  TO END HUNGER IN CALIFORNIA

• MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH ACCESS

  $309,207

  TO END HUNGER IN CALIFORNIA

• PROVIDENCE LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY FOUNDATION

  $283,512

  TO END HUNGER IN CALIFORNIA

• SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY

  $252,708

  TO END HUNGER IN CALIFORNIA

• NATIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION

  $230,418

  TO END HUNGER IN CALIFORNIA

• CHINATOWN SERVICE CENTER

  $150,000

  TO END HUNGER IN CALIFORNIA

• FOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA & SOLANO

  $134,996

  TO END HUNGER IN CALIFORNIA

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

14 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202523189349309132

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