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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by TARRANT AREA FOOD BANK.

Totals

Total revenue
$155,998,104
Total expenses
$152,036,966
Contributions and grants received
$153,237,218
Grants paid
$133,662,344
Program service revenue
$1,647,674
Investment income
$1,048,635
Other revenue
$64,577
Total assets, end of year
$83,002,252
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,122,428
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$79,879,824
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$144,884,275
Management and general expenses
$4,528,705
Fundraising expenses
$2,623,986
Program service expenses (Part III)
$144,884,275

Program services were 95.3% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $254,535

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,631,854

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $149,350,829

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $129,522,954

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICE FEES

    total $1,647,674 · related or exempt $1,647,674

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $956,185 · excluded $956,185

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $11,992 · excluded $11,992

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $10,771,215

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

    securities $10,654,142 · other assets $24,623

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $117,073 · other assets -$24,623

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $92,450 · related or exempt -$24,623 · excluded $117,073

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $254,535

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $66,055

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$66,055 · excluded -$66,055

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $118,640 · related or exempt $118,640

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $118,640

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $96,074,263 · program services $96,074,263

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $37,588,081 · program services $37,588,081

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $974,691 · program services $610,407 · management and general $284,352 · fundraising $79,932

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $7,255,625 · program services $4,543,884 · management and general $2,116,723 · fundraising $595,018

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $303,147 · program services $212,328 · management and general $64,167 · fundraising $26,652

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $869,197 · program services $608,796 · management and general $183,983 · fundraising $76,418

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $593,661 · program services $415,808 · management and general $125,660 · fundraising $52,193

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $64,551 · program services $14,756 · management and general $41,660 · fundraising $8,135

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $1,203,372 · fundraising $1,203,372

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,207,711 · program services $276,080 · management and general $779,437 · fundraising $152,194

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $388,940 · program services $88,911 · management and general $251,015 · fundraising $49,014

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $877,171 · program services $455,777 · management and general $147,807 · fundraising $273,587

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $887,034 · program services $703,128 · management and general $154,668 · fundraising $29,238

  • 17 · Travel

    total -$524 · program services -$154 · management and general -$264 · fundraising -$106

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $81,909 · program services $24,063 · management and general $41,269 · fundraising $16,577

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,951,377 · program services $1,837,522 · management and general $74,268 · fundraising $39,587

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $358,110 · program services $283,864 · management and general $62,442 · fundraising $11,804

  • 24a · Other expenses: VEHICLE LEASE, FUEL, REPAIRS

    total $447,573 · program services $387,747 · management and general $54,166 · fundraising $5,660

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL

    total $386,190 · program services $310,127 · management and general $71,352 · fundraising $4,711

  • 24c · Other expenses: REGRANT

    total $524,887 · program services $448,887 · management and general $76,000 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $12,261,724 · end of year $6,407,868

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,101,086 · end of year $5,712,746

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,078,927 · end of year $712,093

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $232,276 · end of year $137,409

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $3,775,393 · end of year $3,250,154

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $124,810 · end of year $151,331

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

    $40,490,105

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

    $8,388,921

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $27,199,024 · end of year $32,101,184

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $21,843,921 · end of year $33,926,063

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $46,766 · end of year $603,404

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,244,787 · end of year $2,563,558

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $558,870

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $62,633,159 · end of year $75,960,264

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,785,981 · end of year $3,919,560

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Tarrant Area Food Bank's (TAFB) mission is empowering our community to alleviate hunger and improve health. We value and embrace a culture of fairness and inclusion as fundamental to our vision of empowering communities where no one has to go hungry. We believe that access to healthy food is a basic human right. All people should have access to regular, nutritious meals. Through this dialogue, we will strive to continuously improve. TAFB WORKS TO ALLEVIATE HUNGER IN TARRANT, DENTON, PARKER AND 10 OTHER NORTH TEXAS COUNTIES BY PROVIDING FOOD, EDUCATION AND OTHER RESOURCES TO A NETWORK OF APPROXIMATELY 450 PARTNER AGENCIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TARRANT AREA FOOD BANK EMPOWERS COMMUNITIES TO ALLEVIATE HUNGER AND IMPROVE HEALTH.

  • FOOD DISTRIBUTION TARRANT AREA FOOD BANK, FOUNDED IN 1982, IS A PRIMARY SOURCE OF DONATED FOOD FOR APPROXIMATELY 450 HUNGER RELIEF AGENCIES AND FEEDING PROGRAMS IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS AND 13 SURROUNDING COUNTIES. IN FY 2025, TARRANT AREA FOOD BANK PROVIDED ACCESS TO 56 MILLION NUTRITIOUS MEALS THROUGH ITS NETWORK OF PARTNER AGENCIES, MOBILE SOLUTIONS, NUTRITION EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS. THESE MEALS WERE PROVIDED IN THE FORM OF GROCERIES FOR CLIENTS TO TAKE HOME, HOT MEALS SERVED ON SITE, OR HEALTHY SNACKS SERVED DURING A GROUP ACTIVITY.

    Expenses $141,614,135 · Revenue $1,741,691

  • CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS TAFB SERVES CHILDREN THROUGH "READY TO LEARN", WHICH INCLUDES YOUTH FEEDING AND YOUTH PROGRAMS THAT FOCUS ON FOOD, EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY. 107 IN-SCHOOL MARKETS PROVIDE ACCESS TO KID-FRIENDLY, NUTRITIOUS GROCERIES IN LOCAL SCHOOLS, OFFERING CONVENIENCE AND VARIETY TO YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES ON-SITE AT A TITLE I CAMPUS. NEW IN-SCHOOL MARKETS WERE INSTALLED IN 58 SCHOOLS IN FY 2025. THE IN-SCHOOL SNACK PROGRAM PROVIDES TITLE I SCHOOLS WITH KID-FRIENDLY SNACKS FOR STUDENTS DURING SCHOOL HOURS AS A SUPPLEMENT IN BETWEEN MEALS. THE HUNGER + HOPE PROGRAM IS A FOOD INSECURITY EDUCATION MODULE DEVELOPED FOR THE HOPE SQUAD PROGRAM, A SCHOOL-BASED PEER SUPPORT GROUP. THE CURRICULUM IS NOW AVAILABLE NOT ONLY IN MORE THAN 100+ SCHOOLS IN OUR SERVICE AREA, BUT WAS ALSO ADOPTED BY THE NATIONAL HOPE SQUAD, REACHING THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS NATIONWIDE. MOST RECENTLY, WE LAUNCHED OUR AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES AGE-APPROPRIATE NUTRITION, GARDENING, AND FOOD BANKING EDUCATION FOR YOUTH PRE-K - 12TH GRADE AND OUR JUNIOR AMBASSADOR PROGRAM THAT IS AVAILABLE TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE READY TO LEAD, SERVE AND ADVOCATE FOR HUNGER ISSUES AFFECTING THEIR COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $2,312,378

  • EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS IN FY25, OUR COMMUNITY NUTRITION TEAM CONDUCTED NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAMS ACROSS OUR SERVICE AREA TEACHING NEIGHBORS HOW TO COOK NUTRITIOUSLY AND GROW THEIR OWN FOOD. OUR COMMUNITY GARDEN AND FARM PROGRAMS SUPPORTED OVER 60 PARTNER GARDENS, AND WE HARVESTED MORE THAN 34 TONS OF FRESH PRODUCE FOR LOCAL NEIGHBORS AND PARTNER AGENCIES. TAFB OFFERS WAREHOUSE LOGISTICS JOB TRAINING GRADUATES THAT LINKS GRADUATES WITH VETTED EMPLOYER PARTNERS WHO PAY A LIVING WAGE, OFFER HEALTHCARE BENEFITS, AND HAVE CAREER ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES. HEALTHCARE PARTNERSHIPS IN FY25, WE DEVELOPED NEW AND DEEPENED EXISTING NEW HEALTHCARE PARTNERSHIPS WITH HOSPITAL SYSTEMS MEDICAL CLINICS, AND HEALTH PLANS. WE CONTINUED OUR FOOD BOX HOME DELIVERY PROGRAM FOR HOMEBOUND PATIENTS, AND ESTABLISHED A HEALTHCARE REFERRAL PROCESS CONNECTING PATIENTS TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES SUCH AS SNAP, WIC, AND MEDICAID. TAFB'S REGISTERED DIETITIANS PROVIDED NUTRITONAL GUIDANCE, AND SUPPORTED HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS' UTILIZATION OF FOOD INSECURITY SCREENINGS AND REFERRAL PROCESSES TO ENSURE THEIR PATIENTS ARE CONNECTED TO FOOD AND NUTRITION RESOURCES. FOOD IS MEDICINE In FY25, TAFB continued its Food RX program, a healthcare- community partnership addressing food insecurity as a critical social determinant of health. The six-month program delivered a holistic intervention to 97 participants with chronic conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure. It distributed a total of 2,522 produce and medically tailored grocery boxes, and delivered nearly 50,000 healthy meals produced by the Community Kitchen for Food RX participants and the broader community. VETERAN PROGRAMS TAFB SERVES THOSE WHO SERVE OUR COUNTRY BY PROVIDING FOOD, NUTRITION EDUCATION, GARDEN PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES AT VETERAN AFFAIRS CLINICS AND THE NAVAL AIR STATION JOINT RESERVE BASE. OLDER ADULT PROGRAMS SENIORS ARE ONE OF THE MORE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS SERVED BY TAFB. WITH MANY SENIORS LIVING ON A FIXED INCOME, THIS POPULATION CAN STRUGGLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET EACH MONTH. TAFB OFFERS TWO PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY FOR SENIORS TO ENSURE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD. SENIOR SHARES PROVIDE A FARMER'S MARKET STYLE OF DISTRIBUTION TO SENIORS AT COMMUNITY CENTERS, CHURCHES, AND SENIOR HOUSING COMPLEXES. THE COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM (CSFP), IS A FEDERALLY FUNDED FOOD DISTRIBUTION EFFORT THAT PROVIDES A MONTHLY BOX OF FOOD TO LOW-INCOME SENIORS TO IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH, NUTRITION, AND WELL-BEING. CSFP STARTED AT TARRANT AREA FOOD BANK IN 2022 AND GREW IN 2025 TO SERVE 2,164 30LB BOXES OF FOOD MONTHLY, 25,968 ANNUALLY, EQUATING TO 649,200 MEALS, EACH MONTH, and serves more than 2,000 SENIORS IN OUR SERVICE AREA.

    Expenses $957,762

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Julie Butner

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $467,255
    From this org
    $434,559
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,696
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $347,859
    Bonus
    $86,700
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $24,297
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,399
    Filer's total
    $467,255

  • Stephen Raeside

    Chief External Affairs Officer

    Total calculated
    $218,685
    From this org
    $198,162
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,523
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,434
    Bonus
    $24,728
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $12,196
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,327
    Filer's total
    $218,685

  • Valentine Aguilar

    Chief Operations Officer

    Total calculated
    $173,771
    From this org
    $154,943
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,828
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,998
    Bonus
    $19,851
    Other
    $94
    Deferred
    $11,301
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,527
    Filer's total
    $173,771

  • Erica Chilcutt

    CFO Through 2/2025

    Total calculated
    $172,187
    From this org
    $154,374
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,813
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,257
    Bonus
    $20,040
    Other
    $77
    Deferred
    $9,414
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,399
    Filer's total
    $172,187

  • Jim Macphearson

    VP of Development

    Total calculated
    $155,143
    From this org
    $139,441
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,702
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,450
    Bonus
    $12,046
    Other
    $945
    Deferred
    $7,375
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,327
    Filer's total
    $155,143

  • Jared Williams

    VP, Advocacy and Communication

    Total calculated
    $141,033
    From this org
    $122,356
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,677
    Hours/week
    40

  • Leticia Fraley

    VP of Operations

    Total calculated
    $127,758
    From this org
    $114,055
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,703
    Hours/week
    40

  • Vicky Martinez

    VP, Comm Impact Through 7/2025

    Total calculated
    $120,865
    From this org
    $105,831
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,034
    Hours/week
    40

  • Hettie Richardson

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachael Capua

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lou Ann Richardson

    Member-at-large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pat Smith

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mercedes Bolen

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Valerie Washington

    Member-at-large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ty Stimpson

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Duncan

    Past Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christy Lara

    Chair-Elect

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Jones

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

  • Ashli Blumenfeld

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Judy Carter

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Hungerford

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Frank Romero

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elaine Suleski

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Saiyeda Ali

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Diana Gardner

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Love

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sean Madison

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott McConaghy

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Lochkos

    CFO From 04/2025

    Total calculated
    $0
    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 committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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

  • 688 Food Distribution Agencies

    no cash amount reported

    Hunger Relief

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
24 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202610729349300141

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