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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RIVER BEND FOOD RESERVOIR.

Totals

Total revenue
$44,218,156
Total expenses
$44,624,493
Contributions and grants received
$40,953,855
Grants paid
$38,190,656
Program service revenue
$2,544,458
Investment income
$687,445
Other revenue
$32,398
Total assets, end of year
$34,860,891
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,416,933
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$31,443,958
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$42,574,915
Management and general expenses
$1,121,245
Fundraising expenses
$928,333
Program service expenses (Part III)
$42,574,915

Program services were 95.4% 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

    $258,162

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $12,574,067

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $28,121,626

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $33,840,362

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PURCHASED PRODUCT SALES

    total $2,134,152 · related or exempt $2,134,152

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SHARED MAINTENANCE

    total $410,306 · related or exempt $410,306

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $509,746 · excluded $509,746

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $8,164,031 · other assets $17,500

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

    securities $7,947,512 · other assets $56,320

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $216,519 · other assets -$38,820

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $177,699 · excluded $177,699

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $90,196

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

    $258,162

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $90,196

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $32,398 · related or exempt $32,398

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $32,398

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $38,190,656 · program services $38,190,656

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $455,653 · program services $101,742 · management and general $292,349 · fundraising $61,562

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,931,989 · program services $1,510,844 · management and general $172,054 · fundraising $249,091

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $43,180 · program services $35,880 · management and general $2,229 · fundraising $5,071

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $288,654 · program services $212,335 · management and general $36,008 · fundraising $40,311

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $197,447 · program services $135,228 · management and general $36,369 · fundraising $25,850

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,938 · management and general $3,938

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $61,084 · management and general $61,084

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $595,850 · program services $24,446 · management and general $24,956 · fundraising $546,448

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $74,165 · management and general $74,165

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $89,546 · management and general $89,546

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $54,768 · management and general $54,768

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $699,010 · program services $662,472 · management and general $36,538

  • 17 · Travel

    total $293,563 · program services $280,484 · management and general $13,079

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $56,072 · management and general $56,072

  • 20 · Interest

    total $53,671 · management and general $53,671

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $776,840 · program services $735,049 · management and general $41,791

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $104,656 · program services $104,656

  • 24a · Other expenses: GRANT DISTRIBUTION CRED

    total $494,069 · program services $494,069

  • 24b · Other expenses: WAREHOUSE SUPPLIES

    total $84,284 · program services $84,284

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $43,105 · program services $2,770 · management and general $40,335

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $32,293 · management and general $32,293

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,788,641 · end of year $2,685,728

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,131,754 · end of year $1,728,141

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $207,490 · end of year $154,887

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $2,930,708 · end of year $2,985,429

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

    $15,363,489

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

    $3,058,416

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $11,835,784 · end of year $12,305,073

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $9,363,880 · end of year $10,542,889

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,073,212 · end of year $1,417,339

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,283,635 · end of year $3,041,405

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $719,239 · end of year $407,347

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,246,470 · end of year $3,009,586

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $31,405,838 · end of year $30,846,377

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $243,557 · end of year $597,581

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO LEAD THE COMMUNITY WIDE EFFORT TO END HUNGER IN EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS. WE WILL DO THIS BY LEVERAGING PARTNERSHIPS TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED TO STABILIZE THEIR LIVES, ENGAGING THE PUBLIC ON HUNGER ISSUES, ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF HUNGRY PEOPLE AND DISTRIBUTING SURPLUS FOOD THROUGH OUR NETWORK OF HUNGER RELIEF AGENCY PARTNERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO LEAD THE COMMUNITY-WIDE EFFORT TO END HUNGER IN EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS. WE WILL DO THIS BY LEVERAGING PARTNERSHIPS TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED TO STABILIZE THEIR LIVES, EDUCATING AND ENGAGING THE PUBLIC ON HUNGER ISSUES, ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF HUNGRY PEOPLE, DISTRIBUTING SURPLUS FOOD THROUGH A NETWORK OF HUNGER RELIEF AGENCY PARTNERS AND PROGRAMS, AND STRIVING TO END HUNGER.

  • SURPLUS FOOD IS COLLECTED AND REDISTRIBUTED THROUGH A NETWORK OF CHARITABLE AGENCIES, PRIMARILY FOOD PANTRIES LOCATED AT CHURCHES, COMMUNITY CENTERS, AND OTHER PARTNER SITES. DURING FY25, A TOTAL OF 16.5 MILLION MEALS WERE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THESE AGENCY PARTNERS. FOOD IS ALSO DISTRIBUTED DIRECTLY TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED THROUGH OUR MOBILE FOOD PANTRIES, WITH 415 MOBILE PANTRY EVENTS PROVIDING 846,670 MEALS ACROSS THE SERVICE AREA. THE BACKPACK PROGRAM SUPPORTS CHILDREN WHO RECEIVE FREE OR REDUCED-PRICE LUNCHES DURING THE SCHOOL WEEK BUT LACK FOOD OVER THE WEEKEND. IN FY25, 3,000 CHILDREN RECEIVED 6 MEALS PER WEEK FOR 32 WEEKS, TOTALING 588,960 MEALS.

    Expenses $42,574,915 · Grants $38,190,656 · Revenue $2,544,458

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Trish Huber

    FORMER CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Janet Mathis

    FORMER CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Dr Burl Randolph

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Lance Buser

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Chris Beason

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Chris Bayer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Rob Leibfried

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Joe Valtierra

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Jan Martin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Amy Jones

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Ben Patterson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Tami Petsche

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Marie Ziegler

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Laura Eberlin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Ralph Kelly

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Matthew O'Brian

    OUTGOING BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Chad Lewis

    OUTGOING BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Kevin O'Hara

    OUTGOING BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Jenny Colvin

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $111,817
    From this org
    $102,152
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,665
    Hours/week
    40
  • Sharon Bertram

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $120,599
    From this org
    $105,858
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,741
    Hours/week
    40
  • Nancy Renkes

    OUTGOING PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $118,768
    From this org
    $105,921
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,847
    Hours/week
    40
  • Chris Ford

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, P

    Total calculated
    $159,116
    From this org
    $136,636
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,480
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,636
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,225
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,255
    Filer's total
    $159,116

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

  • VARIOUS FOOD BANK MEMBER AGENCIES

    $0

    SEE PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENT DESCRIPTION IN PART III OF 990.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533499349301133

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