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← THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$173,449,165
Total expenses
$165,762,690
Contributions and grants received
$162,501,011
Grants paid
$137,404,263
Program service revenue
$6,448,850
Investment income
$4,385,960
Other revenue
$113,344
Total assets, end of year
$75,467,951
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,819,662
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$65,648,289
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$152,327,383
Management and general expenses
$7,255,209
Fundraising expenses
$6,180,098
Program service expenses (Part III)
$152,327,383

Program services were 91.9% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $822,973

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $69,665,903

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $92,012,135

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $74,286,712

  • 2a · Program service revenue: COOP INCOME

    total $6,448,850 · related or exempt $6,448,850

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,692,157 · excluded $3,692,157

  • 6a · Gross rents

    personal property $241,986

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    personal property $141,509

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    personal property $100,477

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $100,477 · unrelated business $100,477

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $22,131,000 · other assets $6,886

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

    securities $21,444,083 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $686,917 · other assets $6,886

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $693,803 · excluded $693,803

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $4,725

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

    $822,973

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $100,140

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$95,415 · excluded -$95,415

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $108,282 · related or exempt $108,282

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $108,282

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $137,404,263 · program services $137,404,263

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,690,302 · program services $791,838 · management and general $678,409 · fundraising $220,055

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $10,301,151 · program services $4,820,313 · management and general $4,141,289 · fundraising $1,339,549

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $273,799 · program services $138,624 · management and general $96,584 · fundraising $38,591

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,198,150 · program services $606,621 · management and general $422,653 · fundraising $168,876

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $971,316 · program services $491,775 · management and general $342,637 · fundraising $136,904

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $107,329 · program services $283 · management and general $107,046

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $79,502 · management and general $79,502

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $32,130 · management and general $32,130

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $1,471,503 · fundraising $1,471,503

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,532,458 · program services $351,371 · management and general $265,611 · fundraising $915,476

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,551,068 · program services $2,701 · management and general $1,080,943 · fundraising $467,424

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,229,090 · program services $344,125 · management and general $516,254 · fundraising $1,368,711

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $941,618 · management and general $937,288 · fundraising $4,330

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,122,153 · program services $1,014,136 · management and general $80,085 · fundraising $27,932

  • 17 · Travel

    total $149,100 · program services $50,806 · management and general $83,407 · fundraising $14,887

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $667,005 · program services $667,005

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $20,231 · management and general $20,231

  • 24a · Other expenses: FREIGHT CHARGES

    total $2,136,724 · program services $2,136,724

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $1,168,240 · program services $1,141,830 · management and general $26,410

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER PERSONNEL COSTS

    total $310,528 · program services $26,770 · management and general $278,369 · fundraising $5,389

  • 24d · Other expenses: FLEET EXPENSES

    total $222,091 · program services $218,627 · management and general $3,464

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $182,939 · program services $2,119,571 · management and general -$1,937,103 · fundraising $471

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $10,223,261 · end of year $5,209,625

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $7,501,622 · end of year $3,426,979

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,722,097 · end of year $14,382,799

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $402,196 · end of year $1,660,716

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $6,069,047 · end of year $4,618,740

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $678,085 · end of year $849,490

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

    $14,388,393

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

    $6,352,138

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,319,909 · end of year $8,036,255

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $40,055,438 · end of year $37,283,347

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,742,481 · end of year $6,551,685

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,818,066 · end of year $2,715,687

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $578,300

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $552,290

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $56,042,655 · end of year $61,672,740

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,790,153 · end of year $3,975,549

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

OUR COSTS CONSIST OF ACQUIRING, SORTING AND DISTRIBUTING FOOD TO MORE THAN 600 AGENCIES, TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO 67 DIRECT DISTRIBUTION SITES SUCH AS GBFB MOBILE MARKETS, AND FEDERAL DISTRIBUTIONS FOR LOW INCOME SENIORS. LAST YEAR, WE DISTRIBUTED OVER 106 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD, THE EQUIVALENT OF OVER 87.1 MILLION MEALS. WE ARE COMMITTED TO INCREASING OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTION TO PROVIDE AT LEAST THREE MEALS A DAY TO EVERY PERSON IN NEED IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK'S MISSION IS TO END HUNGER IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.

  • GBFB ACQUIRES FOOD THROUGH FOOD INDUSTRY PRODUCT DONATIONS, FOOD DRIVES, AND FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ENABLE US TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL HIGH-NUTRIENT QUALITY FOOD. WE ALSO BENEFIT FROM THE GENEROSITY OF OVER 10,000 VOLUNTEERS ANNUALLY WHO HELP SORT AND DISTRIBUTE DONATED FOOD PRODUCTS. GBFB WORKS TO ACQUIRE, STORE, ORGANIZE AND DISTRIBUTE FOOD THROUGH LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES, COMMUNITY MEAL PROGRAMS, SHELTERS, YOUTH PROGRAMS, SENIOR CENTERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY CENTERS IN THE 190 CITIES AND TOWNS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS THAT GBFB SERVES. GBFB'S FOOD ASSISTANCE LOCATOR PROVIDES AN EASY WAY FOR PEOPLE IN NEED TO FIND HELP NEARBY. GBFB ALSO DISTRIBUTES FOOD DIRECTLY TO THOSE IN NEED THROUGH DEDICATED PROGRAMS THAT SERVE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE GROUPS, SUCH AS SENIORS AND CHILDREN. SINCE 2009, GBFB HAS OPERATED OUT OF A STATE-OF-THE-ART 117,000 SQUARE-FOOT FOOD DISTRIBUTION FACILITY, THE YAWKEY DISTRIBUTION CENTER, LOCATED IN THE NEWMARKET SECTION OF BOSTON. THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK IS A MEMBER OF FEEDING AMERICA, THE NATION'S LARGEST HUNGER-RELIEF ORGANIZATION.

    Expenses $152,327,383 · Grants $137,404,263 · Revenue $6,557,132

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Allen Hamdan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carl Paratore

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Carol Anderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Catherine D'Amato

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $509,605
    From this org
    $502,029
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,576
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $371,441
    Bonus
    $114,728
    Other
    $15,860
    Deferred
    $5,412
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,164
    Filer's total
    $509,605

  • Debbie Amaral

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Edward Mackey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eileen Pyne

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gordon Reid

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Heidy King-Jones

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joanna Travis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Core

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • John Riccuiti

    VICE-CHAIR AND CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Julie Lafontaine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lisa Kelly-Croswell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marci Sindell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Demichaelis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Hintlian

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rob Backus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephen Woods

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ted Truscott

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Sieniewicz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carol Tienken

    CHIEF INFO & STRATEGY OFFICER (UNTIL 5/2024)

    Total calculated
    $233,886
    From this org
    $227,610
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,276
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,088
    Bonus
    $54,194
    Other
    $39,328
    Deferred
    $4,177
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,099
    Filer's total
    $233,886

  • Cheryl Anne Oldfield-Schondek

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $368,670
    From this org
    $363,346
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,324
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $306,630
    Bonus
    $52,020
    Other
    $4,696
    Deferred
    $5,033
    Nontaxable benefits
    $291
    Filer's total
    $368,670

  • Pranita Amarasinghe

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $305,155
    From this org
    $300,989
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,166
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $259,541
    Bonus
    $35,980
    Other
    $5,468
    Deferred
    $4,166
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $305,155

  • Aprylle Wallace

    SR. VP OF HR (UNTIL 2/2024)

    Total calculated
    $228,864
    From this org
    $223,521
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,343
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,107
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $414
    Deferred
    $3,851
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,492
    Filer's total
    $228,864

  • Catherine Ann Lynn

    VP COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $187,801
    From this org
    $183,927
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,874
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,266
    Bonus
    $8,120
    Other
    $541
    Deferred
    $3,680
    Nontaxable benefits
    $194
    Filer's total
    $187,801

  • Jonathan Tetrault

    VP COMMUNITY IMPACT AND OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $184,129
    From this org
    $168,998
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,131
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,869
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $129
    Deferred
    $3,202
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,929
    Filer's total
    $184,129

  • Julee Sanderson

    VP OF TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $210,593
    From this org
    $202,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,843
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,759
    Bonus
    $8,796
    Other
    $1,195
    Deferred
    $3,023
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,820
    Filer's total
    $210,593

  • Nicolene Marie Hengen

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR H2HC

    Total calculated
    $194,976
    From this org
    $188,364
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,612
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,261
    Bonus
    $7,958
    Other
    $14,145
    Deferred
    $3,785
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,827
    Filer's total
    $194,976

  • Unmesh Gandhi

    VP COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $212,454
    From this org
    $211,850
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $604
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,154
    Bonus
    $8,967
    Other
    $729
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $604
    Filer's total
    $212,454

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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE J PART II COLUMN B(II) ARE AMOUNTS PAID AS BONUSES. THESE BONUSES ARE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND INCLUDED ON THE INDIVIDUAL'S W-2 FOR 2023.

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

  • APPROXIMATELY 666 MEMBER AGENCIES

    $0

    TO PROVIDE MEMBER AGENCIES WITH FOOD TO DISTRIBUTE TO THOSE IN NEED

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.

  • GBFB REALTY CORPORATION

    501(C)(3) · HOLD TITLE TO GBFB'S YAWKEY DISTRIBUTION CENTER · MA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by GBFB

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • 100 TOPEKA STREET REALTY TRUST

    T · HOLDING TITLE TO GBFB'S PARKING LOT · MA · 100% owned · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by GBFB INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202530459349300303

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