Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$17,644,248

Total expenses

$17,764,450

Contributions and grants received

$17,304,003

Grants paid

$5,445,142

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$315,674

Other revenue

$24,571

Total assets, end of year

$13,357,678

Total liabilities, end of year

$2,524,416

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$10,833,262

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$14,988,174

Management and general expenses

$866,241

Fundraising expenses

$1,910,035

Program service expenses (Part III)

$14,988,174

Program services were 84.4% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• DIRECT SERVICEPROJECT BREAD PROVIDES DIRECT SERVICE TO >30,000 HOUSEHOLDS A YEAR: TRAINED COUNSELORS PROVIDE FREE, CONFIDENTIAL, COMPASSIONATE SUPPORT IN 180 LANGUAGES BY PHONE & LIVE CHAT. >5,000 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH BECAUSE OF ONE-ON-ONE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES INCLUDING FUNDS FOR FOOD, BASIC KITCHEN EQUIPMENT, NUTRITION EDUCATION & COOKING CLASSES. THE BULK OF PROJECT BREAD'S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM WORK IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SELECT ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS AND MASSHEALTH. THESE PROGRAMS, THE EXPERTISE OF PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE OF FOOD INSECURITY AND PROJECT BREAD'S RESEARCH DEPT INFORM POLICY & ADVOCACY INITIATIVES TO ADVANCE PERMANENT SYSTEMIC CHANGE.

  Expenses $8,691,588 · Grants $4,962,273 · Revenue $24,571

• FEEDING KIDSPROJECT BREAD ENSURES MA KIDS LEARN & GROW UNENCUMBERED BY HUNGER; INCREASING PARTICIPATION IN FREE SCHOOL AND SUMMER MEAL PROGRAMS SO ALL KIDS CAN EAT WITHOUT STIGMA. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MA DEPT OF ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION, PROJECT BREAD COLLABORATES WITH SCHOOLS/ COMMUNITIES TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS TO MEALS, PROVIDING SCHOOL/DISTRICT SPECIFIC SUPPORT THROUGH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, GUIDANCE ON MEAL PROGRAM DESIGN, PROCUREMENT, & GRANTS FOR NEEDS SUCH AS EQUIPMENT, PACKAGING, AND STAFFING. NUTRITION STAFF EARN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HOURS FROM PROJECT BREAD'S SCHOOL FOOD FELLOWSHIP EDUCATION PROGRAM (1,073 HOURS/CREDITS AWARDED IN FY24).

  Expenses $1,589,396 · Grants $274,141

• FOOD RESOURCE OUTREACH AND AWARENESSPROJECT BREAD LEADS STATEWIDE, MULTI-CHANNEL PUBLIC SERVICE CAMPAIGNS IN SEVERAL LANGUAGES TO DESTIGMATIZE ASSISTANCE AND TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT FOOD INSECURITY PROGRAMS. THROUGH GRASSROOTS OUTREACH, ACTIVATION OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS, PAID MEDIA AND PR, ENGAGEMENT WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THOUSANDS OF PROJECT BREAD SUPPORTERS AND PARTICIPANTS IN THE WALK FOR HUNGER, PROJECT BREAD PROMOTES RESOURCES SUCH AS OUR FOODSOURCE HOTLINE TO ADDRESS THE FOOD INSECURITY OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. PROJECT BREAD PROVIDES HEALTH CENTERS WITH GRANTS TO SUPPORT SNAP TRAINING AND PROVIDE PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS TO SUPPLEMENT OTHER AWARENESS ACTIVITIES.

  Expenses $2,170,465

• PROJECT BREAD CATALYZES SYSTEMIC CHANGE THROUGH ADVOCACY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND RESEARCH & EVALUATION. FUNDS ARE GRANTED TO COMMUNITY ORGS IN SUPPORT OF LOCAL SOLUTIONS. LEARNINGS FROM PARTNERS, INDIVIDUALS, AND INTERNAL RESEARCH & EVALUATION SUPPORT COMMUNITY & LEGISLATOR ENGAGEMENT. PROJECT BREAD EFFECTIVELY ADVOCATES FOR POLICY SOLUTIONS, INCLUDING FILING LEGISLATION AND MOBILIZING GRASSROOTS ADVOCATES. ALL MA RESIDENTS CAN JOIN THE MOVEMENT TO FIGHT HUNGER THROUGH THE ANNUAL WALK FOR HUNGER, A COMMUNITY EVENT THAT INCREASES AWARENESS AND RAISES MONEY TO FIGHT HUNGER.

  Expenses $2,536,725 · Grants $208,728

As filed on the 2023 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

• REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL

  $30,000

  MOVING THE NEEDLE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP GRANT

• MILL CITY GROWS

  $30,000

  MOVING THE NEEDLE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP GRANT

• THE PAULIST CENTER

  $26,985

  FY24 ANNUAL WALK FOR HUNGER GRANT - THE COMMONWEALTH

• MARION INSTITUTE

  $17,817

  MOVING THE NEEDLE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP GRANT

• ROSE'S BOUNTY

  $17,105

  FY24 ANNUAL WALK FOR HUNGER GRANT - THE COMMONWEALTH

• JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC

  $11,618

  FY24 ANNUAL WALK FOR HUNGER GRANT - THE COMMONWEALTH

• YMCA SOUTHCOAST

  $10,165

  FY24 ANNUAL WALK FOR HUNGER GRANT - THE COMMONWEALTH

• NEW BEDFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS

  $9,000

  2023-24 BREAKFAST AFTER THE BELL GRANT FOR MANDATED SCHOOLS

• GREATER FALL RIVER RE-CREATION

  $9,000

  2024 PROJECT BREAD SUMMER EATS GRANT

• WORCESTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS

  $8,500

  2024 PROJECT BREAD SUMMER EATS GRANT

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

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

17 February 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202510489349300481

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