Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by HOOSIERS FEEDING THE HUNGRY INC.

Totals

Total revenue: $503,488
Total expenses: $593,801
Contributions and grants received: $452,310
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: -$11,415
Other revenue: $62,593
Total assets, end of year: $51,645
Total liabilities, end of year: $4,258
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $47,387
Program services expenses (Part IX): $496,968
Management and general expenses: $60,599
Fundraising expenses: $36,234
Program service expenses (Part III): $496,968

Program services were 83.7% 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.

1a · Federated campaigns

$7,162
1c · Fundraising events

$48,775
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$80,000
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$316,373
3 · Investment income

total $1,665 · excluded $1,665
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

other assets $13,080
7c · Gain or loss

other assets -$13,080
7d · Net gain or loss

total -$13,080 · excluded -$13,080
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$11,540
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$48,775
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

$13,997
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total -$2,457 · excluded -$2,457
9a · Gaming: gross income

$74,444
9b · Gaming: direct expenses

$9,394
9c · Net income from gaming

total $65,050 · excluded $65,050

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $74,185 · program services $48,220 · management and general $14,837 · fundraising $11,128
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $113,019 · program services $73,462 · management and general $22,604 · fundraising $16,953
10 · Payroll taxes

total $14,321 · program services $9,309 · management and general $2,864 · fundraising $2,148
11c · Fees: accounting

total $395 · management and general $395
11g · Fees: other

total $316,801 · program services $316,801
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $1,216 · program services $499 · management and general $474 · fundraising $243
13 · Office expenses

total $19,135 · program services $6,926 · management and general $8,830 · fundraising $3,379
14 · Information technology

total $8,415 · program services $3,959 · management and general $3,904 · fundraising $552
16 · Occupancy

total $3,119 · program services $1,528 · management and general $1,435 · fundraising $156
17 · Travel

total $4,701 · program services $2,821 · management and general $940 · fundraising $940
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $4,622 · program services $1,876 · management and general $2,011 · fundraising $735
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $911 · program services $911
23 · Insurance

total $5,762 · program services $3,457 · management and general $2,305
24a · Other expenses: MEAT PURCHASES

total $27,199 · program services $27,199

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $32,611 · end of year $23,878
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $55,767 · end of year $13,128
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$24,525
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$9,886
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $28,629 · end of year $14,639
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $25,268
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $4,575 · end of year $4,258
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $137,700 · end of year $47,387

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF HOOSIERS FEEDING THE HUNGRY IS TO OBTAIN DONATIONS OF LIVESTOCK, DEER, AND FUNDS TO PROVIDE PROCESSED MEAT TO INDIANA FOOD BANKS, FOOD PANTRIES, AND RELATED ORGANIZATIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OUR NON-PROFIT AGENCY OBTAINS DONATIONS OF LIVESTOCK, DEER AND FUNDS TO PROVIDE MEAT PROTEIN TO INDIANA HUNGER-RELIEF AGENCIES.

IN JULY 2023, HOOSIERS FEEDING THE HUNGRY ANNOUNCED THE RETIREMENT OF THE FOUNDER, DEB TREESH, EFFECTIVE ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2023. AT THE JULY BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING, THE BOARD VOTED SUZIE JORDAN AS THEIR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 2, 2023. OUR AGENCY'S MISSION IS TO OBTAIN DONATIONS OF LIVESTOCK, DEER & FUNDS TO PROVIDE PROCESSED MEAT TO INDIANA FOOD BANKS, FOOD PANTRIES, AND RELATED ORGANIZATIONS. IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, 2,147 ANIMALS WERE PROCESSED BY 50 INDIANA MEAT PROCESSORS PROVIDING 204,884 LBS. OF FINISHED GROUND MEAT, IN ONE-POUND FROZEN PACKAGES, TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY 164 NONPROFIT AGENCIES IN 60 COUNTIES TO THOSE ENCOUNTERING FOOD INSECURITY. TWO PROGRAMS COORDINATED & EXPEDITED THIS FISCAL YEAR: THE MEAT4FORKS PROGRAM, FORMERLY "MEAT THE NEED", ACCEPTED 534 HOGS, 141 CATTLE, 75 LAMBS, 251 CHICKENS, 43 TURKEYS AND 10 GOATS. THESE ANIMALS WERE PROCESSED BY A NETWORK OF INDIANA MEAT PROCESSORS AND 148,693 POUNDS OF FINISHED MEAT WAS DISTRIBUTED IN INDIANA. IN FALL 2023, THE INDIANA DNR LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION (LED) REBRANDED THE SPORTSMAN'S BENEVOLENCE FUND TO THE HUNT FOR HUNGER PROGRAM. THE INDIANA DNR LED PROVIDES THE GUIDELINES & FUNDING OF THE PROGRAM WITH 3 INDIANA ORGANIZATIONS, ALLOWING HUNTERS TO DONATE HARVESTED INDIANA DEER THROUGH A NETWORK OF DEER PROCESSORS. HOOSIERS FEEDING THE HUNGRY COORDINATED 1,093 DEER WITH 56,191 POUNDS OF FINISHED VENISON TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE INDIANA DNR LED.

Expenses $496,968

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

Listed in Part VII

Debra TreeshDEBRA TREESH

FORMER EXEC

Total calculated

$43,365

From this org

$43,365

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40
Suzie JordanSUZIE JORDAN

EXECUTIVE DI

Total calculated

$17,308

From this org

$17,308

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40
John TaylorJOHN TAYLOR

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Morgan HeftyMORGAN HEFTY

VICE PRESIDE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Casey ScheurichCASEY SCHEURICH

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Nick HessNICK HESS

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Mary CarpenterMARY CARPENTER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Thomas DrzewieckiTHOMAS DRZEWIECKI

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Travis FriendTRAVIS FRIEND

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Sandy LanningSANDY LANNING

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Chad RobertsCHAD ROBERTS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Clete SchenkelCLETE SCHENKEL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Roger StahlhutROGER STAHLHUT

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Neal SzszepanskiNEAL SZSZEPANSKI

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Amy WinkleblackAMY WINKLEBLACK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2023
Filed: 24 April 2025
IRS schema version: 2023v6.0
Source object: 202511149349300906

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