Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$13,707,660

Total expenses

$14,212,487

Contributions and grants received

$13,682,954

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$810,481

Investment income

-$785,775

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$22,466,524

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,721,626

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$20,744,898

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$12,828,948

Management and general expenses

$446,093

Fundraising expenses

$937,446

Program service expenses (Part III)

$12,828,948

Program services were 90.3% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• OPEN HAND COMMUNITY NUTRITION PROGRAMS INCLUDE:A. IN 2024, OPEN HAND PROVIDED 1,048,649 HOME-DELIVERED MEALS AND MEDICALLY TAILORED GROCERY BAGS TO APPROXIMATELY 2,853 CLIENTS PER OUR CONTRACTS. OUR SERVICE AREA INCLUDED 53 GEORGIA COUNTIES: ANDERSON, ATKINSON, APPLING, BAKER, BARROW, BARTOW, BEN HILL, BERRIEN, BIBB, BRYAN, CALHOUN, CARROLL, CHATHAM, CHEROKEE, CLARKE, CLAYTON, COBB, COLQUITT, COOK, COWETA, DECATUR, DEKALB, DOUGHERTY, DOUGLAS, EMMANUEL, EVANS, FAYETTE, FORSYTH, FULTON, GORDON, GWINNETT, HALL, HENRY, HOUSTON, JOHNSON, LEE, LIBERTY, LOWNDES, MITCHELL, MUSCOGEE, NEWTON, PAULDING, PIKE, POLK, ROCKDALE, SPALDING, SUMPTER, TELFAIR, TERRELL, TIFT, TURNER, WALTON, WILCOX.B. THE MEDICALLY TAILORED MEALS PROGRAM PROVIDES FOR ONE, TWO, OR THREE FRESHLY COOKED-TO-FROZEN DELICIOUS, THERAPEUTIC MEALS TO MEET THE DAILY NUTRITION NEEDS OF SOCIALLY VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DEALING WITH A CRITICAL, CHRONIC, OR TERMINAL DISEASE, MANY OF WHOM ARE UNABLE TO PREPARE OR SHOP FOR HEALTHY FOOD DUE TO PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS. OTHER QUALIFYING INDIVIDUALS MAY INCLUDE DEPENDENT CHILDREN OF OPEN HAND CLIENTS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR HEALTH STATUS. AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE MEALS PROGRAM, NUTRITION EDUCATION IS DELIVERED ON A REGULAR BASIS TO INDIVIDUALS AND IN GROUP SETTINGS AS WELL AS VIRTUALLY VIA OUR TELENUTRITION PLATFORM. MENUS ARE DEVELOPED AND PRODUCTS ARE SELECTED BY OPEN HAND'S RDNS AND INCLUDE THERAPEUTIC AND PREFERENTIAL MENU OPTIONS. EACH OF OPEN HAND'S MENUS ARE NUTRITIONALLY BALANCED WHICH ALLOWS CLIENTS TO CUSTOMIZE THEIR MENU TO THEIR DIETARY PREFERENCES WHILE ADHERING TO THE DIET RECOMMENDATIONS BY THEIR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.C. OPEN HAND'S MEDICALLY TAILORED GROCERY PROGRAM PROVIDES A WEEKLY SUPPLY OF BOTH NONPERISHABLE GROCERIES AND FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES TO SOCIALLY VULNERABLE CLIENTS WHO ARE WELL ENOUGH TO PREPARE THEIR OWN HEALTHY MEALS WITH NUTRITION GUIDANCE PROVIDED BY OPEN HAND RDNS. THESE GROCERIES PROVIDE THE INGREDIENTS FOR 14 MEALS EACH WEEK AND INCLUDE RECIPES AND NUTRITION EDUCATION SO CLIENTS CAN CREATE THEIR OWN HEALTHY MEALS. IN 2024, OPEN HAND PROVIDED A TOTAL OF 138,948 MEDICALLY TAILORED GROCERY MEALS.D. IN IN ADDITION, OPEN HAND PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY 100,220 NUTRITION SUPPLEMENTS (NS), TO SOCIALLY VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS. THE SUPPLEMENTS HELP TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE NUTRITION TO CLIENTS WHO MAY BE EXPERIENCING POOR APPETITE, WEIGHT LOSS, OR CHEWING/SWALLOWING CHALLENGES.E. CENTRAL TO OPEN HAND'S COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO NUTRITION, CLIENTS ARE ASSESSED DURING THE INTAKE PROCESS AND OFFERED NUTRITION EDUCATION BY OPEN HAND RDNS, WHICH INCLUDES EVIDENCE-BASED EDUCATION IN A GROUP SETTING. IN 2024, WE PROVIDED DIABETES SELF-MANAGEMENT EDUCATION WORKSHOPS FOR A TOTAL OF 40 CLIENTS. THESE PROGRAMS TEACH INDIVIDUALS THE TOOLS NEEDED TO BECOME EFFECTIVE SELF-MANAGERS OF THEIR HEALTH. THEY LEARN SKILLS SUCH AS HEALTHY EATING, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, STRESS MANAGEMENT, AND POSITIVE COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES. THE RDNS ALSO PROVIDE FOOD DEMONSTRATIONS AND NUTRITION SEMINARS FOR A VARIETY OF POPULATIONS ACROSS ATLANTA. F. OPEN HAND PROVIDED MEDICAL NUTRITIONAL THERAPY (MNT) TO 374 CLIENTS IN 2024, THROUGH BOTH IN-PERSON CARE AND OUR VIRTUAL PLATFORM, HEALTHIE. MNT IS PRESCRIBED BY A PHYSICIAN TO TARGET SPECIFIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS. SESSIONS INCLUDE A NUTRITION DIAGNOSIS, THERAPY, AND COUNSELING SERVICES - ALL PERFORMED BY OPEN HAND RDNS. DEFINED BY THE ACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS, MNT INCLUDES AN ASSESSMENT, NUTRITION DIAGNOSES, INTERVENTION, EVALUATION/MONITORING, DOCUMENTATION, AND COMMUNICATION WITH CLIENT'S HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. THIS SERVICE IS AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUALS ACROSS GEORGIA WHO HAVE A NUTRITION-SENSITIVE CHRONIC DISEASE TO HELP IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH THROUGH BETTER FOOD CHOICES AND BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION. G. OPEN HAND'S OLDER ADULT NUTRITION PROGRAM PROVIDES ONE FRESHLY COOKED HEALTH-PROMOTING MEAL TO MEET ONE-THIRD OF THE DAILY NUTRITION NEEDS OF HOMEBOUND OLDER ADULT CLIENTS AND OLDER ADULTS IN CONGREGATE SETTINGS. IN 2024, OPEN HAND PREPARED AND DELIVERED APPROXIMATELY 147,667 TOTAL MEALS TO OLDER ADULT CLIENTS IN SENIOR CENTERS. ADDITIONALLY, OPEN HAND PROVIDED NUTRITION EDUCATION AND WELLNESS COACHING TO APPROXIMATELY 2,248 SENIORS IN GROUP SESSIONS CONDUCTED IN SENIOR CENTERS AND SENIOR HIGH-RISE COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT FULTON COUNTY, GA. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING NUTRITION SERVICES IN ATLANTA, OPEN HAND EXPANDED THE NUTRITION PROGRAM ACROSS THE STATE OF GEORGIA THROUGH A PILOT PROGRAM CALLED GRITS GEORGIANS RECEIVING INSIGHTFUL TELENUTRITION SEMINARS. THE OPEN HAND RDNS PROVIDED EDUCATION VIRTUALLY TO OLDER ADULTS ATTENDING THEIR SENIOR CENTERS, PLACES OF WORSHIP, OR IN THE COMFORT OF THEIR HOME. IN 2024, 471 ENGAGEMENTS WERE PROVIDED TO OLDER ADULTS FOR GROUP NUTRITION EDUCATION. H. OPEN HAND IS ONE OF GEORGIA'S IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM EDUCATION (SNAP-ED) PROGRAM PROVIDING NUTRITION EDUCATION TO THOSE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SNAP FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THIS INCLUDES A SIX-WEEK PROGRAM, GROCERY STORE TOURS, AND AN EARLY CHILDCARE PROGRAM, AMONG OTHERS. IN 2024, OUR SNAP-ED TEAM TRANSITIONED FROM USING THE COOKING MATTERS PROGRAM TO ANOTHER EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAM CALLED HEALTHY CHOICES FOR EVERY BODY. IN 2024, THE OPEN HAND SNAP-ED TEAM TAUGHT 1,592 PARTICIPANTS HOW TO PREPARE HEALTHY, TASTY MEALS ON A LIMITED BUDGET, OFFERING PRACTICAL, HANDS-ON INSTRUCTION FOR LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES SUCH AS MEAL PREPARATION, GROCERY SHOPPING, AND FOOD BUDGETING THAT EMPOWERS PARTICIPANTS TO MAKE HEALTHIER CHOICES, EVEN WITH LIMITED RESOURCES. HEALTHY CHOICES FOR EVERY BODY HELPS OPEN HAND ADDRESS THE CO-OCCURRING ISSUES OF FOOD INSECURITY, OBESITY, AND RELATED NUTRITION-SENSITIVE DISEASE, WHICH ARE OFTEN MORE COMMON AMONG AT-RISK, DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS.

  Expenses $4,368,209 · Revenue $275,966

• GOOD MEASURE MEALSTM (GMM), OPEN HAND'S FEE-FOR-SERVICE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE PROGRAM, OFFERS NUTRITIOUS, HIGH-QUALITY MEAL PLANS TO PEOPLE WHO WISH TO MANAGE CHRONIC ILLNESSES SUCH AS DIABETES, HYPERTENSION OR OBESITY, AND PEOPLE LOOKING TO IMPROVE OR MAINTAIN A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE THROUGH BETTER NUTRITION. THIS PROGRAM EXTENDS OPEN HAND'S MISSION ACROSS THE FULL SOCIO-ECONOMIC SPECTRUM, MAKING AN EVEN GREATER IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY. IN 2024, OPEN HAND'S GMM SERVED 606 CUSTOMERS A TOTAL OF 46,946 HEALTHY MEALS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. GOOD MEASURE MEALSTM ALSO PROVIDES CORPORATE WELLNESS EDUCATION TO CUSTOMERS ACROSS ATLANTA IN 2024, THE RDNS PROVIDED 35 NUTRITION PROGRAMS AND 10 NUTRITION CONSULTS EXPANDING VIRTUAL NUTRITION CARE TO THESE CUSTOMERS.

  Expenses $1,090,905 · Revenue $68,919

• OPEN HAND'S PRODUCE PRESCRIPTION PROGRAM (PRX) IS A PROGRAM CONNECTING HEALTHCARE PATIENTS TO NUTRITION EDUCATION AND FRESH, LOCALLY GROWN PRODUCE. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES NUTRITION EDUCATION CLASSES CONDUCTED BY RDNS AND TRAINED EDUCATORS PAIRED WITH WEEKLY HOME DELIVERED PRODUCE BOX DISTRIBUTION FOR THREE OR SIX MONTHS. WE START THE PROGRAM BY PROVIDING INTENSIVE NUTRITION AND COOKING CLASSES FOR SIX WEEKS AND THEN INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATE IN MONTHLY REUNION SESSIONS TO REINFORCE THE SKILLS OF PURCHASING AND PREPARING HEALTHY FOOD ON A BUDGET TO UNDERSCORE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIET AND HEALTH. IN 2024, OPEN HAND DELIVERED 4,843 PRODUCE BOXES TO PRX PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROGRAM.

  Expenses $7,369,834 · Revenue $465,596

• IN 2024, OPEN HAND EXTENDED THE REACH OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE NUTRITION PROGRAMMING BY ACHIEVING SEVERAL KEY GOALS: A. OPEN HAND AND GOOD MEASURE MEALSTM SERVED A COMBINED TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 10,296 CLIENTS IN 2024. THIS INCLUDES MORE THAN 1,397,000 HOME-DELIVERED MEALS, NUTRITION SUPPLEMENTS, AND MEALS PROVIDED IN A CONGREGATE SETTING. IN 2024, OUR REGISTERED DIETITIAN NUTRITIONISTS (RDN) WORKED WITH 3,420 CLIENTS, PROVIDING EXTENSIVE NUTRITION EDUCATION INCLUDING CHRONIC DISEASE AND DIABETES SELF-MANAGEMENT, HEALTHY CHOICES FOR EVERY BODY, PRODUCE PRESCRIPTION PROGRAMS, AND CONDUCTING VIRTUAL AND IN-CLINIC MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY (MNT, NUTRITION COUNSELING PRESCRIBED BY A PHYSICIAN). B. THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMMATIC MILESTONES WERE ACHIEVED IN 2024:1. MEDICALLY TAILORED MEALS PROGRAM HELPING OUR CLIENTS BETTER MANAGE THEIR CHRONIC DISEASE BY PROVIDING MEDICALLY TAILORED MEALS IS ALWAYS A PRIMARY FOCUS FOR OPEN HAND. IN 2024, APPROXIMATELY 58% OF OUR CLIENTS REPORTED SPENDING FEWER DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL, 66% REPORTED IMPROVEMENT IN AT LEAST ONE HEALTH INDICATOR AND 93% REPORTED THEY HAVE MORE EASE OR ABOUT THE SAME EASE IN TAKING THEIR MEDICATIONS AS A RESULT OF RECEIVING PREPARED MEALS.OUR ANNUAL CLIENT SURVEY FOCUSED ON MEASURING THE IMPACT OF OUR SERVICES. OF THE CLIENTS WHO RESPONDED THAT HAD A CHRONIC CONDITION, 36% REPORTED THEY ACHIEVED AN IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR CHOLESTEROL LEVELS, 41% ACHIEVED AN IMPROVEMENT IN BLOOD PRESSURE, AND 27% ACHIEVED AN IMPROVEMENT IN BLOOD SUGAR. 2. AS A COMPONENT OF OUR MEDICALLY TAILORED MEAL PROGRAM, OUR HOME-DELIVERED MEAL CLIENTS HAVE ACCESS TO OPEN HAND RDNS TO CONSULT WITH THEM ABOUT THEIR NUTRITION AND HEALTH AS IT RELATES TO THEIR CHRONIC DISEASE. OPEN HAND CLIENTS WHO SEE AN RDN REPORT POSITIVE CHANGES IN THEIR NUTRITION-RELATED HABITS SUCH AS SHOPPING FOR HEALTHIER FOODS WHILE GROCERY SHOPPING, LEARNING HOW TO PREPARE HEALTHY MEALS ON THEIR OWN, OR LEARNING HOW TO READ NUTRITION FACTS AND INGREDIENT LABELS. 3. MEDICALLY TAILORED GROCERY PROGRAM DESIGNED BY OPEN HAND RDNS, THE MEDICALLY TAILORED GROCERY PROGRAM IS AN INNOVATIVE SOLUTION TO REDUCE FOOD INSECURITY, INCREASE INTAKE OF HEALTHY FOODS, AND INCREASE NUTRITION KNOWLEDGE IN HIGH-RISK ADULTS IN METRO ATLANTA. OPEN HAND VOLUNTEERS PACK AND DELIVER WEEKLY MEDICALLY TAILORED GROCERY BAGS FOR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WHICH INCLUDE SEASONAL FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES AND NON-PERISHABLE ITEMS, ALONG WITH NUTRITION EDUCATION MATERIALS AND RECIPES RELEVANT TO THE CONTENTS OF THAT WEEK'S GROCERY BASKET TO ENCOURAGE CONSUMPTION. OPEN HAND PROVIDED 138,948 MEDICALLY TAILORED GROCERY MEALS IN 2024.4. PRODUCE PRESCRIPTION PROGRAM (PRX) IN 2024, OPEN HAND CONDUCTED 26 COHORTS OF PRX ACROSS METRO- AND SOUTH GEORGIA, WHICH INCLUDED 6 WEEKS OF EVIDENCE-BASED NUTRITION EDUCATION CLASSES CONDUCTED BY RDNS AND TRAINED EDUCATORS. THESE COHORTS WERE COMPRISED OF 205 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS AT BASELINE AND MAINTAINED A 53% RETENTION RATE OVER THE COURSE OF THE 3 OR 6-MONTH PROGRAMS. THE PROGRAMS CONCURRENTLY PROVIDED WEEKLY PRODUCE BOX DISTRIBUTION DURING THE SIX WEEKS OF CLASSES AND CONTINUED AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF CLASSES. OPEN HAND ALSO PROVIDED A PRX PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HIV ELIMINATION IN ATLANTA. THE EVALUATION FINDINGS SUGGEST THAT THIS PRX PROGRAM RESULTED IN A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN FOOD SECURITY AND ENHANCED HEALTHY EATING HABITS, INCLUDING AN INCREASE IN THE VARIETY OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES CONSUMED ALONGSIDE A DECREASE IN CONSUMPTION OF FRIED FOODS AND SUGAR-SWEETENED BEVERAGES. WITH REGARDS TO FOOD CHOICES, AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM APPROXIMATELY 75% OF PARTICIPANTS REPORTED CONFIDENCE WITH PROCURING AND PREPARING HEALTHY FOODS. LASTLY, WE'VE OBSERVED IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH AND WELLBEING OVER THE PROGRAM, NOTING DECREASES IN PARTICIPANT BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) AND SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE LEVELS FROM BASELINE TO MIDLINE, WHICH WERE SUSTAINED THROUGH THE END OF THE PROGRAM.5. IN IN 2024, OPEN HAND CONTINUED WORKING ON A VIRTUAL NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAM IN RURAL GEORGIA, PROVIDING 471 ENGAGEMENTS WITH SOCIALLY VULNERABLE GEORGIANS. THIS PROGRAM, CALLED GEORGIANS RECEIVING INSIGHTFUL NUTRITION TELENUTRITION SEMINARS (OR GRITS).6. FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS OF THE POST-DISCHARGE MEAL PROGRAM IN 2021 AND RECOGNIZING THAT NUTRITION IS CRITICAL FOR PATIENTS RECOVERING FROM HOSPITALIZATION, OPEN HAND CONTINUED THE PROGRAM VIA LOCAL HEALTH SYSTEMS AND KAISER PERMANENTE IN 2024. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, 310 CLIENTS RECEIVED 21 MEALS DELIVERED TO THEIR HOME FOLLOWING HOSPITALIZATION. PARTICIPANTS WERE ALSO SCREENED FOR NUTRITION RISK FOLLOWING THEIR HOSPITALIZATION AND FOR THOSE WHO SCREENED HIGH ON THEIR NUTRITION RISK, THEY WERE REFERRED TO AN OPEN HAND RDN FOR MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY.7. FOOD AS MEDICINE COALITION AS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL FOOD IS MEDICINE COALITION (FIMC), OPEN HAND CONTINUES TO ADVOCATE WITH OUR FELLOW MEMBERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR FEDERAL FUNDING STREAMS THAT SUPPORT HOME-DELIVERED, MEDICALLY-TAILORED MEALS AND NUTRITION EDUCATION. OPEN HAND CONTINUES TO BE PART OF THE ELITE GROUP OF COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND IN 2024 ASSISTED IN BUILDING AN ACCREDITATION PROCESS ADMINISTERED BY FIMC FOR MEETING OR EXCEEDING THE RIGOROUS STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE COALITION. THOSE STANDARDS INCLUDE MEETING SPECIFIC MEDICALLY APPROPRIATE NUTRITION TARGETS FOR ALL MADE FROM SCRATCH MEALS, STRICT QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES, THE OFFERING OF MENUS DESIGNED BY LICENSED RDNS TO MEET A VARIETY OF SERIOUS CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS, AND THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY (MNT) ADMINISTERED BY RDNS. OPEN HAND WAS AUDITED IN NOVEMBER 2024 BY FIMC TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH ITS ACCREDITATION STANDARDS. OPEN HAND EXPECTS TO RECEIVE ACCREDITATION IN EARLY 2025. 8. IN 2023, OPEN HAND CONTINUED THE GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS (GDM) PILOT PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDED 16 WEEKS OF DIABETES-FRIENDLY MEALS AND VIRTUAL NUTRITION EDUCATION TO WOMEN RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH GDM. PARTICIPANTS WERE ALSO PROVIDED SUPPORT BY CONNECTING WITH AN RDN AND OTHER WOMEN EXPERIENCING GDM. THIS RESEARCH WAS COMPLETED IN 2023 WITH HOPEFUL PUBLICATION OF THE RESULTS IN 2024.C. THE FOLLOWING COMMUNITY OUTREACH/ADVOCACY MILESTONES WERE ACHIEVED IN 2024:1. OPEN HAND STAFF MEMBERS MADE PRESENTATIONS AT VARIOUS NATIONAL AND REGIONAL CONFERENCES TO SHOWCASE OUR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION PROJECTS AROUND MEDICALLY TAILORED MEALS AND NUTRITION EDUCATION. IN 2024, 10 OPEN HAND STAFF MEMBERS PRESENTED AT NATIONAL AND LOCAL CONFERENCES. PRESENTATION TOPICS INCLUDED SNAP-ED PROJECTS, PRODUCE PRESCRIPTION PROGRAMS, MEDICALLY TAILORED MEALS, AND OTHER INNOVATIONS IN NUTRITION EDUCATION, ESPECIALLY FOR OLDER ADULTS. OPEN HAND STAFF ARE REGULARLY FEATURED AT THE NATIONAL FOOD IS MEDICINE COALITION'S ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM, AND 5 STAFF MEMBERS PRESENTED AT THE SYMPOSIUM IN SEPTEMBER 2024.2. TO PROMOTE POLICY, SYSTEMS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, OPEN HAND STAFF REGULARLY MEET WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS TO ADVOCATE FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF MEDICALLY TAILORED MEALS. IN 2024, OPEN HAND STAFF MET WITH OFFICIALS BOTH IN GEORGIA AND IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THE YEAR BEGAN BY INTERACTING WITH SEVERAL MEMBERS OF GEORGIA'S GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT A LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST FOCUSED ON HEALTHCARE AND GEORGIA COUNCIL ON AGING'S ANNUAL SENIOR DAY AT THE CAPITOL. ADDITIONALLY, MEMBERS OF OPEN HAND'S TEAM TRAVELED TO WASHINGTON, D.C. WITH THE FOOD IS MEDICINE COALITION WHERE THEY MET WITH FOUR MEMBERS OF THE GEORGIA DELEGATION, PLUS THREE ADDITIONAL HIGH-RANKING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO ARE CHAMPIONS FOR MEDICALLY TAILORED MEALS AND NUTRITION EDUCATION. THE YEAR ENDED WITH THE GRAND OPENING CEREMONY FOR OUR STATE-OF-THE-ART NEW CAMPUS THAT WAS ATTENDED BY THE HONORABLE MAYOR OF ATLANTA, ANDRE DICKENS, AND THE HONORABLE VICE CHAIR OF THE FULTON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, KHADIJAH ABDUR-RAHMAN.3. OPEN HAND HAS A ROBUST MARKETING STRATEGY TO ELEVATE OPEN HAND'S MISSION AND EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE ROLE OF MEDICALLY TAILORED MEALS AND NUTRITION EDUCATION IN THE HEALTH OF GREATER METRO ATLANTA AREA AND BEYOND. OPEN HAND'S SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT RATES IN 2024 WERE 4-5% HIGHER THAN INDUSTRY STANDARD ACROSS ITS PREFERRED PLATFORMS (META AND LINKEDIN). ADDITIONALLY, IN 2024, OPEN HAND WAS FEATURED IN THE MEDIA ON 32 TOTAL OCCASIONS, DEMONSTRATING THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. MEDIA FEATURES INCLUDED OPEN HAND'S MOVE TO A NEW 43,000 SQUARE FOOT STATE-OF-THE-ART CAMPUS HEADQUARTERS AND THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF ITS CAPITAL CAMPAIGN, THE HEALING POWER OF FOOD.4. OPEN HAND HAS WON MANY AWARDS AND WAS THE PROUD RECIPIENT OF THE FOLLOWING AWARDS IN 2024: -VOTED AS A HEALTHIEST EMPLOYER BY THE ATLANTA BUSINESS CHRONICLE IN AUGUST 2024-COVENANT COMMUNITY, INC. PILLAR OF HOPE AWARD

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

Listed in Part VII

• THOMAS ABRAMS

  PRESIDENT

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• CARMEN TITELMAN

  VICE PRESIDENT

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• SHIRLEY POWELL

  IMMEDIATE PAST-PRESIDENT

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• CROMWELL S BAUN

  TREASURER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• SANDRA A HARRIS

  SECRETARY

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• ELDRIDGE BANKS

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MICHELE BLONDHEIM

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• DEBRA CARLTON

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• TYLER EDGARTON

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• TRACY FIELD

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• ALEC FRISCH

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• SUDEVI GHOSH

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• BILLY GRACE

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• ROBERT JOSEPH JR

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• JONATHAN KARRON

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• JOHANNA ELLIS REISINGER

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• BERNARD R WEDGE JR

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• DENNIS WHITE

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• KATHERINE WILLIAMS

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MATTHEW PIEPER

  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

  Total calculated

  $209,630

  From this org

  $197,522

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $12,108

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $197,522

  Bonus

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Deferred

  $5,001

  Nontaxable benefits

  $7,107

  Filer's total

  $209,630

• SUSAN ANDERSON

  CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

  Total calculated

  $182,047

  From this org

  $170,614

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $11,433

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $160,864

  Bonus

  $9,750

  Other

  $0

  Deferred

  $4,326

  Nontaxable benefits

  $7,107

  Filer's total

  $182,047

• ROBERT CUELLAR

  CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

  Total calculated

  $171,319

  From this org

  $157,756

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $13,563

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $144,006

  Bonus

  $13,750

  Other

  $0

  Deferred

  $4,282

  Nontaxable benefits

  $9,281

  Filer's total

  $171,319

• ALETA MCLEAN

  SENIOR DIRECTOR OF CLIENT

  Total calculated

  $123,181

  From this org

  $113,323

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $9,858

  Hours/week

  40

• KATHERINE J MACKENZIE

  SENIOR DIRECTOR OF RESOURC

  Total calculated

  $125,366

  From this org

  $122,257

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $3,109

  Hours/week

  40

• MICHAEL GERBER

  SENIOR DIRECTOR OF IT

  Total calculated

  $119,704

  From this org

  $110,039

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $9,665

  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

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

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.

• OPEN HAND NMTC SUPPORT CORPORATION

  501(C)(3) · SUPPORT OPEN HAND ATLANTA, INC. · GA

  Directly controlled by OPEN HAND ATLANTA INC

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

12 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

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