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← THE FOOD BANK OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE FOOD BANK OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$37,490,169
Total expenses
$36,905,220
Contributions and grants received
$36,809,659
Grants paid
$26,299,224
Program service revenue
$112,155
Investment income
$565,940
Other revenue
$2,415
Total assets, end of year
$57,601,251
Total liabilities, end of year
$18,736,820
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$38,864,431
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$33,429,950
Management and general expenses
$1,288,280
Fundraising expenses
$2,186,990
Program service expenses (Part III)
$33,429,950

Program services were 90.6% 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

    $1,132,727

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $12,593,061

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $23,083,871

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $25,502,105

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SHARED MAINTENANCE

    total $78,805 · related or exempt $78,805

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP FEES

    total $25,562 · related or exempt $25,562

  • 2c · Program service revenue: DELIVERY FEES

    total $7,788 · related or exempt $7,788

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $564,509 · excluded $564,509

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $143,446

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $143,446

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,431

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,431

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,431 · excluded $1,431

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $17,780

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

    $1,132,727

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $47,406

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$29,626 · excluded -$29,626

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $249,520

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $249,520

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: REFUNDS; CASHBACK

    total $16,247 · excluded $16,247

  • 11b · Other revenue: GRANT REIMBURSEMENT

    total $15,794 · related or exempt $15,794

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $32,041

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $21,904,512 · program services $21,904,512

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $4,394,712 · program services $4,394,712

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $633,081 · program services $14,893 · management and general $404,418 · fundraising $213,770

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,901,241 · program services $3,424,654 · management and general $491,707 · fundraising $984,880

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $244,528 · program services $173,198 · management and general $17,175 · fundraising $54,155

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $672,425 · program services $432,564 · management and general $51,482 · fundraising $188,379

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $473,023 · program services $296,953 · management and general $74,782 · fundraising $101,288

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $14,791 · program services $8,256 · management and general $6,535

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $52,200 · management and general $52,200

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $570 · management and general $570

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $362,755 · program services $172,184 · management and general $47,693 · fundraising $142,878

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $57,574 · program services $30 · management and general $3,307 · fundraising $54,237

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $164,923 · program services $55,098 · management and general $53,588 · fundraising $56,237

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $35,016 · program services $25,147 · management and general $4,077 · fundraising $5,792

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $92,108 · program services $79,756 · management and general $1,676 · fundraising $10,676

  • 17 · Travel

    total $26,983 · program services $23,288 · management and general $1,460 · fundraising $2,235

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $73,613 · program services $46,778 · management and general $8,080 · fundraising $18,755

  • 20 · Interest

    total $184 · management and general $184

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $476,823 · program services $418,867 · management and general $17,855 · fundraising $40,101

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $71,730 · program services $53,133 · management and general $7,819 · fundraising $10,778

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $761,482 · program services $639,040 · management and general $1,883 · fundraising $120,559

  • 24b · Other expenses: DISCARDED FOOD

    total $472,780 · program services $472,780

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINT

    total $325,752 · program services $225,078 · management and general $16,969 · fundraising $83,705

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL

    total $211,525 · program services $195,040 · management and general $4,988 · fundraising $11,497

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $480,889 · program services $373,989 · management and general $19,832 · fundraising $87,068

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,773,140 · end of year $941,025

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6,650,918 · end of year $7,681,253

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,342,344 · end of year $536,103

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,649,055 · end of year $534,149

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $14,786,800 · end of year $14,786,800

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,381,298 · end of year $862,398

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $61,644 · end of year $95,259

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

    $8,910,196

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

    $1,691,110

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,178,767 · end of year $7,219,086

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,913,012 · end of year $6,144,402

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $46,269 · end of year $51,569

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $18,882,904 · end of year $18,749,207

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $741,399 · end of year $650,653

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $476,850 · end of year $484,250

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $17,736,572 · end of year $17,601,917

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $36,013,376 · end of year $37,972,484

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,697,954 · end of year $891,947

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE FOOD BANK OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS' MISSION IS TO FEED OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED AND LEAD THE COMMUNITY TO END HUNGER. THE FOOD BANK PROVIDES FOOD BOTH DIRECTLY AND THROUGH ITS MEMBER FOOD PANTRIES, MEAL SITES, SHELTERS AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS,TO AN ESTIMATED 120,750 INDIVIDUALS MONTHLY WHO ARE AT RISK OF HUNGER AND/OR FOOD INSECURE ON ANY GIVEN DAY, WEEK OR MONTH OF THE YEAR. IN ADDITION TO FOOD DISTRIBUTION, THE FOOD BANK ALSO PROVIDES SNAP OUTREACH AND ENROLLMENT, NUTRITION EDUCATION, CAPACITY BUILDING RESOURCES FOR OUR REGION'S FOOD ASSISTANCE NETWORK, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY ON HUNGER AND, MORE BROADLY, FOOD INSECURITY - NOT KNOWING WHERE YOUR NEXT MEAL WILL COME FROM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO FEED OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED AND LEAD THE COMMUNITY TO END HUNGER.

  • FOOD OPERATIONS, DELIVERY, AND BROWN BAG: THE FOOD BANK RECEIVED 18,031,174 POUNDS OF FOOD AND PROVIDED 17,992,441 POUNDS, WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENT OF 14,993,701 MEALS, TO APPROXIMATELY 264 FRONTLINE FOOD PROVIDERS, INCLUDING FOOD PANTRIES, MEAL SITES, SHELTERS AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS. ULTIMATELY, THIS FOOD ASSISTANCE NETWORK DISTRIBUTED FOOD TO 122,669 INDIVIDUALS MONTHLY WHO EXPERIENCED HUNGER OR WHO WERE AT RISK OF HUNGER IN THE FOUR COUNTIES OF WESTERN MA. OF THE TOTAL FOOD DISTRIBUTED, THE FOOD BANK USED ITS OWN TRUCKS TO DISTRIBUTE 2,710,258 POUNDS OF FOOD (EQUIVALENT TO 2,258,548 MEALS) TO 73 FRONTLINE FOOD PROVIDERS - 1) 24 MOBILE FOOD BANK SITES SERVING 26,087 INDIVIDUALS; 30% CHILDREN AND 23% SENIORS, AND 2) 51 BROWN BAG: FOOD FOR ELDER SITES AND 43 SATELLITES - THE FOOD BANK'S "PANTRY ON WHEELS" PROGRAM SERVING 5,272 ELDERS.

    Expenses $30,802,117 · Grants $26,163,880 · Revenue $102,386

  • SUPPORT FOR LOCAL FOOD PROVIDERS: THE FOOD BANK OFFERED TECHNICAL SUPPORT, PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS ON FUNDRAISING, VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT, AND TRAININGS IN FOOD SAFETY TO MEMBER FOOD PROVIDERS. IT ALSO PROVIDED CAPACITY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES FOR MEMBERS WITH THE GOAL OF HELPING THEM INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND THE AMOUNT OF FOOD DISTRIBUTED. TO CARRY OUT THIS PROGRAM, THE FOLLOWING SERVICES/TRAININGS WERE PROVIDED:(1) INSTITUTE TRAININGS FOR MEMBERS IN AREAS SUCH AS, FUNDRAISING, VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT, ADVOCACY, DISASTER PLANNING, AND BEST PRACTICES.(2) NETWORK COALITION MEETINGS THAT STRENGTHENED THE FOOD ASSISTANCE NETWORK IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS BY PERIODICALLY BRINGING MEMBERS TOGETHER TO RECEIVE UPDATES FROM BOTH THE FOOD BANK AND FEEDING AMERICA, AND ALLOWING THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO NETWORK WITH EACH OTHER, AS WELL AS TO LEARN ABOUT BEST PRACTICES.(3) SNAP OUTREACH AND ENROLLMENT EDUCATED COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT SNAP (FORMERLY FOOD STAMPS) AND ASSISTED POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS. IN FY25 THE FOOD BANK SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL 809 APPLICATIONS TO THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE WITH A 70% APPROVAL RATE.(4) PROVIDED SMALL CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS TO ASSIST MEMBERS PROVIDE MORE FOOD TO THEIR GUESTS.(5)FOOD ASSISTANCE NAVIGATION PROVIDED FOOD ASSISTANCE TO 497 INDIVIDUALS REFERRED THROUGH MASSHEALTH PROGRAMS AND 493 INDIVIDUALS REFERRED BY OTHER PROVIDERS.

    Expenses $633,031 · Grants $135,344 · Revenue $25,563

  • NUTRITION EDUCATION: PROVIDED WORKSHOPS AND MATERIALS TO BOTH PARTICIPANTS AND STAFF OF THE FOOD ASSITANCE NETWORK TO EDUCATE PEOPLE TO EAT HEALTHIER ON A LIMITED BUDGET, INCLUDING SUPERMARKET TOURS FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN HOW TO SHOP ON A BUDGET, READ NUTRITION LABELS, AND UNDERSTAND UNIT PRICING.

    Expenses $1,552,933

  • THE FOOD BANK STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS SCREEN INDIVIDUALS FOR ELIGIBILITY AND ASSIST THEM WITH THE SNAP APPLICATION PROCESS, INCLUDING CASE MANAGEMENT.

    Expenses $441,869

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

Listed in Part VII

  • CHARLOTTE BONEY

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILLETTE JOHNSON

    1ST VP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • OMAR IRIZARRY

    2ND VP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILLIAM HARJU

    TREASURER (END 09/30/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHANNON WILSON

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERICA FLORES

    DIRECTOR (END 12/31/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID LUSTEG

    DIRECTOR (END 12/31/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GEORGE NEWMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BETH YOUNG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANN BARKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRUCE SHAW

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHANNA MALDONADO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREA LEIBSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY FEUER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ARIANA WILLIAMS

    DIRECTOR (END 11/13/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUZANNE BECK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ILLEANA CARRION

    DIRECTOR (END 12/31/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILLIE SPRADLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • XIAOLEI HUA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOESIAH GONZALEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY MCGOVERN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVE SPEELMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • OLIVIA AGUILAR

    DIRECTOR (START 1/1/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MAUREEN JAMES

    DIRECTOR (START 1/1/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AMY ROME

    DIRECTOR (START 1/1/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TERRY BURMAN

    DIRECTOR (START 4/30/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREW MOREHOUSE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $221,779
    From this org
    $185,083
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,696
    Hours/week
    46.57

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,083
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,971
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,725
    Filer's total
    $221,779

  • NANCY ROBINSON

    SR. DIR. OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $174,631
    From this org
    $156,237
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,394
    Hours/week
    42.1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,237
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,067
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,327
    Filer's total
    $174,631

  • JACOB HOUGH

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $151,778
    From this org
    $132,138
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,640
    Hours/week
    40.08

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $132,138
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,398
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,242
    Filer's total
    $151,778

  • CAROLYN SAILER

    DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCE

    Total calculated
    $143,069
    From this org
    $113,087
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,982
    Hours/week
    40.8

  • SHIRLEY DEL RIO

    DIRECTOR OF FOOD OPERATION

    Total calculated
    $153,468
    From this org
    $129,811
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,657
    Hours/week
    43.33

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,811
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,638
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,019
    Filer's total
    $153,468

  • CHRISTINA MAXWELL

    DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $149,476
    From this org
    $124,968
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,508
    Hours/week
    42.21

  • JILLIAN MORGAN

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $140,640
    From this org
    $116,797
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,843
    Hours/week
    41.94

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 · 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

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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202600479349301330

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