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← FOOD FINDERS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FOOD FINDERS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$30,961,507
Total expenses
$31,219,003
Contributions and grants received
$30,941,949
Grants paid
$29,102,258
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$19,558
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,272,369
Total liabilities, end of year
$111,989
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,160,380
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$30,956,513
Management and general expenses
$141,238
Fundraising expenses
$121,252
Program service expenses (Part III)
$30,956,513

Program services were 99.2% 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

    $199,335

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $214,341

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $30,528,273

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $29,169,441

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $19,558 · excluded $19,558

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $99,887

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

    $199,335

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $99,887

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $29,102,258 · program services $29,102,258

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $227,500 · program services $203,175 · management and general $24,325

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $724,479 · program services $647,014 · management and general $77,465

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $73,726 · program services $63,063 · management and general $10,663

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $26,592 · fundraising $26,592

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $67,277 · program services $65,306 · management and general $1,971

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $27,741 · program services $25,502 · management and general $729 · fundraising $1,510

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,707 · program services $14,440 · management and general $411 · fundraising $856

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $59,424 · program services $58,673 · management and general $751

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $104,836 · program services $97,709 · management and general $5,631 · fundraising $1,496

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,367 · program services $2,176 · management and general $62 · fundraising $129

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $74,673 · program services $68,646 · management and general $1,962 · fundraising $4,065

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $64,454 · program services $57,007 · management and general $2,424 · fundraising $5,023

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIRECT PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $437,453 · program services $358,204 · management and general $5,431 · fundraising $73,818

  • 24b · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENT EXPENSES

    total $92,862 · program services $85,367 · management and general $2,440 · fundraising $5,055

  • 24c · Other expenses: AUTOMOBILE EXPENSES

    total $67,901 · program services $62,235 · management and general $5,666

  • 24d · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING FEES

    total $20,395 · program services $18,749 · management and general $536 · fundraising $1,110

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $29,358 · program services $26,989 · management and general $771 · fundraising $1,598

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $789,371 · end of year $614,969

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,130 · end of year $343,254

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $54,569

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $71,443 · end of year $77,910

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,899

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

    $718,697

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

    $515,835

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $271,832 · end of year $202,862

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $270,221

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $107,727 · end of year $33,374

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $53,514 · end of year $86,216

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $102,802 · end of year $25,773

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,051,566 · end of year $1,160,380

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $366,310 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ELIMINATE HUNGER AND FOOD WASTE WHILE IMPROVING NUTRITION IN FOOD INSECURE COMMUNITIES. OUR FOOD DONATION PROGRAM LINKS SURPLUS FOOD DONATIONS TO OUR NON-PROFIT PARTNERS THAT PROVIDE MEAL OR PANTRY SERVICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ELIMINATE HUNGER AND FOOD WASTE WHILE IMPROVING NUTRITION IN FOOD INSECURE COMMUNITIES.

  • FOOD RESCUE PROGRAM:IN 2024, WE RESCUED 15,160,794 POUNDS OF FOOD. THIS WAS A 4.5% INCREASE IN FOOD RESCUED FROM 2023. THIS PROVIDED 12,629,066 MEALS. BY DIVERTING THIS RESCUED FOOD WE KEPT 8,232,311 POUNDS OF CO2 OUT OF THE LANDFILLS AND WE SAVED 6,913,064 GALLONS OF WATER. THIS FOOD WAS DISTRIBUTED TO 299 PARTNER AGENCIES. OF THE 299 AGENCIES SERVED, 33 WERE NEW IN 2024. WE RESCUED FOOD FROM 545 FOOD DONORS OF WHICH 101 WERE NEW. OUR 36 YEAR GRAND TOTAL OF RESCUED FOOD WAS 243,368,857 POUNDS.

    Expenses $30,644,164 · Grants $29,102,258

  • FOOD 4 KIDS:OUR FOOD 4 KIDS PROGRAM PROVIDES WEEKEND MEAL BOXES TO 47 LONG BEACH SCHOOLS SO THAT STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE ENOUGH FOOD TO EAT OVER THE WEEKEND. WE DISTRIBUTED 14,785 BOXES FOR A TOTAL OF 285,491 POUNDS AND 237,814 MEALS.

    Expenses $210,006

  • FOOD HUB/COMMUNITY MARKETPLACE:THE FOOD HUB IS A REFRIGERATED SHIPPING CONTAINER LOCATED IN ADMIRAL KIDD PARK ON THE WESTSIDE OF LONG BEACH. WE DISTRIBUTE THE 4TH SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH. IN 2024, WE SERVED 2,641 HOUSEHOLDS WITH 152,577 POUNDS OF FOOD. THIS WAS AN 123% INCREASE OF HOUSEHOLDS SERVED FROM 2023. IN APRIL OF 2024 WE BEGAN A DISTRIBUTION FROM THE HUB ON WEDNESDAYS. WE CALLED THIS OUR POP-UP DISTRIBUTION. FROM APRIL THROUGH DECEMBER WE DISTRIBUTED 271,399 POUNDS OF FOOD.

    Expenses $102,343

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Shankar Ram

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Geoff Stover

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda Simpkins

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75
  • Garrett Brief

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Nishat Ahmed

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Alisa Kellogg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jeff Pace

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Helen Tonoyan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Maryjane Canyon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jerry Heikens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Arshad Rokerya

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Wanus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Brenda McCabe

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 7/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Diana Lara

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $87,500
    From this org
    $87,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45
  • Lisa Hoffmaster

    FUND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $70,000
    From this org
    $70,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    32
  • Carly Bragg

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $70,000
    From this org
    $70,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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.

Grants on this return

  • MARY'S KITCHEN

    $0

    TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE PEOPLE IN NEED

  • MEN TAKING OVER REFORMED SOCIETY

    $0

    TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE PEOPLE IN NEED

  • MIDNIGHT MISSION

    $0

    TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE PEOPLE IN NEED

  • MINISTERIOS CRISTIANOS FARO DE LUZ

    $0

    TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE PEOPLE IN NEED

  • MISSION OF HOPE

    $0

    TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE PEOPLE IN NEED

  • MYSTIC MEDITATION INC

    $0

    TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE PEOPLE IN NEED

  • NEW CHALLENGE MINISTRIES

    $0

    TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE PEOPLE IN NEED

  • NEW LIFE BEGINNINGS

    $0

    TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE PEOPLE IN NEED

  • NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH

    $0

    TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE PEOPLE IN NEED

  • NORTH LONG BEACH MINISTRY CENTER

    $0

    TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE PEOPLE IN NEED

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503219349325935

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