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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SOUTHEAST REGIONAL COOPERATIVE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$15,508,801
Total expenses
$15,284,112
Contributions and grants received
$1,406,747
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$5,467,566
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$8,634,488
Total assets, end of year
$2,082,379
Total liabilities, end of year
$841,184
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,241,195
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$15,033,785
Management and general expenses
$239,162
Fundraising expenses
$11,165
Program service expenses (Part III)
$15,033,785

Program services were 98.4% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,406,747

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CORPORATE CONTRIBUTIONS

    total $2,612,529 · related or exempt $2,612,529

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FREIGHT INCOME

    total $1,531,603 · related or exempt $1,531,603

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER

    total $1,323,434 · related or exempt $1,323,434

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $6,807,159

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $6,807,159 · related or exempt $6,807,159

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $1,827,329 · related or exempt $1,827,329

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,827,329

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $140,512 · program services $123,651 · management and general $14,051 · fundraising $2,810

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $417,730 · program services $367,602 · management and general $41,773 · fundraising $8,355

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $7,818 · management and general $7,818

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,003 · management and general $24,003

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $41,632 · management and general $41,632

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $31,746 · management and general $31,746

  • 17 · Travel

    total $33,345 · management and general $33,345

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,651 · management and general $6,651

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,006 · management and general $1,006

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,617 · management and general $3,617

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD ACQUISITION COSTS

    total $8,044,424 · program services $8,044,424

  • 24b · Other expenses: FREIGHT EXPENSE

    total $6,498,108 · program services $6,498,108

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $24,373 · management and general $24,373

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $9,147 · management and general $9,147

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $898,156 · end of year $1,298,424

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $963,104 · end of year $778,254

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

    $6,707

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

    $1,006

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $5,701

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $728,852 · end of year $838,857

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,327

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $522,164 · end of year -$191,647

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $610,244 · end of year $1,432,842

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO FACILITATE DONATIONS OF PRODUCE AND PURCHASES AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE COST AND TO PROVIDE A CONSISTENT LEVEL OF DEMAND TO GROWERS, DISTRIBUTORS, AND OTHER SUPPLY CHAIN PARTICIPANTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

A TYPE I SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION OF FEEDING AMERICA FOOD BANKS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES.

  • THE SOUTHEAST REGIONAL COOPERATIVE (SERC) IS A 501(C)3, TYPE I SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION OF THE FEEDING AMERICA FOOD BANKS IN 7 SOUTHEASTERN STATES. IT SEEKS TO PROVIDE FRESH PRODUCE TO FOOD BANKS IN THE SOUTHEAST REGION, FOCUSING ON QUANTITY, QUALITY, AND VARIETY. THE SERC IS DESIGNED TO AGGREGATE PRODUCE DEMAND FROM FOOD BANKS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHEAST AND MATCH THAT DEMAND WITH SURPLUS PRODUCE FROM THE SOUTHEAST STATES AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE SERC SEEKS TO REDUCE THE COST OF ACQUISITION FOR FRESH PRODUCE BY BUILDING DONOR RELATIONSHIPS AND LOWERING LOGISTICS COSTS, THEREBY INCREASING FRESH DONATED PRODUCE FOR OUR SUPPORTED MEMBER FOOD BANKS. THE SERC NEGOTIATES AND PROCURES EXCESS DONATED PRODUCE AND FREIGHT COSTS FOR PARTICIPATING FOOD BANKS. THE SERC MANAGES A CONTRACTED MIXING FACILITY WHERE IT AGGREGATES STRAIGHT COMMODITY TRUCKLOADS AND CROSS-DOCK THE PRODUCE TO CREATE MIXED COMMODITY TRUCKLOADS. THE SERC THEN DISTRIBUTES THESE MIXED PRODUCE TRUCKLOADS TO THE SUPPORTED FOOD BANKS.

    Expenses $15,033,785 · Revenue $14,102,054

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Kyle Waide

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joshua Matthews

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robin Safley

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Charles Beady

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Margaret Grant

    SECRETARY & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brad Bornac

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathy McCollum

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cindy Stapleton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Angela Eubanks

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Darrow

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Flint

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $140,512
    From this org
    $134,413
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,099
    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
7 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413199349313731

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