Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SHARE MY MEALS.

Totals

Total revenue: $1,439,645
Total expenses: $1,344,624
Contributions and grants received: $1,430,019
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $0
Other revenue: $9,626
Total assets, end of year: $500,455
Total liabilities, end of year: $0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $500,455
Program services expenses (Part IX): $1,200,013
Management and general expenses: $143,869
Fundraising expenses: $742
Program service expenses (Part III): $1,200,013

Program services were 89.2% 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

$13,000
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$124,229
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$1,292,790
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$799,704
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$8,385
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$13,000
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

$882
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total $7,503 · excluded $7,503
11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

total $2,123 · excluded $2,123
11e · Other revenue, total

$2,123

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $640 · management and general $640
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $310,744 · program services $310,744
10 · Payroll taxes

total $35,049 · program services $35,049
11c · Fees: accounting

total $11,364 · management and general $11,364
11g · Fees: other

total $310,390 · program services $210,390 · management and general $100,000
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $3,948 · program services $2,082 · management and general $1,124 · fundraising $742
13 · Office expenses

total $3,839 · program services $3,351 · management and general $488
14 · Information technology

total $13,954 · program services $13,954
16 · Occupancy

total $67,270 · program services $53,816 · management and general $13,454
17 · Travel

total $9,782 · program services $9,782
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $389 · management and general $389
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $3,582 · program services $3,582
23 · Insurance

total $14,221 · management and general $14,221
24a · Other expenses: MEALS

total $544,744 · program services $544,744
24b · Other expenses: FOOD DELIVERY EQUIPMENT

total $12,519 · program services $12,519
24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

total $2,189 · management and general $2,189

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $355,768 · end of year $237,055
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

end of year $250,000
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $59,570 · end of year $0
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$22,355
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$8,955
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $16,982 · end of year $13,400
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $26,886
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $305,434 · end of year $500,455
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

FIGHTING FOOD INSECURITY AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF FOOD WASTE BY RECOVERING AND DELIVERING HEALTHY MEALS TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES. WITH ITS MEAL RECOVERY PROGRAM THE ORGANIZATION DISTRIBUTES SURPLUS MEALS FROM CAFETERIAS OF LOCAL CORPORATIONS, HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, CATERERS AND RESTAURANTS TO FOOD-INSECURE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. DURING THE PANDEMIC, THE ORGANIZATION ADAPTED ITS OPERATIONS TO LAUNCH ITS BUFFER PROGRAM, PURCHASING MEALS FROM LOCAL RESTAURANTS IN ORDER TO DELIVER THEM FOR FREE TO THE RAPIDLY INCREASING FOOD INSECURE POPULATION. BOTH THE MEAL RECOVERY PROGRAM AND THE BUFFER PROGRAM HELP FAMILIES INCREASE THEIR SELF-SUFFICIENCY, ALLEVIATING HUNGER AND RELATED ANXIETY IN AN EFFICIENT AND CARING WAY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SHARE MY MEALS FIGHTS BOTH FOOD INSECURITY AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF FOOD WASTE BY RECOVERING AND DELIVERING HEALTHY MEALS TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES. AS MANY LOCAL CORPORATIONS, UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, FOOD SERVICE COMPANIES AND RESTAURANTS HAVE UNSERVED EXCESS MEALS AT THE END OF THE DAY, SHARE MY MEALS LEVERAGES THESE SURPLUSES BY DISTRIBUTING THEM TO FOOD INSECURE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY OR TO COMMUNITY PARTNERS ALSO SERVING THE LOCAL FOOD INSECURE POPULATION. SHARE MY MEALS ALSO PURCHASES MEALS FROM LOCAL RESTAURANTS THROUGH ITS BUFFER PROGRAM AND DISTRIBUTES THEM FOR FREE TO LOCAL FOOD INSECURE FAMILIES.

SHARE MY MEALS MEAL RECOVERY PROGRAM: DISTRIBUTION OF MEALS DONATED FROM LOCAL UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOOLS, CORPORATIONS, HOSPITALS AND RESTAURANTS. THE MEAL RECOVERY PROGRAM IS AN INNOVATIVE AND SELF-SUSTAINABLE MEALS RECOVERY PROCESS, APPROVED BY THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, THAT RESCUES SURPLUS READY-TO-EAT MEALS FROM FOOD PROVIDERS AND DELIVERS THEM DIRECTLY TO FAMILIES IN NEED IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES OR TO COMMUNITY PARTNERS ALSO SERVING THE LOCAL FOOD INSECURE POPULATION. IN 2023, AROUND 62,000 MEALS HAVE BEEN RECOVERED AND DISTRIBUTED UNDER THIS PROGRAM.

Expenses $1,088,383
SHARE MY MEALS BUFFER PROGRAM: THIS PROGRAM WAS LAUNCHED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL RESTAURANTS THAT AGREED TO PREPARE AND SELL MEALS AT COST TO THE ORGANIZATION FOR DISTRIBUTION TO FOOD INSECURE FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY. IN 2021 AND 2022, THIS INITIATIVE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED THANKS IN PARTICULAR TO THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THE NJEDA'S SUSTAIN AND SERVE NJ PROGRAM. THE MEALS WERE NO LONGER BOUGHT AT COST, ALLOWING THE PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS TO ALSO BENEFIT FROM THE PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM WAS PHASED OUT IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2023. IN 2023, 9,658 MEALS WERE PURCHASED AND DISTRIBUTED UNDER THIS PROGRAM.

Expenses $111,630

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

Listed in Part VII

Isabelle LambotteISABELLE LAMBOTTE

PRESIDENT & CO-FOUNDER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

30
Karen LemonKAREN LEMON

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

10
Stephanie DidierSTEPHANIE DIDIER

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Els PaineELS PAINE

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Stanislas BertelootSTANISLAS BERTELOOT

CO-FOUNDER AND COMMUNICATI

Total calculated

$640

From this org

$640

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

2
David BarrowDAVID BARROW

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Dina BrewerDINA BREWER

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Uday RavalUDAY RAVAL

STRATEGY ADVISOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2.5
Jane HendersonJANE HENDERSON

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2

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: 15 May 2024
IRS schema version: 2023v5.0
Source object: 202411369349317801

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