Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$1,116,268

Total expenses

$1,187,945

Contributions and grants received

$1,083,781

Grants paid

$774,321

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$33,967

Other revenue

-$1,480

Total assets, end of year

$2,312,537

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,312,537

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,090,059

Management and general expenses

$48,690

Fundraising expenses

$49,196

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,090,059

Program services were 91.8% 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

• ENHANCEMENT OF THE WYOMING GOVERNOR'S RESIDENCE.

  Expenses $10,427

• WYOMING HUNGER INITIATIVE SERVES A WIDE AUDIENCE ACROSS THE STATE, RECOGNIZING THAT HUNGER AFFECTS CHILDREN, FAMILIES, SENIORS, AND VETERANS ALIKE. WE BELIEVE HUNGER IN WYOMING IS A SOLVABLE PROBLEM. OUR WORK FOCUSES ON PREVENTING FOOD INSECURITY BY INCREASING AWARENESS, SUPPORTING LOCAL ANTI-HUNGER ORGANIZATIONS, AND FOSTERING COLLABORATION THROUGH INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS. BY ELEVATING AND CONNECTING LOCAL SOLUTIONS, WE AIM TO BUILD NOURISHED KIDS, HEALTHY FAMILIES, AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES. WYOMING HUNGER INITIATIVE SUPPORTS COMMUNITIES AND ANTI-HUNGER ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS FOR EQUIPMENT AND PROJECTS, ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR EMERGENCY, SUMMER, AND HOLIDAY MEAL PROGRAMS. THESE EFFORTS HELP STRENGTHEN THE LONG-TERM VIABILITY OF LOCAL PARTNERS AND PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE APPROACHES TO REDUCING FOOD INSECURITY ACROSS WYOMING.FOOD FROM THE FARM + RANCH LEVERAGES WYOMING-GROWN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY WHILE MEETING TWO CHALLENGES; PROVIDING FARMERS AND RANCHERS A MEANINGFUL WAY TO SUPPORT NEIGHBORS IN NEED, AND BRIDGING THE PRICE GAP BETWEEN WHAT THE FOOD BANK SYSTEM CAN PAY FOR EXTERNAL PROTEIN SOURCES AND THE COST OF PROCESSING HIGH-QUALITY, LOCALLY PRODUCED PROTEIN.THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING EXTENSION, THE CENT$IBLE NUTRITION PROGRAM, AND THE MASTER GARDENER PROGRAM, WE ALSO DISTRIBUTED SEEDS AND PROVIDED INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS INTERESTED IN GROWING ADDITIONAL PRODUCE FOR DONATION THROUGH THE GROW A LITTLE EXTRA CAMPAIGN.WYOMING HUNGER INITIATIVE PROVIDES BEEF STICKS THROUGH BEEF FOR BACKPACKS FOR WEEKEND FOOD BAG PROGRAMS TO ENSURE CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY PROTEIN ON WEEKENDS. THESE PROTEIN RESOURCES ARE OFFERED AT NO COST TO PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS THAT DISTRIBUTE THEM TO FAMILIES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.ADDITIONALLY, FOOD FROM THE FIELD, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE WYOMING GAME & FISH DEPARTMENT, WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, AND PROCESSORS STATEWIDE, ENABLES HUNTERS TO DONATE HARVESTED GAME. PROCESSORS PREPARE THE MEAT FOR DISTRIBUTION THROUGH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, ENSURING IT REACHES INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES FACING FOOD INSECURITY.WYOMING HUNGER INITIATIVE ALSO ADDRESSED SIGNIFICANT SCHOOL MEAL DEBT THAT HAD ACCRUED. AFTER A PERIOD DURING WHICH SCHOOL MEALS WERE AVAILABLE AT NO COST, WE WORKED WITH DEDICATED DONORS TO ENSURE STUDENTS RETURNED TO SCHOOL WITHOUT OUTSTANDING BALANCES. NOW THAT WE ARE BEYOND THE PANDEMIC, WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN MANAGING AND REDUCING MEAL DEBT AND ARE REFINING LONG-TERM STRATEGIES TO ASSIST FAMILIES MOVING FORWARD.

  Expenses $1,079,632 · Grants $774,321

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

Listed in Part VII

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

• WYOMING VETERANS COMMISSION TRUST FUND

  $30,000

  FOOD, MEAL, AND/OR INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

• FOOD BANK SWEETWATER COUNTY

  $21,200

  FOOD, MEAL, AND/OR INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

• WRIGHT COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE

  $12,250

  FOOD, MEAL, AND/OR INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

• ELEMENT CHURCH

  $11,600

  FOOD, MEAL, AND/OR INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

• PINEDALE COMMUNITY FOOD BASKET

  $11,420

  FOOD, MEAL, AND/OR INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

• JACKSON CUPBOARD

  $11,000

  FOOD, MEAL, AND/OR INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

• ROOTED IN WYOMING

  $11,000

  FOOD, MEAL, AND/OR INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

• POWELL SENIOR CITIZENS

  $10,750

  FOOD, MEAL, AND/OR INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

• LARAMIE CONNECTIONS CENTER

  $10,500

  FOOD, MEAL, AND/OR INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

• BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SWEETWATER CO

  $10,000

  FOOD, MEAL, AND/OR INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

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

202523219349328452

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