Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← THE FOOD BANK OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE FOOD BANK OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$32,964,929
Total expenses
$33,568,223
Contributions and grants received
$31,872,601
Grants paid
$24,608,728
Program service revenue
$107,457
Investment income
$711,484
Other revenue
$273,387
Total assets, end of year
$56,666,151
Total liabilities, end of year
$18,954,821
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$37,711,330
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$30,490,111
Management and general expenses
$1,264,047
Fundraising expenses
$1,814,065
Program service expenses (Part III)
$30,490,111

Program services were 90.8% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $970,183

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $12,781,614

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $18,120,804

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $23,515,496

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SHARED MAINTENANCE

    total $76,827 · related or exempt $76,827

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP FEES

    total $24,537 · related or exempt $24,537

  • 2c · Program service revenue: DELIVERY FEES

    total $6,093 · related or exempt $6,093

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $707,083 · excluded $707,083

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $148,211

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $148,211

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $148,211 · excluded $148,211

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $4,401

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

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $4,401

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $4,401 · excluded $4,401

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $11,175

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

    $970,183

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $42,392

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$31,217 · excluded -$31,217

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $249,042

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $249,042

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: EQUIPMENT REFUND

    total $143,462 · excluded $143,462

  • 11b · Other revenue: GRANT REIMBURSEMENT

    total $8,757 · related or exempt $8,757

  • 11c · Other revenue: VARIOUS

    total $4,174 · excluded $4,174

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $156,393

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $20,814,596 · program services $20,814,596

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $3,794,132 · program services $3,794,132

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $545,117 · program services $13,774 · management and general $349,871 · fundraising $181,472

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,879,874 · program services $2,613,360 · management and general $413,544 · fundraising $852,970

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $251,960 · program services $150,964 · management and general $46,285 · fundraising $54,711

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $547,475 · program services $333,025 · management and general $52,563 · fundraising $161,887

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $402,627 · program services $242,357 · management and general $67,504 · fundraising $92,766

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,557 · management and general $6,557

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $51,200 · management and general $51,200

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $498 · management and general $498

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $383,636 · program services $251,211 · management and general $18,178 · fundraising $114,247

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $25,722 · program services $154 · management and general $5,993 · fundraising $19,575

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $297,602 · program services $69,993 · management and general $144,276 · fundraising $83,333

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $121,829 · program services $34,197 · management and general $5,853 · fundraising $81,779

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $115,913 · program services $104,771 · management and general $2,202 · fundraising $8,940

  • 17 · Travel

    total $36,229 · program services $32,400 · management and general $1,084 · fundraising $2,745

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $73,447 · program services $39,537 · management and general $10,631 · fundraising $23,279

  • 20 · Interest

    total $417 · management and general $417

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $309,773 · program services $252,474 · management and general $27,746 · fundraising $29,553

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $87,761 · program services $55,125 · management and general $13,575 · fundraising $19,061

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $725,534 · program services $725,534

  • 24b · Other expenses: DISCARDED FOOD

    total $382,847 · program services $382,847

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINT

    total $245,196 · program services $198,051 · management and general $23,977 · fundraising $23,168

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL

    total $213,142 · program services $195,989 · management and general $5,270 · fundraising $11,883

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $255,139 · program services $185,620 · management and general $16,823 · fundraising $52,696

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,126,553 · end of year $2,773,140

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $9,059,939 · end of year $6,650,918

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,664,307 · end of year $1,342,344

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $304,297 · end of year $1,649,055

  • 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 $1,663,990 · end of year $1,381,298

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $143,699 · end of year $61,644

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

    $7,438,796

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

    $1,260,029

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,890,482 · end of year $6,178,767

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,318,647 · end of year $2,913,012

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $37,523 · end of year $46,269

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $18,950,664 · end of year $18,882,904

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,068,404 · end of year $741,399

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $474,300 · end of year $476,850

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $17,623,894 · end of year $17,736,572

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $34,756,623 · end of year $36,013,376

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,023,680 · end of year $1,697,954

Mission and programs · 2023

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 17,045,157 POUNDS OF FOOD AND PROVIDED 17,094,023 POUNDS, WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENT OF 14,245,019 MEALS, TO APPROXIMATELY 263 FRONTLINE FOOD PROVIDERS, INCLUDING FOOD PANTRIES, MEAL SITES, SHELTERS AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS. ULTIMATELY, THIS FOOD ASSISTANCE NETWORK DISTRIBUTED FOOD TO 120,750 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 2,553,268 POUNDS OF FOOD (EQUIVALENT TO 2,127,724 MEALS) TO 76 FRONTLINE FOOD PROVIDERS - 1) 25 MOBILE FOOD BANK SITES SERVING 24,497 INDIVIDUALS; 30% CHILDREN AND 23% SENIORS, AND 2) 51 BROWN BAG: FOOD FOR ELDER SITES AND 40 SATELLITES - THE FOOD BANK'S "PANTRY ON WHEELS" PROGRAM SERVING 5,855 ELDERS.

    Expenses $27,992,401 · Grants $24,257,627 · Revenue $91,676

  • 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 FY 24 THE FOOD BANK SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL 908 APPLICATIONS TO THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE WITH A 64% 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 585 INDIVIDUALS REFERRED THROUGH MASSHEALTH PROGRAMS AND 487 INDIVIDUALS REFERRED BY OTHER PROVIDERS.

    Expenses $661,654 · Grants $351,101 · Revenue $24,538

  • 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 $1,439,874

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

    Expenses $396,182

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

Listed in Part VII

  • ANDREW MOREHOUSE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $205,501
    From this org
    $180,416
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,085
    Hours/week
    49.17

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,416
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,608
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,477
    Filer's total
    $205,501

  • SHIRLEY DEL RIO

    DIRECTOR OF FOOD OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $149,528
    From this org
    $127,386
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,142
    Hours/week
    46.77

  • NANCY ROBINSON

    SR. DIR. OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $145,183
    From this org
    $128,956
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,227
    Hours/week
    41.03

  • CHRISTINA MAXWELL

    DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $142,986
    From this org
    $119,759
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,227
    Hours/week
    44.68

  • JACOB HOUGH

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $138,750
    From this org
    $122,523
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,227
    Hours/week
    41.02

  • JILLIAN MORGAN

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $137,288
    From this org
    $114,860
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,428
    Hours/week
    43.96

  • WILLIAM DAVILA

    PRESIDENT (END 12/31/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHARLOTTE BONEY

    1ST VP TIL 12/31/23 THEN PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILLETTE JOHNSON

    2ND VP TIL 12/31/23 THEN 1ST VP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • OMAR IRIZARRY

    CLERK TIL 12/31/23 THEN 2ND VP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILLIAM GRINNELL

    TREASURER (END 12/31/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILLIAM HARJU

    DIRECTOR; TREASURER AS OF 1/1/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHANNON WILSON

    DIRECTOR; CLERK AS OF 1/1/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERICA FLORES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID LUSTEG

    DIRECTOR

    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

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUZANNE BECK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ILLEANA CARRION

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILLIE SPRADLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSE ESCRIBANO

    DIRECTOR (END 12/31/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JULIA SORENSEN

    DIRECTOR (END 12/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • XIAOLEI HUA

    DIRECTOR (START 1/1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOESIAH GONZALEZ

    DIRECTOR (START 1/1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY MCGOVERN

    DIRECTOR (START 4/11/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVE SPEELMAN

    DIRECTOR (START 4/11/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

  • THE FOOD BANK SUPPORT CORPORATION

    501(C)(3) · TO SUPPORT THE FOOD BANK OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS · MA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by FOOD BANK OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
16 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202540809349300144

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.