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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MEALS OF HOPE INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 29 April 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Those are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,478,917
Total expenses
$12,003,509
Contributions and grants received
$7,819,930
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$4,325,636
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$333,351
Total assets, end of year
$6,100,967
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,280,844
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,820,123
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$11,214,551
Management and general expenses
$462,121
Fundraising expenses
$326,837
Program service expenses (Part III)
$11,214,551

Program services were 93.4% 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

    $7,819,930

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $6,386,300

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FOOD PACKING EVENTS

    total $3,724,826 · related or exempt $3,724,826

  • 2b · Program service revenue: POWER PACKS

    total $600,810 · related or exempt $600,810

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $44,859

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $92,180

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$47,321

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$47,321 · unrelated business -$47,321

  • 11a · Other revenue: ERTC CREDIT

    total $330,154 · excluded $330,154

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $25,518 · excluded $25,518

  • 11c · Other revenue: EIDL FORGIVENESS

    total $25,000 · excluded $25,000

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $380,672

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $342,426 · program services $256,820 · management and general $44,515 · fundraising $41,091

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $815,249 · program services $611,437 · management and general $100,356 · fundraising $103,456

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $9,785 · program services $7,339 · management and general $1,272 · fundraising $1,174

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $30,979 · program services $23,671 · management and general $3,444 · fundraising $3,864

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $82,608 · program services $61,956 · management and general $10,326 · fundraising $10,326

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $36,658 · program services $27,494 · management and general $4,582 · fundraising $4,582

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $47,138 · program services $35,354 · management and general $5,892 · fundraising $5,892

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $180,200 · program services $135,150 · management and general $22,525 · fundraising $22,525

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $46,863 · program services $46,863

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $20,512 · program services $15,384 · management and general $2,564 · fundraising $2,564

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $125,052 · program services $93,788 · management and general $15,632 · fundraising $15,632

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,606 · program services $2,606

  • 20 · Interest

    total $61,613 · program services $52,615 · management and general $4,499 · fundraising $4,499

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $135,281 · management and general $135,281

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $83,746 · program services $62,375 · management and general $10,686 · fundraising $10,685

  • 24a · Other expenses: PERISHABLE FOODS

    total $7,977,121 · program services $7,977,121

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES & EVENT EXPENS

    total $1,919,212 · program services $1,740,836 · management and general $89,188 · fundraising $89,188

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $48,846 · program services $36,634 · management and general $6,106 · fundraising $6,106

  • 24d · Other expenses: CONTINUING EDUCATION

    total $10,997 · program services $8,247 · management and general $1,375 · fundraising $1,375

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $26,617 · program services $18,861 · management and general $3,878 · fundraising $3,878

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,591,879 · end of year $1,299,838

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $548,086 · end of year $458,806

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $481,590 · end of year $503,554

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $217,729 · end of year $230,620

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

    $2,663,149

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

    $706,762

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,876,152 · end of year $1,956,387

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $9,129 · end of year $9,129

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,188,062 · end of year $1,642,633

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $389,592 · end of year $227,736

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $251,442 · end of year $242,431

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $3,291,358 · end of year $3,291,619

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $584,984 · end of year $519,058

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,395,251 · end of year $1,820,123

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF MEALS OF HOPE IS TO INSPIRE AND EMPOWER COMMUNITIES TO COME TOGETHER TO END HUNGER. WE BELIEVE IT IS OUR JOB TO FEED PEOPLE. MEALS OF HOPE BEGAN AS A FOOD PACKING ORGANIZATION.CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE OWE ARE THE ONLY FOOD PACKING ORGANIZATION WITH A PRIORITY ON KEEPING THE FOOD PACKED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. WE HAVE DEVELOPED FIVE MEALS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THE AMERICAN PALATE AND ADD VITAMINS, MINERALS AND PROTEINS TO OUR MEALS IN ORDER TO SUPPLEMENT AN UNBALANCED DIET.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE OTO INSPIRE AND EMPOWER COMMUNITIES TO COME TOGETHER TO END HUNGER.

  • MEALS OF HOPE TAKES A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH TO ENDING HUNGER BY FEEDING PEOPLE THROUGH ITS MOBILE FOOD PANTRIES, MEAL PACKING EVENTS AND OUT OF SCHOOL PROGRAM. IN 2023, WE CONSISTENTLY SERVED UP TO 4,000 FAMILIES PER WEEK COLLECTIVELY THROUGH OUR 15 MOBILE FOOD PANTRIES IN COLLIER AND LEE COUNTIES; 40,000 OF OUR VOLUNTEERS PACKED MORE THAN 13.3 MILLION FORTIFIED MEALS AND DONATED THEM TO LOCAL FEEDING AMERICA FOOD BANKS ACROSS THE U.S. FOR DISTRIBUTION, AND PROVIDED OVER 81,000 PACKS OF EMERGENCY WEEKEND FOOD TO AT-RICK STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN A THREE-COUNTY RADIUS.

    Expenses $11,214,551 · Revenue $4,325,636

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Jacques Groenteman

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Samantha Sheffield

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Rabbi Adam Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Matos

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ashley Suarez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kenneth Mundy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin Carmichael

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Freddy Mantilla

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bruce Bacon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Thein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephen Popper

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $225,112
    From this org
    $205,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,112
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,000
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,612
    Filer's total
    $225,112

  • Salima Givens Thru 2023

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $117,315
    From this org
    $105,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,315
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

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 · 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
26 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403389349301215

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