Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$2,059,028

Total expenses

$2,020,719

Contributions and grants received

$2,048,693

Grants paid

$1,574,086

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$10,335

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$1,281,387

Total liabilities, end of year

$24,801

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,256,586

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,942,771

Management and general expenses

$77,948

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,942,771

Program services were 96.1% 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 · 2022

• BOUNTIFUL BASKET FOOD SHELF IS OPEN 5 DAYS A WEEK IN ADDITION TO THE FIRST AND THIRD SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH. THE LAST HALF OF THE FISCAL YEAR SAW A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN THE DEMAND FOR SERVICES. WE DISTRIBUTED OVER 750,000 POUNDS OF FOOD SERVING APPROXIMATELY 32,000 INDIVIDUALS, AN INCREASE OF 112% COMPARED TO 2021-2022. APPROXIMATELY 34% OF THOSE SERVED ARE CHILDREN AND 7% ARE SENIOR CITIZENS. OUR FOOD SHELF IS SET UP AS A CHOICE-MODEL AND HAS RECENTLY TRANSITIONED TO A SUPERSHELF. INDIVIDUALS MAKE APPOINTMENTS AND CHOOSE FROM A VARIETY OF FOOD THAT FITS THEIR DIETARY, CULINARY, AND CULTURAL NEEDS. FOOD THAT IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE INCLUDES FRESH AND NON-PERISHABLE PRODUCE, DAIRY, PROTEINS, AND GRAINS. ON AVERAGE, FAMILIES RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY 20-25 POUNDS OF FOOD PER INDIVIDUAL. SHOPPERS ARE WELCOME TO VISIT TWO TIMES PER MONTH. IF ADDITIONAL FOOD IS NEEDED IN BETWEEN, WE ALSO HAVE EMERGENCY BAGS. THE SUPERSHELF PROGRAM IS GROUNDED IN THE VALUES OF GOOD FOOD, RESPECT FOR ALL, AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES. WE BEGAN OUR JOURNEY TOWARD SUPERSHELF CERTIFICATION LAST YEAR AND ARE FOLLOWING ITS SIX-STEP METHODOLOGY BASED ON BEHAVIOR ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES. WE HAVE REORGANIZED OUR SPACE AND RECEPTION AREA, PAINTED THE GROCERY AREA IN BRIGHT AND WELCOMING COLORS, PURCHASED NEW FREEZERS, AND PAINTED SHELVING. AN ATTRACTIVE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE AREA IS FEATURED. THESE CHANGES ARE HELPING TO MAKE US MORE CLIENT-CENTERED WHILE ALSO PROVIDING A DIGNIFIED EXPERIENCE IN A GROCERY-STORE LIKE ENVIRONMENT. OUR FOOD RESCUE PROGRAM IS A CLIMATE-FRIENDLY OPTION IN SUPPORT OF OUR FOOD SERVICES. VOLUNTEERS COLLECT FOOD THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GO TO WASTE FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES. ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES PAST ITS "BEST BY" DATE, THIS FOOD STILL ADHERES TO USDA GUIDELINES FOR FOOD SAFETY. RESCUING AND USING IT NOT ONLY CURBS FOOD INSECURITY BUT ALSO REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF DANGEROUS GREENHOUSE GASES CREATED BY DECAYING ORGANIC WASTE IN MINNESOTA'S LANDFILLS.

  Expenses $1,680,497 · Grants $1,532,443

• OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH MI CASA HAS OPENED OUR FOOD SHELF FOR ADDITIONAL HOURS EACH WEEK TO SPECIFICALLY CATER TO THE LATIN POPULATION. WITH THE SUPPORT OF BOUNTIFUL BASKET STAFF, MI C.A.S.A. STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS MANAGE THE FOOD SHELF ON CERTAIN EVENINGS, INCLUDING SCHEDULING APPOINTMENTS, GREETING FAMILIES, AND ASSISTING THEM THROUGH THEIR SHOPPING EXPERIENCE. ADDITIONALLY, THEY HELP INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFY OTHER COMMUNITY RESOURCES. THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN SERVING 30-50 FAMILIES IN A THREE-HOUR PERIOD, AND WE ARE NOW SEEING MANY MORE LATINE INDIVIDUALS COMING TO OUR FOOD SHELF DURING NORMAL HOURS OF OPERATION AS WELL.

  Expenses $124,337

• IN JULY 2023, WE OPENED AN ADDITIONAL FOOD SHELF LOCATION IN COLOGNE, MN. IT IS OPEN TWO DAYS A WEEK (3-HOUR SHIFTS). DURING THE THREE MONTHS IN OPERATIONS, WE DISTRIBUTED OVER 13,000 POUNDS TO 500 INDIVIDUALS. THIS FOOD SHELF IS MARKETED TOWARDS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES LIVING IN THE CITY OF COLOGNE AS WELL AS THOSE LIVING IN THE HANCOCK, BENTON, SAN FRANCISCO, AND DAHLGREN TOWNSHIPS. NEIGHBORS FROM SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES WELCOME AS WELL.

  Expenses $97,139 · Grants $41,643

• IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VOLUNTEERS, SOUTHWEST TRANSIT, CARVER COUNTY, AND NEW BEGINNINGS, FOOD IS DELIVERED TO INDIVIDUALS WHO, FOR VARIOUS REASONS, CANNOT VISIT OUR FOOD SHELF. VOLUNTEERS BRING FOOD TO SENIOR RESIDENTS AT TWO LOCAL SENIOR APARTMENT BUILDINGS EVERY MONTH. THERE IS A SPECIFIC PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HOMELESS AND LIVING IN NEARBY MOTELS. THAT FOOD IS CONVENIENT TO EAT AND DOES NOT REQUIRE A FULL KITCHEN TO PREPARE. FOOD IS BROUGHT TO YOUNG MOMS WHO ATTEND THE NEW BEGINNINGS PROGRAM. THIS FOOD IS FOR THEIR OWN CONSUMPTION AND TO LEARN HOW TO COOK THROUGH CLASS PROGRAMMING.

  Expenses $40,798

As filed on the 2022 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

7 August 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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