Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$1,148,413

Total expenses

$867,232

Contributions and grants received

$1,128,337

Grants paid

$640,191

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$3,258

Other revenue

$16,818

Total assets, end of year

$2,021,330

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,021,330

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$796,430

Management and general expenses

$8,400

Fundraising expenses

$62,402

Program service expenses (Part III)

$796,430

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 · 2022

• ENHANCEMENT OF THE WYOMING GOVERNOR'S RESIDENCE.

  Expenses $11,169

• WYOMING HUNGER INITIATIVE EXPANDED ITS MISSION IN 2022 TO INCLUDE AN AUDIENCE BEYOND KIDS. WE BELIEVE HUNGER IN WYOMING IS A PROBLEM THAT CAN BE SOLVED. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WHERE THERE'S A HUNGRY CHILD, A HUNGRY FAMILY, SENIOR, OR VETERAN ISN'T FAR AWAY. WE WORK TO PREVENT FOOD INSECURITY BY INCREASING AWARENESS AND SUPPORT FOR THE WORK OF LOCAL ANTI-HUNGER ORGANIZATIONS STATEWIDE THROUGH INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS THAT CONNECT LIKE-MINDED ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS FUNDING SUPPORT FOR LOCAL SOLUTIONS. NOURISHED KIDS, HEALTHY FAMILIES, AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES: THAT'S THE GOAL OF WYOMING HUNGER INITIATIVE.WYOMING HUNGER INITIATIVE SUPPORTS COMMUNITIES AND ANTI-HUNGER ORGANIZATIONS BY PROVIDING INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS FOR PROJECTS AND EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS OTHER FUNDING FOR EMERGENCY, SUMMER, AND HOLIDAY MEALS TO SUPPORT THE LONGEVITY OF ANTI-HUNGER ORGANIZATIONS, AS WELL AS LONG-TERM, SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS TO FOOD INSECURITY ACROSS THE STATE.FOOD FROM THE FARM + RANCH UTILIZES WYOMING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS TO COMBAT FOOD INSECURITY. THE PROGRAM MEETS TWO CHALLENGES: HOW TO PROVIDE EAGER FARMERS AND RANCHERS WITH A WAY TO HELP THEIR NEIGHBORS IN NEED, AND HOW TO COVER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THE FOOD BANK SYSTEM CAN AFFORD FOR EXTERNAL SOURCES OF PROTEIN AND THE COST OF PROCESSING IN-STATE FOR HIGH-QUALITY LOCAL PROTEIN. IN ADDITION, COLLABORATING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING EXTENSION, THE CENT$IBLE NUTRITION PROGRAM, AND THE MASTER GARDENER PROGRAM, WYOMING HUNGER INITIATIVE DISTRIBUTED SEEDS TO GARDENERS, AS WELL AS PROVIDED INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS FOR ORGANIZATIONS WHO WERE INTERESTED IN GROWING ADDITIONAL PRODUCE TO DONATE LOCALLY TO ANTI-HUNGER ORGANIZATIONS, UNDER ITS GROW A LITTLE EXTRA CAMPAIGN. WYOMING HUNGER INITIATIVE PARTNERS WITH THE WYOMING GAME & FISH DEPARTMENT, WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, AND PROCESSORS FROM AROUND THE STATE FOR FOOD FROM THE FIELD. THIS PROGRAM ENABLES HUNTERS TO DONATE THEIR MEAT TO LOCAL PROCESSORS WHO IN TURN WILL PREPARE IT FOR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, WHERE IT MAY THEN BE DISTRIBUTED TO PEOPLE IN NEED.WYOMING HUNGER INITIATIVE RESPONDED TO THE RISING MEAL DEBT THAT WAS ACCRUED PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC. GIVEN THE FACT THAT MEALS WERE FREE DURING THE 2020-2021 AND 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR, IT WAS THE HOPE OF WYOMING HUNGER INITIATIVE TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS STARTED WITH A CLEAN SLATE FOR THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR WHEN SCHOOL MEALS HAD TO BE PAID FOR AGAIN. THE MEAL DEBT ACROSS THE STATE WAS PAID OFF IN COLLABORATION WITH DONORS INTERESTED IN THIS WORK. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS APPROACH FOR DEBT MOVING FORWARD IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS WYOMING.

  Expenses $785,261 · Grants $640,191

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

• NIOBRARA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

  $20,662

  FOOD, MEAL, AND/OR INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

• LARAMIE INTERFAITH

  $13,600

  FOOD, MEAL, AND/OR INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

• FOOD BANK SWEETWATER COUNTY

  $13,588

  FOOD, MEAL, AND/OR INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

• BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CENTRAL WYOMING

  $13,279

  FOOD, MEAL, AND/OR INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

• NIOBRARA SENIOR CENTER INC

  $12,000

  FOOD, MEAL, AND/OR INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

• SALVATION ARMY-CASPER UNIT

  $11,300

  FOOD, MEAL, AND/OR INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

• SALVATION ARMY-CAMPBELL COUNTY CORPS

  $10,800

  FOOD, MEAL, AND/OR INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

• BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SWEETWATER CO

  $10,350

  FOOD, MEAL, AND/OR INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

• COUCIL OF COMMUNITY SERVICES

  $9,400

  FOOD, MEAL, AND/OR INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

• AFTON FOOD PANTRY

  $9,250

  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

2022

Filed

15 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202323199349327317

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