Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$165,888,286

Total expenses

$166,749,012

Contributions and grants received

$165,697,314

Grants paid

$159,648,747

Program service revenue

$131,420

Investment income

$48,540

Other revenue

$11,012

Total assets, end of year

$4,711,622

Total liabilities, end of year

$490,222

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$4,221,400

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$165,104,133

Management and general expenses

$669,305

Fundraising expenses

$975,574

Program service expenses (Part III)

$165,104,133

Program services were 99.0% 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 · 2023

• FOOD WASTE AND HUNGER.PROGRAM SERVICES PRIMARILY PERTAIN TO COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION TO CONNECT FARMERS TO FOOD BANKS, DELIVERING EXCESS FARM FRESH PRODUCE, THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GO TO WASTE, TO FEED FAMILIES IN NEED. FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 2023, THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVED AND DISTRIBUTED 82,719,558 POUNDS OF FOOD - BEING PREDOMINANTLY PRODUCE. THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTED ITS OPERATIONS NATIONWIDE AND ACTIVELY CULTIVATED RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL PARTIES INVOLVED BY STAYING COMMITTED TO ITS CORE VALUES: PRIZING HONEST OPEN COMMUNICATION; UPLIFTING AND CHAMPIONING DIVERSITY; ADVANCING FOOD SECURITY AND EQUITY; AND BELIEVING IN FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND DIGNITY.

  Expenses $164,549,561 · Grants $159,548,747 · Revenue $8,655

• SUSTAINABILITY.THE MISSION OF THE SUSTAINABILITY TEAM IS TO ACCURATELY QUANTIFY AND TRANSLATE THE CLIMATE VALUE OF FARMLINK'S FOOD RECOVERY TO EARN THE CREDIBILITY AND TRUST NEEDED TO UNLOCK FUNDING, SCALE OPERATIONS AND IMPACT, SPUR INNOVATION, AND SHIFT THE SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES THAT INFORM POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT PROMOTE HUMAN AND PLANETARY HEALTH. FARMLINK CONNECTS A DISJOINTED GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM TO FEED PEOPLE AND FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE, MAKING TANGIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT THROUGH THE FOLLOWING:MITIGATION: PREVENTS METHANE EMISSIONS GENERATED BY FOOD WASTE, A SOLUTION CITED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST EFFICIENT WAYS TO SLOW GLOBAL WARMING.ADAPTATION: REDUCES THE IMPACT OF WEATHER-RELATED SHOCKS ON THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES FACING FOOD INSECURITY AND CLIMATE STRESSORS (I.E. EXTREME WEATHER, CLIMATE-INDUCED DISPLACEMENT).THIS YEAR, FARMLINK STEPPED INTO A LARGER ROLE WITHIN THE CLIMATE SPACE AT COP28 AND THE GATES FOUNDATION GOALKEEPERS AWARDS. ADVOCATING ITS CRITICAL ROLE IN EXPANDING ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD AND MITIGATING PREVENTABLE ENVIRONMENTAL HARM, FARMLINK ACCELERATES PROGRESS TOWARDS INTERNATIONAL GOALS TO HALVE FOOD WASTE AND END HUNGER BY 2030.

  Expenses $247,889 · Revenue $122,765

• COMPLETE HARVEST PILOTTHE ORGANIZATION PAYS FOR THE HARVESTING AND PACKAGING OF THE SURPLUS PRODUCE, AS WELL AS FOR THE FREIGHT TO DELIVER THIS PRODUCE.DURING 2023, THE ORGANIZATION RESCUED MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF LEMONS AND CABBAGES.

  Expenses $167,008

• FIELD FELLOWSHIP.THE FIELD FELLOWSHIP IS ACTIVATING YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THE TOOLS TO LAUNCH SOLUTIONS FOR OUR MOST PRESSING GLOBAL CHALLENGES: HUNGER AND CLIMATE CHANGE. EVERY YEAR WE BUILD A COHORT OF AROUND 10 HUMANITARIAN AVENGERS. EACH FELLOW BRINGS A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE, BUT THEY ALL SHARE AN UNMATCHED DEDICATION TO MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. FELLOWS LEARN FROM INDUSTRY EXPERTS, CULTIVATE ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSETS, AND GAIN REAL WORK EXPERIENCE TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OF THEIR OWN FOOD SYSTEM INNOVATIONS. THE PROGRAM WAS LAUNCHED IN 2023. THE INAGUARAL COHORT OF 9 FELLOWS DEVELOPED PROJECTS THAT RANGED FROM CREATING FOOD SUPPORT PROGRAM AT COLLEGES, FARMERS MARKET RECOVERY, AND COMMUNITY GLEANING OPERATIONS.

  Expenses $139,675 · Grants $100,000

As filed on the 2023 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. 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

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

• HOUSTON FOOD BANK

  $0

  TO PROVIDE HEALTHY FRESH PRODUCE TO FAMILIES IN NEED

• HUERFANO CHAPTER

  $0

  TO PROVIDE HEALTHY FRESH PRODUCE TO FAMILIES IN NEED

• IMPERIAL VALLEY COLLEGE

  $0

  TO PROVIDE HEALTHY FRESH PRODUCE TO FAMILIES IN NEED

• INLAND EMPIRE PARTNERS FOR HEALTH

  $0

  TO PROVIDE HEALTHY FRESH PRODUCE TO FAMILIES IN NEED

• ARIZONA FOOD BANK NETWORK (AZFBN)

  $0

  TO PROVIDE HEALTHY FRESH PRODUCE TO FAMILIES IN NEED

• ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK

  $0

  TO PROVIDE HEALTHY FRESH PRODUCE TO FAMILIES IN NEED

• BIENESTAR IS WELL-BEING

  $0

  TO PROVIDE HEALTHY FRESH PRODUCE TO FAMILIES IN NEED

• BLESSING OF HOPE

  $0

  TO PROVIDE HEALTHY FRESH PRODUCE TO FAMILIES IN NEED

• BLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK

  $0

  TO PROVIDE HEALTHY FRESH PRODUCE TO FAMILIES IN NEED

• BMORE COMMUNITY FOODS

  $0

  TO PROVIDE HEALTHY FRESH PRODUCE TO FAMILIES IN NEED

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

8 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202403169349304630

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