Totals
- Total revenue
- $30,619,786
- Total expenses
- $29,166,555
- Contributions and grants received
- $30,604,886
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $15,551
- Other revenue
- -$651
- Total assets, end of year
- $8,292,911
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $92,282
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $8,200,629
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $28,897,554
- Management and general expenses
- $191,865
- Fundraising expenses
- $77,136
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $28,897,554
Program services were 99.1% 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.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$30,604,886
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$30,053,517
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3 · Investment income
total $15,551 · excluded $15,551
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11a · Other revenue: Split interest agreement
total -$651 · excluded -$651
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11e · Other revenue, total
-$651
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $103,073 · program services $20,615 · management and general $72,151 · fundraising $10,307
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $113,723 · program services $65,959 · management and general $39,083 · fundraising $8,681
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $24,624 · program services $14,282 · management and general $8,618 · fundraising $1,724
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $30,924 · management and general $30,924
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $22,538 · fundraising $22,538
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $10,329 · management and general $10,329
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $19,441 · program services $5,832 · fundraising $13,609
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13 · Office expenses
total $1,120 · program services $1,008 · management and general $112
-
14 · Information technology
total $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $58,234 · program services $49,499 · management and general $6,988 · fundraising $1,747
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17 · Travel
total $0
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $160,185 · program services $136,156 · management and general $16,019 · fundraising $8,010
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23 · Insurance
total $32,704 · program services $28,452 · management and general $3,270 · fundraising $982
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24a · Other expenses: Food expense
total $28,514,028 · program services $28,514,028
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24b · Other expenses: Repairs and maintanence
total $37,204 · program services $35,495 · management and general $1,709
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24c · Other expenses: Postage and Shipping
total $9,422 · program services $942 · management and general $942 · fundraising $7,538
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24d · Other expenses: Taxes and Licenses
total $7,439 · program services $6,695 · management and general $744
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24e · All other expenses
total $21,567 · program services $18,591 · management and general $976 · fundraising $2,000
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $91,912 · end of year $65,587
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $257,300 · end of year $78,549
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $922,351 · end of year $1,340,603
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$6,733,093
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$2,251,487
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $4,360,217 · end of year $4,481,606
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $31,982 · end of year $38,332
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $1,156,137 · end of year $2,288,234
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $65,148 · end of year $69,974
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $21,658 · end of year $22,308
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $5,546,038 · end of year $7,010,652
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,187,055 · end of year $1,189,977
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
To assume a leadership role in feeding the hungry by recovering, securing, purchasing, and delivering (both through other agencies and directly) quality food and other products while playing a strong education and advocacy role in hunger-related issues; doing all within our power to address root causes of hunger and encourage economic growth.At the Billings Food Bank our mission is to provide food for today and hope for tomorrow. We believe every human deserves to have their basic needs met and feel equipt to thrive! In this spirit, we celebrate diversity in the communities we serve and foster an environment of inclusion with our employees, volunteers, and community members.
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Billings Food Bank was formed in 1982. Originally designed to serve agencies having food programs, and primarily in Yellowstone County. It has now evolved into a truly independent food bank responding to requests from anywhere throughout the world. If we have the ability to help, we do. In addition to food, we also supply appliances, furniture, equipment, household needs, beds, and mattresses, as available.In the last 20 years we have also established the Fortin Culinary Center where we teach culinary job training skills. We have so far had over 200 graduates of this program with a 99% success rate of placing those individuals in jobs. The demand for people with culinary skills is tremendous. We have a very strict set of rules for our students as there is no charge for the course, but if you dont show up you are not allowed to continue. We have literally changed lives with this program. We are truly proud to have moved many of our students from a generational norm of living on the system, to now being productive members of the work force.Our Fortin Culinary Center has also become a source of revenue and training for our students and others. We have a large reception hall seating 300 which can be divided into two sections for meetings, weddings, receptions, company parties, memorial services, job training sessions, Serve Safe Classes, etc. We serve many banquets on a regular basis, which of course, is tremendous training for our students. We also utilize our certified commercial kitchen and food processing center (originally funded in part with a Montana State Growth Thru Ag Grant)to prepare meals for other agencies and programs. We prepared over 301,000 meals for the homeless population and other social services agencies. Using our facility we have processed, preserved and repackaged hundreds of thousand pounds of meats, produce, beans (dry) etc. for use in preparing these meals. The Culinary Center is also a shared use facility for food entrepreneurs to test new products or use as a new business base. We have been a starting point for many! We opened our Fortin Caf and Gift shop in response to a neighborhood demand, which has now turned into a popular breakfast and lunch venue. It is also a great training field for our students, many of whom we actually hire. We have two fulltime chefs, one teaches our classes and one runs the caf. We also encourage social enterprise by promoting and selling art and other items for area artists. And we rent our beautiful commercial kitchen to entrepreneurs wishing to start or expand their food related business. We do this on an hourly basis so young businesses do not have to incure a heavy debt load as their business develops. We have been the catalyst for many businesses that have now grown and started their own places.We provide cooking and nutrition classes to not only our recipients, but to youth and others as our time and facility use allows. We serve as a training ground for many folks with special needs, and have actually hired several.We have also co-sponsored many causes and events, such as "The Cooking for Kidneys" for folks with kidney issues (5,000); Quilts & Blankets (1,507); Pet Food Pantry (15,811); Baby Pantry (4,321); Hygiene Kits (10,493); Backpacks for Kids w/ School Supplies (3,600) as well as Snack Packs for Kids with food; and more. The breakdown for ages: 28% 0-17; 47% 18-60; 23% 60 and up.
Expenses $28,897,554
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Sheryle Shandy
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $103,073
- From this org
- $103,073
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 45
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John Gott
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Lenny Brown
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Lee Nixon
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kathy Whittenberger
President & CEO
- 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 15 May 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202531359349315958
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