Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$13,601,987

Total expenses

$13,925,537

Contributions and grants received

$13,061,952

Grants paid

$7,571,130

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$541,671

Other revenue

-$1,636

Total assets, end of year

$9,731,746

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,583,558

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$8,148,188

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$11,853,216

Management and general expenses

$1,336,109

Fundraising expenses

$736,212

Program service expenses (Part III)

$11,853,216

Program services were 85.1% 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 · 2024

• MANNA FOOD CENTER, INC. (THE ORGANIZATION) IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT IS MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND'S LARGEST COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION THAT IS FOCUSED ON FOOD SECURITY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. FOR MORE THAN FOUR DECADES, THE ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN A RELIABLE "THREAD" IN THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET FOR THE VULNERABLE THAT REQUIRE A SUPPLEMENT OF NUTRITIOUS FOOD AND AS A CENTER FOR EDUCATION AND ACTION. THE ORGANIZATION'S WORK IS BUILT ON THREE PRIORITIES THAT CREATE AN UNIQUE AND COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO HUNGER RELIEF. PRIORITY 1:STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND SERVICES COLLABORATIVELY TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH MORE EFFECTIVELY. PRIORITY 2: FORTIFY OUR CAPACITY AND SUSTAINABILITY TO OPTIMIZE IMPACT AND SUPPORT THE FUTURE PRIORITY 3: ADVOCATE FOR HEALTHY FOOD, A RESILIENT FOOD SYSTEM, AND SYSTEMS CHANGE. THE ORGANIZATION DISTRIBUTES TO AN AVERAGE OF 5,500 FAMILIES APPROXIMATELY 50 POUNDS OF FRESH VEGETABLES, PANTRY STABLES, BREADS, AND FROZEN MEATS EACH MONTH. THIS PROGRAM SERVES 38,000 INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS DOZENS OF PEER AGENCIES WITH MORE THAN 3 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD. THIS PROGRAM IS RUN AT 8 SITES AND INCLUDES DELIVERY TO QUALIFYING FAMILIES. OUR SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAMS REACH ALMOST 80 LOCATIONS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM WITH WEEKEND BAGS, GIFT-CARDS, AND SCHOOL-BASED PANTRIES.

  Expenses $6,019,833 · Grants $3,732,988

• MANNA FOOD CENTER, INC DISTRIBUTES FOOD THROUGH A NETWORK OF ALMOST 80 MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THE PROGRAM FILLS A CRITICAL GAP BY PROVIDING FOOD TO CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR TO ENSURE THEY HAVE NUTRITIOUS FOOD TO EAT DURING THE WEEKEND. THE PROGRAM DISTRIBUTED HALF A MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD TO NEARLY 40,000 CHILDREN THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR. ONE OF THE ORGANIZATION'S NEWER INITIATIVES, SCHOOLBASED PANTRIES, CONTINUED TO EXPAND BY 3 ADDITIONAL PANTRIES RESULTED IN THE ORGANIZATION'S ALMOST DOUBLING SERVICE NUMBERS, SUPPORTING 41,000 SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN AND FAMILY MEMBERS OVERALL, INCLUDING 45,515 POUNDS OF PRODUCE AND PANTRY STAPLES AT THE PANTRIES.

  Expenses $1,685,973 · Grants $1,244,733

• COMMUNITY FOOD RESCUE (CFR): IS A FIRST-OF-ITS KIND, COORDINATED FOOD RECOVERY NETWORK LED BY THE ORGANIZATION AND BUILDING ON THE FORMER FOOD FOR AGENCIES PROGRAM. BY PARTNERING WITH A RANGE OF HUNGER RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS, VOLUNTEERS AND BUSINESSES, THE INITIATIVE IS MAKING SURE THAT EDIBLE FOOD REACHES HUNGRY NEIGHBORS. CFR BUILDS UPON THE WORK OF ESTABLISHMENTS ALREADY RECOVERING GOOD FOOD BEFORE IT IS THROWN AWAY AND IDENTIFIES NEW DONORS. STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY MAKES REAL-TIME MATCHES BASED ON GEOGRAPHY AND TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS. TRAININGS AND MINI-GRANTS ARE OFFERED TO BUILD CAPACITY AND INCREASE FOOD-RESCUING CAPABILITIES.

  Expenses $859,565 · Grants $208,982

• MANNA ADDITIONALLY MADE 120,000 OF PURCHASES FROM LOCAL FARMS AND FARMERS MARKETS, PROVIDED 2,500 LYFT RIDES TO PARTICIPANTS WITH LIMITED TRANSPORTATION ACCESS, CONDUCTED 54 WORKSHOPS AND COOKING CLASSES, MADE 6,800 HOME DELIVERIES, AND SCREENED 950 APPLICANTS FOR SNAP ELIGIBILITY.

  Expenses $3,287,845 · Grants $2,384,427

As filed on the 2024 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

• GAITHERSBURG HELP INC

  $31,200

  FOOD ASSISTANCE

• SENECA CREEK COMMUNITY CHURCH

  $31,200

  FOOD ASSISTANCE

• ONE ACRE FARM

  $28,433

  FOOD ASSISTANCE

• SANDY SPRING GARDENS LLC

  $25,090

  FOOD ASSISTANCE

• GREENWAY FARMS LLC

  $20,668

  FOOD ASSISTANCE

• AMARANTH ACRES

  $20,247

  FOOD ASSISTANCE

• CHIRANDU FARMS LLC

  $20,247

  FOOD ASSISTANCE

• COMMON ROOT FARM

  $20,000

  FOOD ASSISTANCE

• THE FARM AT OUR HOUSE

  $20,000

  FOOD ASSISTANCE

• ISLAMIC CENTER OF MARYLAND

  $16,650

  FOOD ASSISTANCE

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

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

7 January 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

202620859349301602

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