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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by GLOBAL CHILD NUTRITION FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$602,947
Total expenses
$798,717
Contributions and grants received
$321,512
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$196,090
Investment income
$85,345
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,111,311
Total liabilities, end of year
$27,842
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,083,469
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$701,268
Management and general expenses
$97,449
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$701,268

Program services were 87.8% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $137,269

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $184,243

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONSULTING

    total $196,090 · related or exempt $196,090

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $74,820 · excluded $74,820

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $471,751

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $461,226

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $10,525

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $10,525 · excluded $10,525

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $455,314 · program services $424,350 · management and general $30,964

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $11,662 · program services $10,869 · management and general $793

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $25,184 · program services $23,471 · management and general $1,713

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $36,273 · program services $33,806 · management and general $2,467

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,800 · program services $13,400 · management and general $23,400

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $166,086 · program services $151,019 · management and general $15,067

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,432 · program services $2,126 · management and general $306

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,644 · program services $1,642 · management and general $1,002

  • 17 · Travel

    total $40,592 · program services $40,350 · management and general $242

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,326 · management and general $1,326

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $16,085 · program services $185 · management and general $15,900

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $4,319 · program services $50 · management and general $4,269

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $193,517 · end of year $45,767

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $58,312 · end of year $14,807

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $333,729 · end of year $25,350

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $36,540

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,786,598 · end of year $1,988,847

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $208,049 · end of year $27,842

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,914,107 · end of year $1,833,469

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $250,000 · end of year $250,000

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

GCNF WORKS TOGETHER WITH GOVERNMENT LEADERS AND A DIVERSE NETWORK OF PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD TO DELIVER SUSTAINABLE AND NUTRITIOUS SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAMS THAT GIVE EVERY CHILD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND THRIVE.

  • THE GLOBAL SURVEY OF SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAMS WAS PILOTED IN 2018 AND LAUNCHED IN 2019. THE GLOBAL SURVEY IS USED TO DEVELOP A BASELINE DATABASE ON THE CURRENT STATE OF SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS IN 169 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. A PROCESS OF COLLECTING FEEDBACK FROM STAKEHOLDERS AND MODIFYING AND TRANSLATING THE GLOBAL SURVEY TOOK PLACE THROUGHOUT 2023. DATA COLLECTION FOR THE THIRD ROUND OF THE SURVEY BEGAN IN MID-NOVEMBER 2023 AND WRAPPED UP IN LATE 2024. THE FOURTH SURVEY ROUND IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE IN 2027.

    Expenses $411,396

  • THE GLOBAL CHILD NUTRITION FORUM IS A LEARNING EXCHANGE AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CONFERENCE HELD TO SUPPORT COUNTRIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS. IT ENCOURAGES OPEN DIALOGUE AND THE SHARING OF EXPERIENCES, BEST PRACTICES, LESSONS, CHALLENGES AND OPTIONS TO SUSTAINABLY SUPPORT NUTRITIOUS, HOME-GROWN SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAMS. THE NEXT FORUM IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 2026.

    Expenses $146,318

  • GCNF GENERATES AND DISSEMINATE KNOWLEDGE THAT STRENGTHENS THE FIELD OF SCHOOL FEEDING AND SUPPORTS EVIDENCE-BASED DECISION-MAKING. THIS BODY OF WORK INCLUDES TARGETED RESEARCH STUDIES, CONTRIBUTIONS TO GLOBAL POLICY DIALOGUES AND ADVOCACY EFFORTS, AND DISSEMINATION.

    Expenses $143,554 · Revenue $196,090

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ron Kleinman MD

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kate Houston Ms

    BOARD VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rafael Fabrega

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ashleigh Black

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Krysta Harden

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Michele Fite

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Susan Neely

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Valerie Nkamgang Bemo MD MPH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Heidi Spahn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Tina May

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Emily Ma

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • David Hong

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Cindy Long

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Arlene Mitchell

    VOLUNTEER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Heidi Kessler

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $156,632
    From this org
    $145,547
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,085
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,547
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,444
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,641
    Filer's total
    $156,632

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

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
20 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202622029349300337

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