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← MEANS DATABASE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MEANS DATABASE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$102,268,690
Total expenses
$102,096,988
Contributions and grants received
$102,259,167
Grants paid
$100,833,977
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$9,523
Total assets, end of year
$728,200
Total liabilities, end of year
$79,750
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$648,450
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$102,070,941
Management and general expenses
$26,040
Fundraising expenses
$7
Program service expenses (Part III)
$102,070,941

Program services were 100.0% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $30,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $102,229,167

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $100,833,202

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other Income

    total $9,523 · related or exempt $9,523

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $9,523

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $100,833,977 · program services $100,833,977

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $69,909 · program services $67,251 · management and general $2,658

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $449,865 · program services $432,760 · management and general $17,105

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $69,167 · program services $66,537 · management and general $2,630

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $43,216 · program services $41,573 · management and general $1,643

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,438 · program services $1,438

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $576,606 · program services $576,606

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,238 · program services $3,438 · management and general $1,800

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,508 · program services $10,386 · management and general $115 · fundraising $7

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $20,983 · program services $20,915 · management and general $68

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,193 · program services $13,172 · management and general $21

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,273 · program services $2,273

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $615 · program services $615

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $499,766 · end of year $353,436

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $12,601 · end of year $372,405

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,285 · end of year $1,436

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $3,076

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $2,153

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,538 · end of year $923

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $23,177 · end of year $79,750

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $496,013 · end of year $648,450

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

See Schedule O.

  • Community Meal Program:We continued our Community Meal Program in cities, where we paid local small businesses (restaurants and caterers with 4 or fewer total locations) $10 per meal to make catering orders specifically to be donated to pre-selected nearby emergency food providers. This program supports both restaurants and nonprofits alike. In 2023, to realign with our food recovery mission, MEANS decreased the number of meals we purchased. We received additional funding for this program from the Grubhub Community Fund to continue the program through the rest of the year. In 2023, we purchased 14,584 meals from 33 restaurants, which were redistributed to those in need through partnership with 31 nonprofit and mutual aid organizations. We have also been happy to support our nonprofit partners with food donations in addition to purchased meals. Core Food Recovery Program:Our core program at MEANS Database is our food recovery program, where food businesses with extra food can post a donation, and our system automatically emails and texts nearby emergency food providers. Our goal is to connect surplus and need in communities across the country. Our outreach team works to grow our network of donors and recipients, and our tech team works to maintain our website, expand its functionality, and improve accessibility features to best serve our users. This program is completely free for both food donors and recipient organizations to use. In 2023, MEANS Database recovered 52,764,048 pounds of food. This food ranged from extra catered meals in Philadelphia, to school lunches in Orlando, and bulk loads of yogurt in Salt Lake City. We split our operations into two groups: small donations (less than 1000 lbs, fits into a standard car or van) and large donations (often palletized, coming from a warehouse or farm, requires a specialized truck for pickup), because the partners, process, and logistics for each donation type is different. MEANS Database does not purchase recovered food, but funding is used to provide transportation of the product. Small donations- We partner with a variety of food businesses, including restaurants, grocery stores, caterers, venues, and schools, to recover their extra product. We work nationwide, and have partners in every state, and our most robust programs are in Florida, New Jersey, Rhode Island, California, Pennsylvania, New York, and Washington, DC. Large donations- In January 2023, we hired a large donation procurement manager, William Bell. We worked with William and his connections to reroute truckloads of extra food from warehouses to nonprofits across the country. We used our newfound connections to donate millions of pounds of food, such as meat, yogurt, milk, and produce, to organizations fighting food insecurity across the country. Since moving semi-truck loads of produce is not always a feasible option for our partners, we spent funds towards transportation. By working with a Third-Party Logistics (3PL) company, we paid for drivers to pick up these palletized donations and deliver them to food banks and community organizations across the country. Produce Home-delivery Program:We are fortunate to partner with Booker T Washington Community Service Center, an incredible organization in San Francisco that purchases and distributes fresh produce to the community, and Food Connect, an awesome food donation logistics company that specializes in home deliveries! For this partnership, we helped the team cover transportation costs accrued by distributing their produce to home-bound, food insecure individuals in San Francisco. We were able to move thousands of pounds of fresh produce, purchased from Black-owned farms in Northern CA, to community members across the Bay Area.

    Expenses $102,070,941 · Grants $100,833,977

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Samantha Paul

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $74,194
    From this org
    $69,909
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,285
    Hours/week
    36

  • Julia Shullman

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Grant Nelson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Maria Rose Belding

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
10 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202412849349300231

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