Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$20,510,630

Total expenses

$19,198,375

Contributions and grants received

$20,458,836

Grants paid

$711,513

Program service revenue

$19,745

Investment income

$15,163

Other revenue

$16,886

Total assets, end of year

$5,832,573

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,260,483

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$4,572,090

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$16,621,673

Management and general expenses

$1,670,037

Fundraising expenses

$906,665

Program service expenses (Part III)

$16,621,673

Program services were 86.6% 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

• THE CHEF ANN FOUNDATION (CAF) BELIEVES EVERY CHILD SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO FRESH, HEALTHY FOOD EVERY DAY SO THAT THEY CAN DEVELOP HEALTHY EATING HABITS TO LAST A LIFETIME. WE THINK THE GREATEST IMPACT CAN BE HAD THROUGH CHANGING SCHOOL FOOD. OUR MISSION IS TO ENSURE THAT SCHOOL FOOD PROFESSIONALS HAVE THE RESOURCES, FUNDING AND SUPPORT THEY NEED TO PROVIDE FRESH, HEALTHY, DELICIOUS, COOKED FROM SCRATCH MEALS THAT SUPPORT THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND OUR PLANET.TO DATE, WE HAVE IMPACTED THE SCHOOL FOOD EATEN BY NEARLY 4,400,000 CHILDREN (MORE THAN HALF OF WHOM QUALIFY FOR THE FREE/REDUCED LUNCH PROGRAM) AND REACHED OVER 13,000 SCHOOLS IN ALL 50 STATES WITH OUR PROGRAMMING. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)IN ORDER TO HELP SCHOOL DISTRICTS BUILD, IMPLEMENT, AND SUSTAIN A SELF-OPERATED, SCRATCH COOK PROGRAM, CAF PROVIDES A CONTINUUM OF PROGRAMMING THAT MEETS DISTRICTS WHERE THEY ARE, AND HELPS SUPPORT THEM IN MOVING THEIR PROGRAM FORWARD. WE DIVIDE OUR WORK INTO TWO PRIMARY CATEGORIES: PROFESSIONAL/WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS. CAF'S PROFESSIONAL AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS EQUIP SCHOOL FOOD PROFESSIONALSWITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO ENACT REAL SCHOOL FOOD CHANGE: -THE LUNCH BOX PROVIDES THE OPERATIONAL KNOWLEDGE BASE FOR ALL OF OUR WORK. FREE ACCESS AND FREE TO USE, THIS ONLINE RESOURCE CENTER PROVIDES FREE STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES, TOOLS, RECIPES AND OTHER RESOURCES TO HELP SCHOOLS IMPROVE THEIR MEAL PROGRAMS AND CONVERT TO SCRATCH-COOKING. -SCHOOL FOOD INSTITUTE IS A SET OF ONLINE COURSES THAT PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING ON THE KEY COMPONENTS OF SUCCESSFUL SCRATCH-COOK OPERATIONS IN SCHOOLS. -HEALTHY SCHOOL FOOD CAREER PATHWAYS INCLUDE NEW PRE-APPRENTICESHIP AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS THAT PREPARE THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE WORKERS WITH THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE TO OPERATE FRESH, HEALTHY, AND SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAMS. CAF IS ALSO DEVELOPING A NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM THAT WILL EMPOWER MID-CAREER PROFESSIONALS TO TAKE ON LEADERSHIP ROLES IN SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE.IMPLEMENTATION GRANT PROGRAMS PROVIDE SCHOOLS WITH THE TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO OFFER HEALTHIER, FRESHER MEALS IN SCHOOL: -SALAD BARS TO SCHOOLS IS A GRANTING PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS WITH SALAD BAR EQUIPMENT AND SUPPORT, SUCH AS CAMBRO BARS, CAMCHILLERS, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. -GET SCHOOLS COOKING IS AN INTENSIVE 3-YEAR ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGIC PLANNING PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES SCHOOLS WITH THE OPERATIONAL KNOWLEDGE TO TRANSITION FROM A HEAT & SERVE TO SCRATCH COOK OPERATIONAL MODEL.IN ALL OUR WORK, THE CHEF ANN FOUNDATION STRIVES TO MEET THE FOLLOWING GOALS: REDUCE THE RATE OF DIET- RELATED ISEASES AMONG CHILDREN BY IMPROVING THE NUTRITIONAL QUALITY OF SCHOOL FOOD; HELP CHILDREN ESTABLISH BETTER EATING HABITS FOR LIFE THROUGH HEALTHY SCHOOL MEALS; INCREASE EXPOSURE TO FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES; INCREASE FOOD LITERACY THROUGH NUTRITION EDUCATION; AND TRANSITION SCHOOLS FROM HEAT-AND-SERVE OPERATION MODELS THAT DEPEND ON PROCESSED FOODTO SCRATCH-COOK KITCHENS THAT PRODUCE MEALS MADE WITH WHOLE, NUTRIENT-RICH FOOD.

  Expenses $16,621,673 · Grants $711,513 · Revenue $36,631

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

• ANN COOPER

  PRESIDENT

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  10

• DAVID DE LA ROSA

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.3

• CHARLES DUKES

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.3

• KEVIN EMORE

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.3

• NATHAN IRONS

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.3

• AMY SHIPLEY

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.3

• TOM SPIER

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.3

• HELENE YORK

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.3

• MELISSA HONEYWOOD

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.3

• NORBERT WILSON

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.3

• MARA FLEISHMAN

  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

  Total calculated

  $291,678

  From this org

  $277,789

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $13,889

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $277,789

  Bonus

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Deferred

  $13,889

  Nontaxable benefits

  $0

  Filer's total

  $291,678

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

• GULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

  $115,226

  SYSTEMS ASSISTANCE GRANT

• ACTON BOXBOROUGH FOOD SERVICE

  $88,000

  SYSTEMS ASSISTANCE GRANT

• NOSH

  $71,085

  SYSTEMS ASSISTANCE GRANT

• NEW ROOTS COMMUNITY FARM

  $70,000

  SYSTEMS ASSISTANCE GRANT

• TRIMBLE COUNTY SCHOOL NUTRITION

  $62,750

  SYSTEMS ASSISTANCE GRANT

• NORTHEAST WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICT

  $52,133

  SYSTEMS ASSISTANCE GRANT

• SAN YSIDRO SCHOOL DISTRICT

  $41,254

  SYSTEMS ASSISTANCE GRANT

• WINDHAM CENTRAL SUPERVISORY UNION

  $31,066

  SYSTEMS ASSISTANCE GRANT

• WELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 8- NUTRITION SERVICES

  $27,398

  SYSTEMS ASSISTANCE GRANT

• DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOL COMMUNITY DISTRICT

  $15,000

  SYSTEMS ASSISTANCE GRANT

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

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

14 October 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202512899349301126

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