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← MONTANA FOOD BANK NETWORK INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MONTANA FOOD BANK NETWORK INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$36,122,184
Total expenses
$32,648,220
Contributions and grants received
$32,814,267
Grants paid
$29,334,332
Program service revenue
$3,088,656
Investment income
$106,210
Other revenue
$113,051
Total assets, end of year
$23,469,905
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,431,931
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$18,037,974
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$31,181,361
Management and general expenses
$389,974
Fundraising expenses
$1,076,885
Program service expenses (Part III)
$31,181,361

Program services were 95.5% 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)

    $8,200,422

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $24,613,845

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $25,805,918

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PARTNERSHIP FOOD SALES

    total $3,088,150 · related or exempt $3,088,150

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SHARED MAINTENANCE

    total $506 · related or exempt $506

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $106,210 · excluded $106,210

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $92,993

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,781

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $91,212 · excluded $91,212

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $21,839 · related or exempt $21,839

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $21,839

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $29,334,332 · program services $29,334,332

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $161,551 · program services $50,081 · management and general $90,468 · fundraising $21,002

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,466,528 · program services $940,089 · management and general $161,012 · fundraising $365,427

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $232,563 · program services $153,546 · management and general $29,823 · fundraising $49,194

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $135,986 · program services $84,663 · management and general $21,091 · fundraising $30,232

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $235,771 · program services $45,111 · management and general $46,694 · fundraising $143,966

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,229 · fundraising $6,229

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $143,124 · program services $66,859 · management and general $11,652 · fundraising $64,613

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $87,671 · program services $85,696 · management and general $658 · fundraising $1,317

  • 17 · Travel

    total $19,474 · program services $10,568 · management and general $3,503 · fundraising $5,403

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $20,991 · program services $15,187 · management and general $1,750 · fundraising $4,054

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,101 · management and general $3,101

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $264,486 · program services $252,156 · management and general $4,903 · fundraising $7,427

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $36,187 · program services $29,301 · management and general $2,619 · fundraising $4,267

  • 24a · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND PRINTING FR

    total $369,953 · fundraising $369,953

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $97,532 · program services $95,910 · management and general $525 · fundraising $1,097

  • 24c · Other expenses: TRAINING

    total $21,717 · program services $13,206 · management and general $5,981 · fundraising $2,530

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $11,024 · program services $4,656 · management and general $6,194 · fundraising $174

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $6,980,835 · end of year $2,845,623

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,474,940 · end of year $1,274,622

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $983,512 · end of year $916,830

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $100,300 · end of year $135,770

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $909,903 · end of year $819,872

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $17,663 · end of year $38,476

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

    $19,202,706

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

    $2,811,688

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,528,488 · end of year $16,391,018

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $955,172 · end of year $1,047,694

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,077,403 · end of year $632,289

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $275,000

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $102,305

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $4,799,642

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,689,736 · end of year $8,271,444

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,806,369 · end of year $9,766,530

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

OUR MISSION: TO END HUNGER IN MONTANA THROUGH FOOD ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY. WE ARE THE ONLY STATEWIDE HUNGER ORGANIZATION, PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD AND INCREASING FOOD ACCESS AMONG NEEDY CHILDREN, SENIORS AND FAMILIES IN ALL 56 COUNTIES AND ALL 7 RESERVATIONS, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR OVER 330 NETWORK PARTNERS. WITH ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF JUST 4.7%, WE ARE A PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT IS THE ONLY FULLY PRIVILEGED MONTANA MEMBER OF FEEDING AMERICA, THE NATIONAL HUNGER ORGANIZATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

END HUNGER IN MT THROUGH EMERGENCY FOOD & PURSUIT OF LASTING SOLUTIONS.

  • EMERGENCY FOOD DISTRIBUTION - THE MONTANA FOOD BANK NETWORK (MFBN) IS MONTANA'S ONLY STATEWIDE FOOD BANK. WE WORK WITH THE NATIONAL HUNGER-FIGHTING ORGANIZATION, FEEDING AMERICA, AND HAVE DEVELOPED SEVERAL PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF ACCESSING FOOD IN MONTANA. WE WORK WITH OVER 330 OTHER HUNGER-FIGHTING PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO IMPROVE FOOD ACCESS AND SHARE INFORMATION TO ADDRESS HUNGER AND ITS ROOT CAUSES. LAST YEAR WE DISTRIBUTED 16,143,311 POUNDS OF FOOD TO OUR NETWORK PARTNERS THROUGHOUT MONTANA. MFBN PARTNERS WITH LOCAL EMERGENCY FOOD PROGRAMS, SCHOOLS AND SENIOR CENTERS TO FEED THOSE WHO MAY OTHERWISE GO HUNGRY. WE DELIVER FOOD ACROSS THE 150,000 SQUARE MILES OF MONTANA FROM LARGER TOWNS TO REMOTE COMMUNITIES AND INDIAN RESERVATIONS THAT OFTEN RELY ON MFBN TO PROVIDE MOST OF THE FOOD THEY DISTRIBUTE. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE BACK PACK PROGRAM, SCHOOL PANTRY, MAIL-A-MEAL AND MOBILE FOOD PANTRY. THE BACK PACK AND SCHOOL PANTRY PROGRAMS PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD FOR SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN AND THEIR YOUNGER SIBLINGS ON WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS FROM SCHOOL. MAIL-A-MEAL SHIPS EMERGENCY FOOD BOXES TO PEOPLE IN VERY REMOTE AREAS OF MONTANA WITHOUT OTHER SERVICES NEARBY. THE MOBILE FOOD PANTRY PARTNERS WITH SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS IN UNDERSERVED OR UNSERVED COMMUNITIES FOR FOOD DISTRIBUTION UNTIL A MORE PERMANENT SOLUTION IS ESTABLISHED.

    Expenses $30,702,883 · Grants $29,275,331 · Revenue $3,110,495

  • POLICY ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH PROGRAM - IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD, MFBN WORKS TO END HUNGER THROUGH PUBLIC POLICY SOLUTIONS AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LEVELS. MFBN WORKS WITH LEGISLATORS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND THE HUNGER-RELIEF COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THAT ENDING HUNGER IS A PRIORITY. MFBN STRIVES TO ENSURE THAT PUBLIC FOOD PROGRAMS ARE MAXIMIZED TO SUPPORT MONTANANS. BY COLLECTING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MONTANA FEEDING PROGRAMS AND THROUGH A BIENNIAL CLIENT HUNGER SURVEY, MFBN THEN EDUCATES THE PUBLIC AND POLICY MAKERS ABOUT HUNGER AND FOOD INSECURITY IN MONTANA. DATA COLLECTED FROM THE HUNGER SURVEY IS USED TO TARGET MFBN'S OUTREACH ACTIVITIES FOR SNAP (SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM), SUMMER FOOD PROGRAM AND OTHER PUBLIC FOOD PROGRAMS. WITH THE ADDITION OF A BENEFIT ACCESS COORDINATOR, MFBN IS ALSO ABLE TO PROVIDE CLIENTS WITH ONE-ON-ONE ASSISTANCE TO NAVIGATE THE COMPLEX PUBLIC BENEFITS PROCESS. THE PUBLIC POLICY PROGRAM GOAL IS TO ENCOURAGE LONG TERM SOLUTIONS TO HUNGER IN MONTANA WITH BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.

    Expenses $478,478 · Grants $59,001

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Gayle Carlson

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $161,550
    From this org
    $155,910
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,640
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,910
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,640
    Filer's total
    $161,550

  • Kevin Condit

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ross Tillman

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tiffani Swanson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Kesler

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matt Baldassin

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Keith Haas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Lehman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marie Hirsch

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jessica Proctor

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Enos

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Ewing

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Byrnes

    BOARD MEMBER

    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. 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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS REVIEWED, DELIBERATED AND DECIDED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ANNUALLY. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DETERMINES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S SALARY BASED ON PERFORMANCE AND MARKET INDICATORS. THE COMMITTEE COMPLETES A WRITTEN REPORT OF THE RESULTS OF THEIR EVALUATION WHICH IS PROVIDED TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

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

  • CUSTER COUNTY FOOD BANK

    $0

    RESPOND TO THE EMERGENCY FOOD NEEDS OF THE HUNGRY AND WORKING TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF HUNGER

  • DAWSON COUNTY FOOD BANK

    $0

    RESPOND TO THE EMERGENCY FOOD NEEDS OF THE HUNGRY AND WORKING TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF HUNGER

  • FAMILY SERVICE INC

    $0

    RESPOND TO THE EMERGENCY FOOD NEEDS OF THE HUNGRY AND WORKING TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF HUNGER

  • FLATHEAD FOOD BANK

    $0

    RESPOND TO THE EMERGENCY FOOD NEEDS OF THE HUNGRY AND WORKING TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF HUNGER

  • GALLATIN VALLEY FOOD BANK

    $0

    RESPOND TO THE EMERGENCY FOOD NEEDS OF THE HUNGRY AND WORKING TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF HUNGER

  • HAVEN HOUSE

    $0

    RESPOND TO THE EMERGENCY FOOD NEEDS OF THE HUNGRY AND WORKING TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF HUNGER

  • HELENA FOOD SHARE

    $0

    RESPOND TO THE EMERGENCY FOOD NEEDS OF THE HUNGRY AND WORKING TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF HUNGER

  • HELPING HANDS IN HARDIN

    $0

    RESPOND TO THE EMERGENCY FOOD NEEDS OF THE HUNGRY AND WORKING TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF HUNGER

  • LIBBY FOOD PANTRY

    $0

    RESPOND TO THE EMERGENCY FOOD NEEDS OF THE HUNGRY AND WORKING TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF HUNGER

  • MALTA FOOD BANK

    $0

    RESPOND TO THE EMERGENCY FOOD NEEDS OF THE HUNGRY AND WORKING TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF HUNGER

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202542909349301209

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