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← FOOD FORWARD INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FOOD FORWARD INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$175,170,201
Total expenses
$174,912,851
Contributions and grants received
$174,483,693
Grants paid
$168,489,542
Program service revenue
$143,648
Investment income
$542,531
Other revenue
$329
Total assets, end of year
$17,482,876
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,113,439
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$16,369,437
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$172,520,361
Management and general expenses
$1,489,331
Fundraising expenses
$903,159
Program service expenses (Part III)
$172,520,361

Program services were 98.6% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $100,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $174,383,693

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $168,607,879

  • 2a · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE

    total $143,648 · excluded $143,648

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $533,259 · excluded $533,259

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $446,400

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

    securities $437,128

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $9,272

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $9,272 · excluded $9,272

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $329

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $329 · excluded $329

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $168,489,542 · program services $168,489,542

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $593,905 · program services $154,453 · management and general $335,259 · fundraising $104,193

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,400,016 · program services $1,923,634 · management and general $128,867 · fundraising $347,515

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $86,948 · program services $47,277 · management and general $18,724 · fundraising $20,947

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $655,463 · program services $518,697 · management and general $40,783 · fundraising $95,983

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $281,398 · program services $169,436 · management and general $60,704 · fundraising $51,258

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $9,840 · management and general $9,840

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $167,483 · management and general $167,483

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $49,729 · management and general $49,729

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $39,258 · program services $20,610 · management and general $5,530 · fundraising $13,118

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $31,588 · program services $14,923 · management and general $14,269 · fundraising $2,396

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $94,275 · program services $37,976 · management and general $17,802 · fundraising $38,497

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $248,732 · program services $195,627 · management and general $30,233 · fundraising $22,872

  • 17 · Travel

    total $32,454 · program services $22,545 · management and general $8,752 · fundraising $1,157

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $82,190 · program services $16,907 · management and general $60,374 · fundraising $4,909

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $241,349 · program services $225,060 · management and general $14,254 · fundraising $2,035

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $78,780 · program services $53,026 · management and general $25,754

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCE TRANSPORTATION

    total $364,250 · program services $364,250

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $965,651 · program services $266,398 · management and general $500,974 · fundraising $198,279

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $130,771 · end of year $82,652

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $235,397 · end of year $454,155

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $358,647 · end of year $934,792

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $82,804 · end of year $129,743

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

    $1,890,372

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

    $990,259

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $978,933 · end of year $900,113

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $14,276,368 · end of year $14,204,885

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $922,502 · end of year $776,536

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $351,221 · end of year $378,243

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $868,812 · end of year $735,196

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $14,556,759 · end of year $15,419,645

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,208,630 · end of year $949,792

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

FOOD FORWARD FIGHTS HUNGER AND PREVENTS FOOD WASTE BY RESCUING FRESH SURPLUS PRODUCE, CONNECTING THIS ABUNDANCE WITH PEOPLE EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY, AND INSPIRING OTHERS TO DO THE SAME.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FOOD FORWARD(R) IS ONE OF THE NATION'S LARGEST INDEPENDENT URBAN PRODUCE RECOVERY ORGANIZATIONS.

  • FOOD FORWARD'S LARGE-SCALE WHOLESALE RECOVERY PROGRAM RECOVERS SURPLUS PRODUCE DONATED BY THE PALLET AND TRUCKLOAD FROM WHOLESALE PRODUCE DISTRIBUTORS AND GROWERS AT ITS PRODUCE PIT STOP TO DISTRIBUTE FREE-OF-CHARGE TO HUNGER RELIEF PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $169,503,601 · Grants $167,456,677 · Revenue $143,648

  • THROUGH TWO VOLUNTEER-POWERED COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, FOOD FORWARD ORGANIZES THOUSANDS OF DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS ANNUALLY TO PARTICIPATE IN HARVESTS AND GLEANS THAT FIGHT HUNGER AND REDUCE FOOD WASTE. THE FLAGSHIP BACKYARD HARVEST PROGRAM PROVIDES FRUIT TO PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS FROM HARVESTS LED BY VOLUNTEERS ON HUNDREDS OF FRUIT TREE PROPERTIES. THE FARMERS MARKET RECOVERY PROGRAM IS A MARKET-ENDORSED DONATION SYSTEM FOR FARMERS AND VENDORS WANTING TO HELP FIGHT HUNGER WITH THEIR UNSOLD PRODUCE.

    Expenses $3,016,760 · Grants $1,032,865

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

Listed in Part VII

  • RICHARD NAHMIAS

    FOUNDER/CEO

    Total calculated
    $272,067
    From this org
    $219,570
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,497
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $219,570
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $41,364
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,133
    Filer's total
    $272,067

  • ROBERT VALENCIA

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • JASON CRAYNE

    TREASURER (AS OF 04/01/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MARK RHEIN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • CHRISTY REMEY CHIN

    TREASURER (THRU 3/23)/BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • JEDD GOLD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NEIL HALTRECHT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JEFF HARRIS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • BRIAN LAZARUS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CINDY LEE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHARI LEINWAND

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • DONELLA WILSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BETTY ZAMORANO-PEDREGON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • DIANE HELFREY

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & ACCOUNTING

    Total calculated
    $145,439
    From this org
    $131,303
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,136
    Hours/week
    48

  • KRISTEN JOHNSON

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $176,399
    From this org
    $165,086
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,313
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,086
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,764
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,549
    Filer's total
    $176,399

  • JENNIFER COX

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $161,992
    From this org
    $146,728
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,264
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,428
    Bonus
    $300
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,383
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,881
    Filer's total
    $161,992

  • JODI JACOBSEN

    DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $153,422
    From this org
    $114,985
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,437
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $114,685
    Bonus
    $300
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,188
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,249
    Filer's total
    $153,422

  • AMIR ZAMBRANO

    MANAGING DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $128,013
    From this org
    $122,442
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,571
    Hours/week
    46

  • NKEMDILIM NWOSU

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $126,831
    From this org
    $116,779
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,052
    Hours/week
    50

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4B
PARTICIPANT: RICHARD NAHMIAS, CEO. IN DECEMBER 2023, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ESTABLISHED A 457(F) DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN AS PART OF AN EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. THE AGREEMENT OUTLINES THE CEO'S DUTIES, COMPENSATION, BENEFITS, ALLOWABLE EXPENSES, AND ANNUAL EVALUATIONS. THE AGREEMENT ALSO OUTLINES ANY IMPACTS TO PLAN BENEFITS IF THE EMPLOYER OR EMPLOYEE TERMINATES THE AGREEMENT FOR CAUSE, DEATH, DISABILITY, OR OTHER REASON.
PART I, LINE 7
JENNIFER COX, DIANE HELFREY, JODI JACOBSEN, AMIR ZAMBRANO, AND NKEMDILIM NWOSU RECEIVED DISCRETIONARY BONUSES IN THE AMOUNT OF $300 EACH DURING 2023. THE DISCRETIONARY AMOUNTS WERE DETERMINED BY THE CEO AND COO.

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

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
31 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443119349301554

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