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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by KROGER CO ZERO HUNGER ZERO WASTE FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,541,313
Total expenses
$8,664,481
Contributions and grants received
$7,955,849
Grants paid
$8,464,635
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$585,464
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$21,730,782
Total liabilities, end of year
$139,947
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$21,590,835
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,464,635
Management and general expenses
$199,846
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,464,635

Program services were 97.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $7,955,849

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $585,464 · excluded $585,464

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $8,464,635 · program services $8,464,635

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $78,318 · management and general $78,318

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $29,173 · management and general $29,173

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $38,006 · management and general $38,006

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,316 · management and general $10,316

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $30,781 · management and general $30,781

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK SERVICE CHARGES

    total $9,852 · management and general $9,852

  • 24b · Other expenses: REGISTRATION FEES

    total $3,400 · management and general $3,400

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $13,302,424 · end of year $13,838,975

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $8,411,579 · end of year $7,891,807

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $139,947

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $21,714,003 · end of year $21,590,835

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE FOUNDATION AIMS TO HELP END HUNGER AND WASTE IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE U.S.

  • THE FOUNDATION GRANTS SUPPORT CAUSES AND PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE MEALS FOR FAMILIES STRUGGLING WITH HUNGER OR IMPROVE ACCESS TO FRESH, HEALTHY FOOD IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES. GRANTS ALSO ADVANCE SUSTAINABILITY AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND SOLUTIONS THAT REDUCE WASTE AND FOOD WASTE.

    Expenses $8,464,635 · Grants $8,464,635 · Revenue $8,541,313

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Denise Osterhues

    PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Keith Dailey

    VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Milen Mahadevan

    SECRETARY AND DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Patty Leesemann

    FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR / INTER

    Total calculated
    $120,030
    From this org
    $120,030
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    16

  • Emily Hartmann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Victor Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Lisa Zwack

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Ryan Verbecken

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Juan De Paoli

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Jamie Carr

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $171,148
    From this org
    $171,148
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $111,756
    Bonus
    $27,569
    Other
    $31,823
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $171,148

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

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • THE KROGER CO

    C · GROCERY RETAILER · OH

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
19 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202632529349301628

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