Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$2,834,969

Total expenses

$2,850,637

Contributions and grants received

$2,818,045

Grants paid

$2,402,675

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$7,710

Other revenue

$9,214

Total assets, end of year

$1,348,032

Total liabilities, end of year

$8,051

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,339,981

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,594,904

Management and general expenses

$251,056

Fundraising expenses

$4,677

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,594,904

Program services were 91.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• OUR FOOD CENTER DISTRIBUTED 771,956 POUNDS OF FOOD TO 56,615 INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN SPOKANE. THE AMOUNT OF EXPENSES INCLUDES $1,667,425 OF IN-KIND FOOD DONATIONS, WHICH ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE NON-CASH PORTION OF REVENUE. OUR PLACE PROVIDES LOW-BARRIER ACCESS TO FOOD FOR ANYONE IN NEED FROM ACROSS SPOKANE. OUR FREE FRESH FOOD MARKET IS SET UP LIKE A GROCERY MARKET, SO FOLKS CAN SHOP FOR THE PROTEINS, PRODUCE AND NON-PERISHABLES THEY CAN USE. WE WELCOME FOOD DONATIONS AND GROCERY RESCUE PICK UPS, AND LOVE TO PARTNER WITH LOCAL CHURCHES AND BUSINESSES ON FOOD DRIVES SO WE MAY GET MORE FOOD INTO THE HANDS THAT NEED IT!

  Expenses $1,865,178 · Grants $1,691,378

• OUR CLOTHING AND HOUSEHOLD NECESSITIES CENTER OFFERS CLOTHING, SHOES, BEDDING, AND SMALL HOUSEWARE ITEMS FOR ANYONE IN NEED, WITH NO DOCUMENTATION NEEDED. EVERYTHING WE DO IS DEPENDENT ON DONATIONS THAT COME IN, AND WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORT IN KEEPING OUR CLOTHING CENTER SUPPLIED! OUR GREATEST CONSISTENT NEEDS ARE MEN'S CLOTHING, SHOES, AND WARM CLOTHING DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. LAST YEAR WE DISTRIBUTED 50,100 ARTICLES OF CLOTHING AND 9,001 HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AS WELL AS 10,000 PAIRS OF BOMBAS SOCKS.

  Expenses $354,087 · Grants $353,507

• OUR PERSONAL HYGIENE CENTER DISTRIBUTED 136,700 PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS INCLUDING, TOILET PAPER, FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS, TOOTHBRUSHES, TOOTHPASTE, DEODORANT, SHAMPOO, CONDITIONER, LAUNDRY SOAP, COMBS, BAR SOAP, HAND SANITIZER, BABY WIPES, ADULT DIAPERS, LAYETTES AND MAKEUP. WE INVITE ONE HOUSEHOLD AT A TIME INTO OUR FOYER TO SHOP OUR TABLE FOR FUN HAIR AND MAKEUP ITEMS WHILE A VOLUNTEER FILLS THEIR ORDER OF BASIC HYGIENE ITEMS. THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS AND YOUR INDEPENDENT DONATIONS, WE PROVIDE BASIC HYGIENE ITEMS TO OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED FROM ALL OVER SPOKANE!ALSO INCLUDED IN OUR HYGIENE CENTER IS OUR LAUNDRY CENTER WHERE 840 LOADS OF LAUNDRY WERE DONE LAST YEAR. OUR LAUNDRY CENTER OFFERS THREE WASHERS AND FOUR DRYERS, AVAILABLE FOR USE FREE OF CHARGE ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS. OUR PLACE PROVIDES DETERGENTS AND INVITES HOUSEHOLDS OF 1-2 FOLKS TO DO UP TO TWO LOADS A WEEK, AND HOUSEHOLDS OF THREE+ TO DO UP TO FOUR LOADS A WEEK. OUR LAUNDRY CENTER IS OPEN THREE DAYS A WEEK.

  Expenses $350,239 · Grants $341,802

• OUR PLACE'S EMERGENCY RELIEF WORK GOES BEYOND OUR WALLS AS WE HELP FOLKS GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO! EACH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, 20 ALL-DAY BUS PASSES ARE AVAILABLE DURING SERVICE ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS THROUGH OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTION LINE. WE DISTRIBUTED 2,350 ALL-DAY BUS PASSES IN 2023.

  Expenses $5,400 · Grants $1,200

• OUR UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM DISTRIBUTED $20,000 IN EMERGENCY UTILITY BILL FUNDING. OUR PLACE IS ABLE TO OFFER UTILITY ASSISTANCE ONCE A YEAR TO ABOUT 90 WEST CENTRAL HOUSEHOLDS, FOR AN AMOUNT OF UP TO $300. NEIGHBORS IN NEED ARE INVITED TO CALL FOR ASSISTANCE ON THE FIRST TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH, WITH THEIR AVISTA ACCOUNT NUMBER HANDY, AND ASSISTANCE IS DISTRIBUTED IN THE ORDER CALLS ARE RECEIVED.

  Expenses $20,000 · Grants $14,788

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

Listed in Part VII

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

13 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202443189349305649

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