ZERO FOODPRINT

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

K20

Classification

2000

Street

490 43RD ST UNIT 332

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• DURING 2024, ZERO FOODPRINT (ZFP) CONTINUED AND GREW RESTORE CALIFORNIA WITH SUPPORT FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM NUMEROUS BUSINESSES. RESTORE CALIFORNIA MAKES GRANTS TO IMPLEMENT AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES THAT BUILD HEALTHY SOIL, AS DEFINED BY CALIFORNIA'S HEALTHY SOILS PROGRAM. SIMILARLY, ZFP EXPANDED RESTORE COLORADO, IN CONJUNCTION WITH BOULDER AND DENVER COUNTY GOVERNMENTS AS WELL AS NUMEROUS LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS. ZFP CONTINUED A FUNDRAISING MECHANISM FOR RESTORE CALIFORNIA AND RESTORE COLORADO WITH DOZENS OF RESTAURANTS NATIONWIDE DONATING A PERCENTAGE OF INCOME OR COLLECTING A SURCHARGE ON DINERS' BILLS FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING HEALTHY SOIL PROJECTS. ZFP AWARDED NEARLY $750K IN RESTORE GRANTS TO 53 FARM PROJECTS, INCLUDING 18 IN CALIFORNIA AND 27 IN COLORADO. RESTORE ALSO EXPANDED TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, OPENING APPLICATIONS TO FARMERS IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON, AND AWARDING 8 PROJECTS IN THE NORTHWEST. ZFP CONTINUED EXPANSION OF OUR MEMBERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, EXPANDING OPTIONS BEYOND 1% OF SALES, AND HAS BEGUN RECRUITING CONSUMER PACKAGED GOODS BRANDS AND GROCERS TO JOIN THE ZERO FOODPRINT MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM AND ROTATING ANNUAL CAMPAIGNS. ZFP CONTINUED OUR CROWDFUNDING MECHANISM FOR INDIVIDUALS TO DONATE TO THE RESTORE FUND THROUGH OUR FEATURED PROJECTS SECTION ON THE WEBSITE WWW.ZEROFOODPRINT.ORG. ZFP BEGAN ENGAGING LARGE CORPORATIONS IN CALIFORNIA TO COMMIT THEIR FOOD SERVICE PROGRAMS TO REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE AND RESTORE CALIFORNIA THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN AN ACCELERATOR PROGRAM IN WHICH NUMEROUS FOOD & BEVERAGE COMPANIES PARTICIPATE. ZFP CONTINUED AND GREW THE COMPOST CONNECTOR PROGRAM, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO HELP CALIFORNIA JURISDICTIONS MEET CALIFORNIA SB1383 RECYCLED ORGANIC WASTE PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS BY FACILITATING COMPOST AND MULCH PURCHASE. COMPOST CONNECTOR SOLICITS REQUESTS FOR COMPOST AND MULCH FROM AGRICULTURE BUSINESSES INCLUDING SMALL WORKING FARMS, VINEYARDS, AND RANCHES, AND PROVIDES REDUCED COST COMPOST AND MULCH IN COMPLIANCE WITH SB1383.

  Expenses $3,247,795 · Grants $2,238,393 · Revenue $1,451,732

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $5,393,459

  Expenses

  $3,479,186

  Contributions

  $3,912,908

  Grants paid

  $2,238,393

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,865,728

  Expenses

  $2,054,891

  Contributions

  $711,204

  Grants paid

  $1,024,311

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,794,609

  Expenses

  $2,153,970

  Contributions

  $1,228,768

  Grants paid

  $1,207,314

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,350,518

  Expenses

  $1,164,809

  Contributions

  $786,872

  Grants paid

  $463,452

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,238,549

  Expenses

  $795,282

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,304,105

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,167,037

  Expenses

  $572,251

  Assets (EOY)

  $885,845

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $272,332

  Expenses

  $199,815

  Assets (EOY)

  $107,597

• 2017 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $105,950

  Expenses

  $58,328

  Assets (EOY)

  $20,601

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2016

Tax period

1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016

Principal officer

Show names as filed Nathan KaufmanNATHAN KAUFMAN

Mailing address

2311B MAGNOLIA STREETOAKLAND CA 94607

Website

Something was entered that is not a web address, so it is not shown.

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

• NAPA FARMS LLC

  $78,221

  2024 · USDA GRANT

• SAN PASQUAL VALLEY SOILS

  $74,587

  2024 · COMPOST CONNECTOR

• COLD CREEK COMPOST

  $68,353

  2022

• SECONDMUSE FOUNDATION

  $50,000

  2023 · RESTORE ALL GRANT

• LITTLE PANOCHE FARMING INC

  $48,159

  2023 · COMPOST CONNECTOR

• ZANKER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT LLC

  $44,000

  2024 · COMPOST CONNECTOR

• ZANKER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT LLC

  $41,100

  2023 · COMPOST CONNECTOR

• E&M DENIZ DAIRY

  $41,001

  2024 · RESTORE GRANT

• SAN PASQUAL VALLEY SOILS

  $40,539

  2023 · SPREADING SOIL GROWTH

• ELGORRIAGA HARVESTING INC

  $38,193

  2023 · COMPOST CONNECTOR

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION

  $215,000

  2022 · SPREADING SOIL WEALTH IN SAN DIEGO

• REWILD

  $75,000

  2024 · RESEARCH CONSERVATION

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN BENITO COUNTY

  $50,000

  2022 · STANDARD

• POINT REYES BIRD OBSERVATORY

  $34,590

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• MAD AGRICULTURE

  $30,000

  2024 · Contribution to a small portfolio of perennial plantings for carbon accrual and ecological benefit in the Pacific Northwest region

• IMPACTASSETS INC

  $26,500

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• IMPACTASSETS INC

  $25,000

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• RSF SOCIAL FINANCE INC

  $20,750

  2023 · FOR ITP CONVENING IN MARCH 2023

• RSF SOCIAL FINANCE INC

  $20,000

  2022 · FOR ESTABLISHING A SONOMA COUNTY HEALTHY SOILS PROGRAM

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $17,100

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

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

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