LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

1000

Street

1734 E 41ST ST

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 · 2025

• GENERAL DISTRIBUTION OF PRODUCT TO AGENCIES PROVIDES DONATED AND PURCHASED FOOD AND OTHER GROCERY PRODUCTS TO 603 CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS SERVING 837 SITES LOCATED THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES COUNTY. AGENCIES PROVIDE GROCERY PRODUCTS OR SERVE MEALS TO PEOPLE SEEKING OR REQUIRING ASSISTANCE AS DESIGNED BY THE PROGRAMS OF THE AGENCIES. IN ORDER FOR AN AGENCY TO RECEIVE GROCERY PRODUCT FROM THE FOOD BANK, AN AGENCY MUST COMPLETE THE FOOD BANK'S APPLICATION PROCESS AND THE FOOD BANK'S STAFF MUST CONDUCT AN ON-SITE MONITORING OF THE AGENCY'S SITE(S). ONCE APPROVED FOR MEMBERSHIP, AN AGENCY EITHER PICKS UP FROM THE FOOD BANK'S DISTRIBUTION CENTER OR RECEIVES A FOOD BANK DELIVERY DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION OF THE AGENCY. PURCHASED FOOD THAT IS DISTRIBUTED THROUGH SHOP-SMART-SAVE PROGRAM HAS AN AVERAGE MARGIN OF 4.9%, THUS ALLOWING THE FOOD BANK TO RECOUP SOME OF ITS STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION COSTS. SHOP-SMART-SAVE PROGRAM REVENUES ARE INCLUDED UNDER GENERAL FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM. IN 2025, 100% OF DONATED FOOD AND PRODUCT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO AGENCIES FREE OF CHARGE. "GRANTS" RELATE TO FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS TO CHARITABLE AGENCIES

  Expenses $129,460,959 · Grants $91,649,314 · Revenue $855,244

• PRODUCT ACQUISITIONS DEPARTMENT WORKS WITH DONORS TO IDENTIFY SURPLUS FOOD TO BE PICKED UP BY THE FOOD BANK'S FLEET OF TRUCKS, AND EXTRA HELPINGS IS A FOOD RECOVERY PROGRAM LINKING AGENCIES WITH FOOD DONATION SOURCES. EXTRA HELPINGS WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED TO FACILITATE THE CONTRIBUTION OF FOOD FROM RESTAURANTS, HOTELS, AND THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY TO AGENCIES, AND HAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE DONATIONS FROM RETAIL GROCERY STORES AND OTHER FOOD SOURCES. "GRANTS" RELATE TO FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS TO CHARITABLE AGENCIES THROUGH THE EXTRA HELPINGS PROGRAM.

  Expenses $83,737,752 · Grants $83,494,115

• THE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (TEFAP) PROVIDES EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE TO RESIDENTS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY INDIVIDUALLY AND THROUGH QUALIFIED AGENCIES AND IS PARTIALLY FUNDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) THROUGH ITS AGENT, THE CALIFORNIADEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES. "GRANTS" RELATE TO FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS TO CHARITABLE AGENCIES THROUGH TEFAP.

  Expenses $42,354,426 · Grants $37,517,104

• PRODUCE AND PERISHABLES PROGRAM DISTRIBUTES A VARIETY OF FRESH, NUTRITIOUS, AND HEALTHY PRODUCE DONATED THROUGH LOCAL AND REGIONAL PRODUCE DISTRIBUTORS AND GROWERS TO ITS AGENCIES. THE PRODUCE AND PERISHABLE FOODS ARE DISTRIBUTED TO AGENCIES AND THROUGH FOOD BANK PROGRAMS. "GRANTS" RELATE TO FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. EXPENSES: $32,421,069 GRANTS: $31,812,702 REVENUE: $0USDA COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM (CSFP) ALLOWS THE FOOD BANK TO DISTRIBUTE SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD TO LOW-INCOME SENIORS AGE 60 AND OLDER WHO ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO HEALTH PROBLEMS RESULTING FROM GENERAL AND CONTINUED HUNGER DUE TO INSUFFICIENT FOODS. CSFP IS PARTIALLY FUNDED BY THE USDA THROUGH ITS AGENT, THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES. "GRANTS" RELATE TO DIRECT FOOD DISTRIBUTION TO INDIVIDUALS. EXPENSES: $13,779,368 GRANTS: $10,893,701 REVENUE: $0THE LOCAL FOOD PURCHASE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LFPA), PROVIDES LOCALLY SOURCED FOOD PRODUCTS PURCHASED FROM REGIONAL FARMERS, AGGREGATORS, AND FOOD HUBS. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT SMALL- AND MID-SIZED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS WHILE ENHANCING ACCESS TO FRESH, CULTURALLY RELEVANT FOODS FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. FOOD ACQUIRED THROUGH LFPA IS DISTRIBUTED VIA THE FOOD BANK'S AGENCY NETWORK AND DIRECT SERVICE PROGRAMS. THE USDA FUNDS THE PROGRAM THROUGH ITS AGENT, THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES (CDSS). VENDOR QUALIFICATION AND PROCUREMENT ARE MANAGED BY THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF FOOD BANKS (CAFB) ON BEHALF OF PARTICIPATING FOOD BANKS. "GRANTS" RELATE TO DISTRIBUTIONS VIA THE FOOD BANK'S AGENCY NETWORK AND DIRECT SERVICE PROGRAMS.EXPENSES: $14,532,855 GRANTS: $4,870,676 REVENUE: $0THE AFTER-SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAM, PARTIALLY FUNDED BY THE USDA CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM (CACFP) SERVES CHILDREN AT FOOD BANK AGENCY SITES THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES COUNTY. CHILDREN IN THE AFTER-SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAM TYPICALLY RECEIVE TUTORING ASSISTANCE, PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS, AND BENEFIT FROM MENTORING. PARTICIPATING AGENCIES INCLUDE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, DAY CARE CENTERS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, AND YOUTH CENTERS. CACFP FUNDING OFFSETS SOME OF THE MEAL AND OTHER COSTS INCURRED BY THE CHILDREN RECEIVING MEALS AT AFTER-SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAM SITES. FUNDING OF OTHER AFTER-SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAM-RELATED EXPENSES IS PROVIDED BY GRANTS AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT. "GRANTS" RELATE TO MEALS PROVIDED TO CHILDREN.EXPENSES: $310,128 GRANTS: $218,620 REVENUE: $0SENIOR NUTRITION/BROWN BAG PROGRAM PROVIDES AGENCIES SERVING SENIORS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE AND DISTRIBUTE FRESH FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND OTHER FOODS TO LOW-INCOME ELDERLY PERSONS ON A WEEKLY BASIS.EXPENSES: $64,694 GRANTS: $0 REVENUE: $0USDA SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM (SFSP) PROVIDES NUTRITIOUS MEALS TO NEEDY CHILDREN IN A SAFE AND NURTURING SETTING. THE SFSP IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR A NUTRITIOUS BREAKFAST AND LUNCH WHEN CHILDREN ARE ON THEIR SUMMER RECESS. THE SFSP IS FUNDED BY THE USDA AND ADMINISTERED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. "GRANTS" RELATE TO MEALS PROVIDED TO CHILDREN.EXPENSES: $186,962 GRANTS: $122,177 REVENUE: $0CALFRESH OUTREACH PROGRAM IS PARTIALLY FUNDED BY THE USDA THROUGH ITS AGENT, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF FOOD BANKS. CALFRESH OUTREACH WORK INCLUDES IDENTIFYING LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE BUT NOT RECEIVING CALFRESH BENEFITS AND, WHEN NECESSARY, HELPING THE FAMILY OR INDIVIDUAL WITH THE APPLICATION PROCESS, AS WELL AS EDUCATING FOOD BANK AGENCIES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE CALFRESH PROGRAM.EXPENSES: $523,864 GRANTS: $0 REVENUE: $0NUTRITION EDUCATION SUPPORTS THE EFFORTS OF THE LA REGIONAL FOOD BANK TO DISTRIBUTE HIGH QUALITY, NUTRITIOUS AND CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE FOOD. OUR GOAL IS NOT ONLY TO END HUNGER, BUT TO PROVIDE WELLNESS, NOURISHMENT, AND STRENGTH FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. THE NUTRITION SERVICES TEAM IS COMMITTED TO GUIDING AND EMPOWERING FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE THE BEST NUTRITIONAL CHOICES POSSIBLE AS AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND REDUCE THE RISK OF CHRONIC DISEASE.WE ADDRESS NUTRITION EDUCATION NEEDS AND FOOD INSECURITY BY USING MATERIALS AND GUIDELINES FROM THE USDA AND THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO ACHIEVE NUTRITIONAL GOALS WITH WORK THAT INCLUDES CALFRESH PROMOTION, NUTRITION PANTRY PROGRAM, NUTRITION EDUCATION, FOOD DEMOS, ACADEMIC CLERKSHIPS, FOOD PRESCRIPTION PROGRAM, WORKSITE WELLNESS AND CALFRESH HEALTHY LIVING.EXPENSES: $131,328 GRANTS: $0 REVENUE: $0THE CHILDREN'S NUTRITION PROGRAMS INCLUDE SEVERAL PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON PROVIDING NUTRITIOUS MEALS FOR SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN. THEY INCLUDE THE BACKPACK PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES A PACKAGE OF HEALTHY, NUTRITIOUS FOOD FOR ELIGIBLE SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN EVERY WEEK DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR TO TARGET HUNGER EXPERIENCED BY CHILDREN DURING THE WEEKEND. EACH PACKAGE CONTAINS ENOUGH FOOD FOR SIX MEALS TO INCLUDE BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND DINNER. THE CHILDREN'S BREAKFAST PROGRAM DISTRIBUTES NUTRITIOUS MEAL KITS TO SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN EVERY WEEK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. MOBILE SCHOOL PANTRY DELIVERS MEAL KITS TO SCHOOL SITES FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. THESE PROGRAMS ARE PRIVATELY FUNDED. "GRANTS" RELATE TO DIRECT FOOD DISTRIBUTION TO CHILDREN.EXPENSES: $743,061 GRANTS: $541,299 REVENUE: $0THE CALFRESH HEALTHY LIVING PROGRAM IMPROVES FOOD INSECURE INDIVIDUALS' ACCESS TO RESCUED PRODUCE, THEREBY ALLEVIATING HUNGER, REDUCING FOOD WASTE AND IMPROVING COMMUNITY HEALTH. THE FOOD BANK UTILIZES OUR FLEET OF REFRIGERATED VEHICLES AND FOOD BANK STAFF TO DISTRIBUTE FRESH PRODUCE AT DISTRIBUTION SITES THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THE CALFRESH HEALTHY LIVING PROGRAM STAFF COORDINATE THE DISTRIBUTIONS ALONG WITH PRODUCE PICK-UP EVENTS AT LOCAL PARKS. BY PROVIDING FRESH PRODUCE TO FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN COMMUNITIES WITH LIMITED ACCESS TO PRODUCE, THE FOOD BANK IMPROVES THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE SERVED IN THESE COMMUNITIES WHILE INCREASING THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE PEOPLE SERVED WILL MAKE HEALTHY FOOD CHOICES IN THE FUTURE. "GRANTS" RELATE TO DIRECT FOOD DISTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM PARTICIPANTSEXPENSES: $1,188,571 GRANTS: $486,103 REVENUE: $0TOTAL FOR ALL OTHER PROGRAMS (AS EXPLAINED ABOVE):

  Expenses $63,881,900 · Grants $48,945,278

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $373,458,836

  Expenses

  $331,902,073

  Contributions

  $370,397,155

  Grants paid

  $261,605,811

• 2024

  Revenue

  $273,886,894

  Expenses

  $264,974,473

  Contributions

  $270,709,604

  Grants paid

  $216,399,874

• 2023

  Revenue

  $259,235,417

  Expenses

  $253,523,053

  Contributions

  $255,620,219

  Grants paid

  $217,690,572

• 2022

  Revenue

  $255,639,354

  Expenses

  $244,630,388

  Contributions

  $253,498,955

  Grants paid

  $207,729,506

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

• 2025 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $249,591,297

  Expenses

  $235,915,241

  Assets (EOY)

  $140,676,925

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $378,473,326

  Expenses

  $311,604,426

  Assets (EOY)

  $129,144,222

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $131,368,814

  Expenses

  $125,388,096

  Assets (EOY)

  $25,474,994

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $115,526,729

  Expenses

  $113,272,272

  Assets (EOY)

  $18,225,288

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $89,950,451

  Expenses

  $92,294,115

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,722,688

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $88,510,011

  Expenses

  $87,353,809

  Assets (EOY)

  $18,037,540

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $79,177,573

  Expenses

  $78,864,553

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,622,524

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $78,087,784

  Expenses

  $79,352,287

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,558,480

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $77,804,485

  Expenses

  $78,740,059

  Assets (EOY)

  $17,590,594

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• IGLESIA PENTECOSTES EL LIRIO DE LOS VALLES INC

  $208,617

  2022 · SEE MISSION STATEMENT

• MEET EACH NEED WITH DIGNITY

  $200,346

  2023 · SEE MISSION STATEMENT

• GRACE RESOURCE CENTER INC

  $198,773

  2023 · SEE MISSION STATEMENT

• OUR SAVIOUR CENTER

  $152,975

  2023 · SEE MISSION STATEMENT

• UNION RESCUE MISSION

  $150,167

  2023 · SEE MISSION STATEMENT

• EASTMONT COMMUNITY CENTER

  $148,599

  2023 · SEE MISSION STATEMENT

• HOPE CHAPEL LANCASTER

  $148,304

  2023 · SEE MISSION STATEMENT

• AFRICACTIVE FOUNDATION INC

  $142,188

  2023 · SEE MISSION STATEMENT

• DEL AIRE BAPTIST CHURCH

  $140,000

  2025 · SEE MISSION STATEMENT

• BREAD OF LIFE FOURSQUARE GOSPEL CHURCH

  $136,637

  2022 · SEE MISSION STATEMENT

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• FEEDING AMERICA

  $3,142,984

  2024 · Fight Hunger

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $2,792,318

  2024 · HEALTH

• FEEDING AMERICA

  $2,579,466

  2023 · Fight Hunger

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $2,437,417

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $2,194,595

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• FEEDING AMERICA

  $2,126,306

  2022 · Fight Hunger

• CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $1,175,761

  2024 · DISASTER RESPONSE

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $1,001,617

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $890,309

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $860,790

  2023 · HEALTH

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

California fundraising campaigns

Campaigns run by paid fundraisers, commercial coventurers and thrift stores naming this organization, as California published them. Both figures are as filed, and what the first one counts depends on the campaign type — a coventurer or a thrift store files its own sales rather than money collected for the charity. The 990 reports this only as a yearly total, never per campaign.

• RITEWAY CHARITY SERVICES INC.

  $14,145 raised

  2021 · CF Vehicle Donation Program

  $8,619 to charity

• RITEWAY CHARITY SERVICES INC.

  $4,700 raised

  2020 · CF Vehicle Donation Program

  $2,025 to charity

• RITEWAY CHARITY SERVICES INC.

  $1,550 raised

  2019 · CF Vehicle Donation Program

  $650 to charity

Amounts are as filed and do not add up: a commercial coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it. A campaign may also name more than one registered charity, in which case it appears on each.

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