OPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

K31Z

Classification

1000

Street

1644 LOTSIE BLVD

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

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• OPERATION FOOD SEARCH SUPPORT ORGANIZATION INC

  EIN 99-0765246

Mission and programs · 2024

• FOUNDED IN 1981, OPERATION FOOD SEARCH (OFS) IS A HUNGER RELIEF ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES FREE FOOD, NUTRITION EDUCATION AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS PROVEN TO REDUCE FOOD INSECURITY. WITH A STRATEGIC FOCUS AIMED AT ENDING CHILDHOOD HUNGER, OFS EMPOWERS FAMILIES AND INCREASES ACCESS TO HEALTHY AND AFFORDABLE FOOD. THE AGENCY PROVIDES FOOD AND SERVICES TO NEARLY 200,000 INDIVIDUALS ON A MONTHLY BASIS - ONE-THIRD OF WHOM ARE CHILDREN - THROUGH A NETWORK OF MORE THAN 600 COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN 25 MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS COUNTIES.

  Expenses $33,070,987 · Grants $32,532,069

• THE OUT OF SCHOOL MEALS PROGRAM ENSURES THAT CHILDREN CONTINUE TO RECEIVE NUTRITIOUS MEALS WHEN SCHOOL IS NOT IN SESSION. OFS DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 800,000 MEALS THROUGH OUR OUT OF SCHOOL MEALS PROGRAMS. OUR SUMMER MEALS PROGRAM PROVIDES THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN WITH MEALS THROUGH SITES THROUGHOUT THE ST. LOUIS REGION DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. OUR AFTERSCHOOL REFUEL PROVIDES CHILDREN WITH A MEAL AFTER THE BELL RINGS, EITHER AT SCHOOL OR AT PARTNER LOCATIONS SUCH AS LIBRARIES. THESE MEALS PROVIDE THE FUEL NEEDED FOR CHILDREN TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. OPERATION BACKPACK PROVIDES WEEKLY SACKS OF KID-FRIENDLY FOOD TO HELP STUDENTS GET THROUGH THE WEEKEND WHEN SCHOOL MEALS ARE NOT AVAILABLE.

  Expenses $1,811,056

• METROMARKET IS A MOBILE GROCERY STORE THAT TRAVELS TO AREAS WITH LIMITED ACCESS TO FRESH, HEALTHY FOOD. METROMARKET'S INNOVATIVE APPROACH USES A CUSTOMER MODEL TO EMPOWER THE COMMUNITY TO SHOP AT SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER PRICES THAN RETAIL GROCERS. FRESH, AFFORDABLE PRODUCE HAS BEEN CAREFULLY SELECTED FROM LOCAL FARM PARTNERS AND IS BROUGHT DIRECTLY TO PARTNER SITES IN THE COMMUNITY. AS A PART OF THE ORGANIZATION'S FAMILY, METROMARKET IS GROWING ITS PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING RECIPE TASTINGS, NUTRITION EDUCATION AND OTHER COMMUNITY NUTRITION OFFERINGS. OFS SERVED NEARLY 39,000 INDIVIDUALS AT 388 MARKETS.

  Expenses $978,461 · Revenue $250,033

• Expenses $2,050,242 · Revenue $11,600

As filed on the 2024 return.

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

  $43,705,584

  Expenses

  $40,087,832

  Contributions

  $43,021,535

  Grants paid

  $32,532,069

• 2023

  Revenue

  $38,755,325

  Expenses

  $38,586,355

  Contributions

  $37,699,003

  Grants paid

  $29,951,964

• 2022

  Revenue

  $35,108,524

  Expenses

  $35,349,581

  Contributions

  $34,309,314

  Grants paid

  $28,013,756

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

  $35,729,892

  Expenses

  $34,660,984

  Assets (EOY)

  $20,475,685

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $42,845,690

  Expenses

  $38,014,044

  Assets (EOY)

  $21,192,176

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $40,970,955

  Expenses

  $36,039,260

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,822,204

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $38,818,771

  Expenses

  $38,292,768

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,915,632

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.

Grants made

• OVER 600 COMMUNITY PARTNER - DETAIL AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

  $0

  2024 · FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM

• OVER 170 AGENCIES - DETAIL AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

  $0

  2023 · FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM

• 171 AGENCIES - DETAIL AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

  $0

  2022 · FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• MEANS DATABASE INC

  $563,731

  2024

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $338,125

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $225,185

  2024 · HUMAN SERVICES

• ST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED

  $221,100

  2024 · FOOD SECURITY AMONG SOUTH ST. LOUIS CITY SENIORS, GENERAL SUPPORT, GIVE STL DAY - CHALLENGE GRANT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $213,966

  2023 · HUMAN SERVICES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $150,015

  2022 · HUMAN SERVICES

• THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND

  $142,742

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC

  $121,863

  2024 · CCS-Basic Needs; AWD-Basic Needs; ALL-Basic Needs; TTP-Basic Needs

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $115,755

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $113,165

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

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

Related organizations

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