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KAIZEN FOOD RESCUE

EIN 83-4107744 ENGLEWOOD, CO

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Revenue 2023
$13,924,414
Expenses 2023
$13,730,771

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
K31
Classification
1000
Street
2900 S SHOSHONE 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 · 2023

Mission

KAIZEN FOOD RESCUE AIMS TO PREVENT FOOD WASTE AND IMPROVE FOOD JUSTICE AND HEALTH EQUITY IN THE DENVER METRO AREA. OUR VISION IS TO CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE FOOD SECURITY AND FOOD JUSTICE IN THE DENVER METRO AREA BECAUSE WE BELIEVE HEALTHY AND CULTURALLY RELEVANT FOODS SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL.

  • COMMUNITY AND POP-UP FOOD SHARES (INCLUDES ELDER FOOD SHARES, SOLIDARITY FOOD SHARES, EL MERCADO PARA TODOS): COMMUNITY POP-UP FOOD SHARES ARE TEMPORARY FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENTS THAT ARE ORGANIZED BY COMMUNITY-LED GROUPS OR ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE, NUTRITIOUS FOOD FOR MEMBERS OF A PARTICULAR COMMUNITY. POP-UP FOOD SHARES MAY BE HELD IN A VARIETY OF LOCATIONS, SUCH AS COMMUNITY CENTERS, SCHOOLS, OR CHURCHES, AND THEY MAY BE SET UP AS DRIVE-THROUGH OR WALK-UP EVENTS. COMMUNITY POP-UP FOOD SHARES CAN BE A VALUABLE WAY TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY AND PROMOTE FOOD SECURITY IN A COMMUNITY. THIS PAST YEAR 2023, WE DISTRIBUTED MORE 3 MILLION POUNDS OF FRESH PRODUCE AND CULTURALLY RELEVANT FOOD TO PEOPLE SUFFERING FOOD INSECURITY IN MORE THAN 93 ZIP CODES.

    Expenses $13,371,186

  • URBAN GARDEN AND EDUCATION PROGRAM:THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF PRODUCE, AS WELL AS PLANT STARTS AND SEEDS ARE DONATED TO LOW INCOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO IMPART GREATER FOOD SECURITY AND HUNGER RELIEF IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE USE THE "TAKE WHAT YOU NEED AND LEAVE THE REST FOR THE COMMUNITY" CONCEPT. THE GARDEN WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THE HELP OF VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO DONATED SEEDS, SEEDLINGS, AND COMPOST. YOUTH VOLUNTEERS, WITH THE GUIDANCE OF FRONTLINE FARMING AND SPIRIT OF THE SUN, HELP MAINTAIN THE GARDEN, AND SURPLUS PRODUCE IS DONATED TO OUR FOOD SHARE PROGRAM. IN 2023, KAIZEN RECEIVED SEVERAL GRANTS FROM THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER TO FACILITATE EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS WITH LOCAL BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC) FARMERS AND HIRE A YOUTH TEAM TO CULTIVATE THE GARDEN. KAIZEN PLANS TO CONTINUE AND EXPAND THESE WORKSHOPS IN THE 2024 GROW SEASON!

    Expenses $139,145

  • THE LITTLE BODEGA - CHF: AS A PART OF OUR COLLABORATIVE GOALS IN TAKING TANGIBLE, ACTIVE STEPS TOWARD FOOD SOVEREIGNTY, "THE LITTLE BODEGA" INITIATIVE IS A NO-COST COMMUNITY MARKET DESIGNED AND RUN BY LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS. FOOD SOVEREIGNTY IS THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE TO HEALTHY AND CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE FOOD PRODUCED THROUGH ECOLOGICALLY SOUND AND SUSTAINABLE METHODS, AND TO DEFINE THEIR OWN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS. ON TOP OF INCORPORATING COMMUNITY WEALTH-BUILDING ELEMENTS, WE ARE COMMITTED TO CO-CREATING INNOVATIVE SOLIDARITY MEASURES TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMSPECIFICALLY FOR OUR FELLOW BIPOC FARMERS, PRODUCERS, AND ALLIES. IN ADDITION TO THE $220K YEAR 3 COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION GRANT TO BUY FOOD AND SUPPORT FOOD DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS, WE JUST RECEIVED THIS PAST DECEMBER 2023 A ANOTHER CHF GRANT TO PURCHASE AND INSTALL A SOLAR COOLER.

    Expenses $220,440

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

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Alexa Mayr

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Danny Stange

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Vinnie Nguyen

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Thai Nguyen

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $122,863
    From this org
    $122,863
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $13,924,414
    Expenses
    $13,730,771
    Contributions
    $13,924,414
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $9,965,488
    Expenses
    $10,052,808
    Contributions
    $9,965,488
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $7,467,875
    Expenses
    $7,243,020
    Assets (EOY)
    $337,286

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $634,183
    Expenses
    $542,736
    Assets (EOY)
    $92,252

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 2019

Tax period
1 March 2019 to 29 February 2020
Principal officer
Thai Nguyen
Mailing address
2900 S Shoshone StreetEnglewood CO 80110
Website
www.kaizenfoodrescue.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.