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SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK SANTA CRUZ COUNTY

EIN 77-0326685 WATSONVILLE, CA

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Revenue 2023
$27,827,095
Expenses 2023
$26,482,591

Program services were 94.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
K31Z
Classification
1000
Street
800 OHLONE PKWY

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

SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK'S MISSION IS TO END HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION BY EDUCATING AND INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY.

  • FOOD DISTRIBUTION: SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANKS MISSION IS TO INSPIRE AND SUPPORT SANTA CRUZ COUNTY TO PROVIDE NOURISHMENT FOR ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SHFB ACQUIRES AND DISTRIBUTES DONATED AND PURCHASED FOODS AND UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) COMMODITIES TO PEOPLE IN NEED THROUGHOUT SANTA CRUZ COUNTY AND THE PAJARO VALLEY. SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK RESULTS DRIVEN IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY INCLUDED THE DISTRIBUTION OF 12.6 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD PROVIDING 10.1 MILLION HEALTHY MEALS. SHFB PROMPTLY RESPONDS TO THE FOOD-INSECURITY NEEDS ARISING FROM NATURAL DISASTERS AND ONGOING RECOVERY EFFORTS. RECENT COLLABORATIONS WITH BIPOC FARMERS AND LOCAL FISHERIES ARE INTEGRAL TO SHFBS SUSTAINABILITY LAND & SEA INITIATIVE, CONTRIBUTING TO THE RETENTION OF FUNDS WITHIN THE LOCAL ECONOMY.

    Expenses $23,052,512 · Grants $18,396,261 · Revenue $59,766

  • EDUCATION OUTREACH: WE PROVIDE NUTRITION EDUCATION AND OUTREACH FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED, BILINGUAL PEER NUTRITION EDUCATION AT SITES THROUGHOUT SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, AS WELL AS OUTREACH AND APPLICATION ASSISTANCE FOR THE CALFRESH (FOOD STAMPS) PROGRAM. COLLABORATED WITH PAJARO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND LOCAL PARTNER AGENCIES TO PROVIDE HOT MEALS TO THOSE AFFECTED BY THE PAJARO FLOODS. PARTNERING WITH WATSONVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL TO PROVIDE A NOURISH FRESH MARKET TO PROVIDE FOOD TO WOMEN WHO HAVE GIVEN BIRTH AT THE HOSPITAL.

    Expenses $1,926,964

As filed on the 2023 return.

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.

  • Erica Padilla-Chavez

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $275,087
    From this org
    $248,569
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,518
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $257,757
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $1,040
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,478
    Filer's total
    $284,275
  • Brendan Miele

    COO

    Total calculated
    $157,782
    From this org
    $143,968
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,814
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,968
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $1,040
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,774
    Filer's total
    $157,782
  • Donna Sheppard

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $143,250
    From this org
    $126,337
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,913
    Hours/week
    40
  • Josue Barajas

    CHIEF OF PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $138,238
    From this org
    $130,042
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,196
    Hours/week
    40
  • Mary Casey

    CHIEF HR OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $116,414
    From this org
    $116,414
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Dawn Barreras

    SR. DIR. MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $114,928
    From this org
    $114,928
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Cameron Haste

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrea Carlos Willy

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matt Huffaker

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristin Fabos

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bob Norton

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alexander Pedersen

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cesario Ruiz

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laurie Negro

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karina Diaz Alvarez

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Carlson

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Silvia Diaz

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tracy Mackenna

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $27,827,095
    Expenses
    $26,482,591
    Contributions
    $27,492,089
    Grants paid
    $18,818,789
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $27,698,894
    Expenses
    $31,358,929
    Contributions
    $27,919,038
    Grants paid
    $23,122,707

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
    $25,802,721
    Expenses
    $27,041,963
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,660,732
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $37,137,121
    Expenses
    $29,196,313
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,793,254
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $27,030,563
    Expenses
    $21,197,164
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,584,041
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,982,266
    Expenses
    $17,860,442
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,223,663
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,115,810
    Expenses
    $16,551,055
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,217,984
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,313,307
    Expenses
    $19,193,561
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,413,146
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $18,366,092
    Expenses
    $18,187,462
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,115,377
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,689,690
    Expenses
    $19,006,343
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,927,425

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

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

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Grants received

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.

    $3,825 raised

    2024 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $2,470 to charity

  • RITEWAY CHARITY SERVICES INC.

    $8,250 raised

    2021 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $4,900 to charity

  • RITEWAY CHARITY SERVICES INC.

    $1,225 raised

    2020 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $470 to charity

  • RITEWAY CHARITY SERVICES INC.

    $1,325 raised

    2019 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $418 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.

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 11 November 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.