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MONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD COUNCIL INC

EIN 82-4630058 BETHESDA, MD

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Revenue 2024
$1,160,498
Expenses 2024
$1,124,305

Program services were 79.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
K30
Classification
1000
Street
4825 CORDELL AVE STE 204

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

Mission

MCFC BUILDS AN EQUITABLE, RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM THROUGH COLLABORATION, TRANSFORMATION, AND CULTIVATION.MCFC ENVISIONS A VIBRANT AND EQUITABLE FOOD SYSTEM THAT IS HEALTHY FOR OUR COMMUNITY, ECONOMY, AND ENVIRONMENT.

  • FOOD SECURITY - THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD SECURITY PLAN WAS RELEASED IN 2017, AND SERVES AS THE BLUEPRINT FOR HOW EVERY LOCAL BUSINESS, NONPROFIT, GOVERNMENT AGENCY AND RESIDENT CAN CONTRIBUTE TO ENSURING ALL MONTGOMERY COUNTY RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO SUFFICIENT, NUTRITIOUS FOOD. MCFC'S NETWORK INCLUDES MORE THAN 75 FOOD ASSISTANCE ORGANIZATIONS AND HUNDREDS OF FOOD SECURITY STAKEHOLDERS WHO CONVENE ON A BI-WEEKLY BASIS TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES, RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY NEEDS. MCFC REGULARLY LEADS CONVERSATIONS AMONG REPRESENTATIVES OF LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, NONPROFIT PARTNERS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE FOOD INSECURITY IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

    Expenses $403,972 · Grants $11,483

  • GENERAL PROGRAMS - COMMUNITY-WIDE EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, AND CAPACITY-BUILDING INITIATIVES FOCUSED ON THE FOOD SYSTEM ELEMENTS HOLISTICALLY IN ORDER TO CULTIVATE A MORE RESILIENT, SUSTAINABLE, AND EQUITABLE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

    Expenses $180,655 · Grants $50,140

  • POLICY - THE ORGANIZATION IS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN URBAN AND RURAL POLICY AND PROCESS CHANGE.

    Expenses $148,964 · Grants $49,050

  • FOOD ECONOMY - THE ORGANIZATION SEEKS TO DEVELOP AND SUSTAIN AN ECONOMICALLY VIABLE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL FOOD ENTREPRENEURS, RETAILERS, RESTAURATEURS, DISTRIBUTORS, FARMERS, AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE BUSINESSES, AND THE EXPANSION OF THE MOCO MADE PROGRAM. THROUGH THE MOCO MADE PROGRAM, THE ORGANIZATION SEEKS TO INCREASE THE VISIBILITY OF THE MORE THAN 75 MONTGOMERY COUNTY-BASED FOOD BUSINESSES AND FARMS THROUGH CONNECTIONS TO NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES, NEW INDIVIDUAL, RETAIL, AND WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND EVENTS, AND MORE.

    Expenses $95,230 · Grants $2,400

  • FOOD COUNCIL - THE FOOD COUNCIL PROGRAM MANAGES THE RECRUITMENT, SELECTION, AND PARTICIPATION OF 25 VOLUNTEER COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO BRING SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE, LEADERSHIP, AND NETWORK ENGAGEMENT TO THE ORGANIZATION'S WORK.

    Expenses $32,947

  • ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT - MCFC SEEKS TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY RELATED TO AGRICULTURE AND FOOD, BY COLLABORATING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL STAKEHOLDERS AND POLICYMAKERS TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS AND POLICIES THAT WILL PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY IN OUR FOOD SYSTEM.

    Expenses $15,127

  • FOOD EDUCATION - THE ORGANIZATION'S FOOD EDUCATION INITIATIVES ARE INTENDED TO IMPROVE THE EATING HABITS OF THOSE WHO LIVE, WORK, OR PLAY IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THIS ENCOMPASSES EDUCATION RELATED TO GARDENING AND AGRICULTURE, FOOD SAFETY, NUTRITION, COOKING, SHOPPING FOR AND PREPARING FOOD, AND WASTE AVOIDANCE. HAVING ACCESS TO FOOD EDUCATION AND RESOURCES WILL EMPOWER MONTGOMERY COUNTY RESIDENTS TO MAKE INFORMED CHOICES THAT SUPPORT THEIR HEALTH, COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT.

    Expenses $14,217

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.

  • Mike Houston

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jessica Synkoski

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kate Medina

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Eliza Gonzalez

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Evelyn Kelly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Joan Schaffer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Rick Chessen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Wendy Nevett Bazil

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Johanna Mendelson Forman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Carmen Poston Travis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Nanya Chiejine

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $119,167
    From this org
    $119,167
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Massa Cressall

    ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $35,949
    From this org
    $35,005
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $944
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,160,498
    Expenses
    $1,124,305
    Contributions
    $1,160,498
    Grants paid
    $113,073
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $891,903
    Expenses
    $921,586
    Contributions
    $891,903
    Grants paid
    $2,500
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $982,040
    Expenses
    $924,921
    Contributions
    $981,402
    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
    $582,938
    Expenses
    $496,009
    Assets (EOY)
    $345,040

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $488,062
    Expenses
    $408,359
    Assets (EOY)
    $305,040

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $347,659
    Expenses
    $295,759
    Assets (EOY)
    $180,997

  • 2018 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $188,792
    Expenses
    $81,540
    Assets (EOY)
    $122,213

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 2017

Tax period
1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017
Principal officer
Sharon Feuer Gruber
Mailing address
4825 CORDELL AVENUE NO 204BETHESDA MD 20814
Website
WWW.MOCOFOODCOUNCIL.ORG

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

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Grants received

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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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.