FOOD FINDERS INC

EIN 33-0412749 LOS ALAMITOS, CA

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Revenue 2024: $30,961,507
Expenses 2024: $31,219,003

Program services were 99.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: K310
Classification: 1000
Street: 10539 HUMBOLT 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 · 2024

Mission

TO ELIMINATE HUNGER AND FOOD WASTE WHILE IMPROVING NUTRITION IN FOOD INSECURE COMMUNITIES. OUR FOOD DONATION PROGRAM LINKS SURPLUS FOOD DONATIONS TO OUR NON-PROFIT PARTNERS THAT PROVIDE MEAL OR PANTRY SERVICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ELIMINATE HUNGER AND FOOD WASTE WHILE IMPROVING NUTRITION IN FOOD INSECURE COMMUNITIES.

FOOD RESCUE PROGRAM:IN 2024, WE RESCUED 15,160,794 POUNDS OF FOOD. THIS WAS A 4.5% INCREASE IN FOOD RESCUED FROM 2023. THIS PROVIDED 12,629,066 MEALS. BY DIVERTING THIS RESCUED FOOD WE KEPT 8,232,311 POUNDS OF CO2 OUT OF THE LANDFILLS AND WE SAVED 6,913,064 GALLONS OF WATER. THIS FOOD WAS DISTRIBUTED TO 299 PARTNER AGENCIES. OF THE 299 AGENCIES SERVED, 33 WERE NEW IN 2024. WE RESCUED FOOD FROM 545 FOOD DONORS OF WHICH 101 WERE NEW. OUR 36 YEAR GRAND TOTAL OF RESCUED FOOD WAS 243,368,857 POUNDS.

Expenses $30,644,164 · Grants $29,102,258
FOOD 4 KIDS:OUR FOOD 4 KIDS PROGRAM PROVIDES WEEKEND MEAL BOXES TO 47 LONG BEACH SCHOOLS SO THAT STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE ENOUGH FOOD TO EAT OVER THE WEEKEND. WE DISTRIBUTED 14,785 BOXES FOR A TOTAL OF 285,491 POUNDS AND 237,814 MEALS.

Expenses $210,006
FOOD HUB/COMMUNITY MARKETPLACE:THE FOOD HUB IS A REFRIGERATED SHIPPING CONTAINER LOCATED IN ADMIRAL KIDD PARK ON THE WESTSIDE OF LONG BEACH. WE DISTRIBUTE THE 4TH SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH. IN 2024, WE SERVED 2,641 HOUSEHOLDS WITH 152,577 POUNDS OF FOOD. THIS WAS AN 123% INCREASE OF HOUSEHOLDS SERVED FROM 2023. IN APRIL OF 2024 WE BEGAN A DISTRIBUTION FROM THE HUB ON WEDNESDAYS. WE CALLED THIS OUR POP-UP DISTRIBUTION. FROM APRIL THROUGH DECEMBER WE DISTRIBUTED 271,399 POUNDS OF FOOD.

Expenses $102,343

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.

Shankar RamSHANKAR RAM

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Geoff StoverGEOFF STOVER

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Linda SimpkinsLINDA SIMPKINS

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.75
Garrett BriefGARRETT BRIEF

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Nishat AhmedNISHAT AHMED

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Alisa KelloggALISA KELLOGG

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Jeff PaceJEFF PACE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Helen TonoyanHELEN TONOYAN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Maryjane CanyonMARYJANE CANYON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Jerry HeikensJERRY HEIKENS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Arshad RokeryaARSHAD ROKERYA

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Emily WanusEMILY WANUS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Brenda McCabeBRENDA MCCABE

DIRECTOR (UNTIL 7/2024)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Diana LaraDIANA LARA

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$87,500

From this org

$87,500

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

45
Lisa HoffmasterLISA HOFFMASTER

FUND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$70,000

From this org

$70,000

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

32
Carly BraggCARLY BRAGG

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

Total calculated

$70,000

From this org

$70,000

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

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

$30,961,507

Expenses

$31,219,003

Contributions

$30,941,949

Grants paid

$29,102,258
2023

Revenue

$33,036,401

Expenses

$33,078,236

Contributions

$33,010,552

Grants paid

$31,673,655
2022

Revenue

$27,599,743

Expenses

$28,033,719

Contributions

$27,596,721

Grants paid

$26,612,154
2022

Revenue

$23,822,774

Expenses

$24,149,470

Contributions

$23,820,125

Grants paid

$22,744,040

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$30,961,507	$31,219,003	$30,941,949	$29,102,258
2023	$33,036,401	$33,078,236	$33,010,552	$31,673,655
2022	$27,599,743	$28,033,719	$27,596,721	$26,612,154
2022	$23,822,774	$24,149,470	$23,820,125	$22,744,040

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

$31,799,095

Expenses

$34,141,117

Assets (EOY)

$2,029,326
2021 · 990

Revenue

$29,438,106

Expenses

$31,534,050

Assets (EOY)

$2,284,318
2020 · 990

Revenue

$63,126,791

Expenses

$59,423,267

Assets (EOY)

$4,492,764
2020 · 990

Revenue

$36,782,692

Expenses

$33,206,753

Assets (EOY)

$4,389,882
2019 · 990

Revenue

$19,467,512

Expenses

$19,523,642

Assets (EOY)

$656,953
2019 · 990

Revenue

$19,467,512

Expenses

$19,523,642

Assets (EOY)

$656,953
2019 · 990

Revenue

$19,467,512

Expenses

$19,523,642

Assets (EOY)

$656,953
2018 · 990

Revenue

$17,389,395

Expenses

$17,318,009

Assets (EOY)

$705,105
2017 · 990

Revenue

$16,856,829

Expenses

$16,624,477

Assets (EOY)

$631,958
2016 · 990

Revenue

$14,628,885

Expenses

$14,745,273

Assets (EOY)

$242,731

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$31,799,095	$34,141,117	$2,029,326
2021	990	$29,438,106	$31,534,050	$2,284,318
2020	990	$63,126,791	$59,423,267	$4,492,764
2020	990	$36,782,692	$33,206,753	$4,389,882
2019	990	$19,467,512	$19,523,642	$656,953
2019	990	$19,467,512	$19,523,642	$656,953
2019	990	$19,467,512	$19,523,642	$656,953
2018	990	$17,389,395	$17,318,009	$705,105
2017	990	$16,856,829	$16,624,477	$631,958
2016	990	$14,628,885	$14,745,273	$242,731

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

VARIOUS NONPROFITS

$0

2023 FEED THE HUNGRY
MARY'S KITCHEN

$0

2024 TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE PEOPLE IN NEED
MEN TAKING OVER REFORMED SOCIETY

$0

2024 TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE PEOPLE IN NEED
MIDNIGHT MISSION

$0

2024 TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE PEOPLE IN NEED
MINISTERIOS CRISTIANOS FARO DE LUZ

$0

2024 TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE PEOPLE IN NEED
MISSION OF HOPE

$0

2024 TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE PEOPLE IN NEED
MYSTIC MEDITATION INC

$0

2024 TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE PEOPLE IN NEED
NEW CHALLENGE MINISTRIES

$0

2024 TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE PEOPLE IN NEED
NEW LIFE BEGINNINGS

$0

2024 TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE PEOPLE IN NEED
NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH

$0

2024 TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE PEOPLE IN NEED

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

$450,500

2022 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
ROSE HILLS FOUNDATION

$75,000

2024 OPERATING SUPPORT
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS

$64,760

2022 Food Rescue/Distribution Program
SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION

$60,000

2023 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$52,850

2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$40,000

2024 HEALTH
ROSE HILLS FOUNDATION

$35,000

2023 OPERATING SUPPORT
IMPACT GIVING

$30,000

2024 FOOD FINDERS RESCUES 1.3 MILLION LBS OF FOOD MONTHLY. SERVING 47 SCHOOLS, FUNDS WILL EXPAND THEIR PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES NON-PERISHABLE FOOD TO STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$30,000

2023 HEALTH
THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND

$26,442

2022 GENERAL SUPPORT

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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.