Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← All organizations

THE FOOD BANK OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC

EIN 04-2751023 CHICOPEE, MA

Revenue 2024
$37,490,169
Expenses 2024
$36,905,220

Program services were 90.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
25 CAREW 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).

Other organizations at this address

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

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE FOOD BANK OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS' MISSION IS TO FEED OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED AND LEAD THE COMMUNITY TO END HUNGER. THE FOOD BANK PROVIDES FOOD BOTH DIRECTLY AND THROUGH ITS MEMBER FOOD PANTRIES, MEAL SITES, SHELTERS AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS,TO AN ESTIMATED 120,750 INDIVIDUALS MONTHLY WHO ARE AT RISK OF HUNGER AND/OR FOOD INSECURE ON ANY GIVEN DAY, WEEK OR MONTH OF THE YEAR. IN ADDITION TO FOOD DISTRIBUTION, THE FOOD BANK ALSO PROVIDES SNAP OUTREACH AND ENROLLMENT, NUTRITION EDUCATION, CAPACITY BUILDING RESOURCES FOR OUR REGION'S FOOD ASSISTANCE NETWORK, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY ON HUNGER AND, MORE BROADLY, FOOD INSECURITY - NOT KNOWING WHERE YOUR NEXT MEAL WILL COME FROM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO FEED OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED AND LEAD THE COMMUNITY TO END HUNGER.

  • FOOD OPERATIONS, DELIVERY, AND BROWN BAG: THE FOOD BANK RECEIVED 18,031,174 POUNDS OF FOOD AND PROVIDED 17,992,441 POUNDS, WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENT OF 14,993,701 MEALS, TO APPROXIMATELY 264 FRONTLINE FOOD PROVIDERS, INCLUDING FOOD PANTRIES, MEAL SITES, SHELTERS AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS. ULTIMATELY, THIS FOOD ASSISTANCE NETWORK DISTRIBUTED FOOD TO 122,669 INDIVIDUALS MONTHLY WHO EXPERIENCED HUNGER OR WHO WERE AT RISK OF HUNGER IN THE FOUR COUNTIES OF WESTERN MA. OF THE TOTAL FOOD DISTRIBUTED, THE FOOD BANK USED ITS OWN TRUCKS TO DISTRIBUTE 2,710,258 POUNDS OF FOOD (EQUIVALENT TO 2,258,548 MEALS) TO 73 FRONTLINE FOOD PROVIDERS - 1) 24 MOBILE FOOD BANK SITES SERVING 26,087 INDIVIDUALS; 30% CHILDREN AND 23% SENIORS, AND 2) 51 BROWN BAG: FOOD FOR ELDER SITES AND 43 SATELLITES - THE FOOD BANK'S "PANTRY ON WHEELS" PROGRAM SERVING 5,272 ELDERS.

    Expenses $30,802,117 · Grants $26,163,880 · Revenue $102,386

  • SUPPORT FOR LOCAL FOOD PROVIDERS: THE FOOD BANK OFFERED TECHNICAL SUPPORT, PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS ON FUNDRAISING, VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT, AND TRAININGS IN FOOD SAFETY TO MEMBER FOOD PROVIDERS. IT ALSO PROVIDED CAPACITY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES FOR MEMBERS WITH THE GOAL OF HELPING THEM INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND THE AMOUNT OF FOOD DISTRIBUTED. TO CARRY OUT THIS PROGRAM, THE FOLLOWING SERVICES/TRAININGS WERE PROVIDED:(1) INSTITUTE TRAININGS FOR MEMBERS IN AREAS SUCH AS, FUNDRAISING, VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT, ADVOCACY, DISASTER PLANNING, AND BEST PRACTICES.(2) NETWORK COALITION MEETINGS THAT STRENGTHENED THE FOOD ASSISTANCE NETWORK IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS BY PERIODICALLY BRINGING MEMBERS TOGETHER TO RECEIVE UPDATES FROM BOTH THE FOOD BANK AND FEEDING AMERICA, AND ALLOWING THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO NETWORK WITH EACH OTHER, AS WELL AS TO LEARN ABOUT BEST PRACTICES.(3) SNAP OUTREACH AND ENROLLMENT EDUCATED COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT SNAP (FORMERLY FOOD STAMPS) AND ASSISTED POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS. IN FY25 THE FOOD BANK SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL 809 APPLICATIONS TO THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE WITH A 70% APPROVAL RATE.(4) PROVIDED SMALL CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS TO ASSIST MEMBERS PROVIDE MORE FOOD TO THEIR GUESTS.(5)FOOD ASSISTANCE NAVIGATION PROVIDED FOOD ASSISTANCE TO 497 INDIVIDUALS REFERRED THROUGH MASSHEALTH PROGRAMS AND 493 INDIVIDUALS REFERRED BY OTHER PROVIDERS.

    Expenses $633,031 · Grants $135,344 · Revenue $25,563

  • NUTRITION EDUCATION: PROVIDED WORKSHOPS AND MATERIALS TO BOTH PARTICIPANTS AND STAFF OF THE FOOD ASSITANCE NETWORK TO EDUCATE PEOPLE TO EAT HEALTHIER ON A LIMITED BUDGET, INCLUDING SUPERMARKET TOURS FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN HOW TO SHOP ON A BUDGET, READ NUTRITION LABELS, AND UNDERSTAND UNIT PRICING.

    Expenses $1,552,933

  • THE FOOD BANK STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS SCREEN INDIVIDUALS FOR ELIGIBILITY AND ASSIST THEM WITH THE SNAP APPLICATION PROCESS, INCLUDING CASE MANAGEMENT.

    Expenses $441,869

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.

  • Charlotte Boney

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Willette Johnson

    1ST VP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Omar Irizarry

    2ND VP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Harju

    TREASURER (END 09/30/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shannon Wilson

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erica Flores

    DIRECTOR (END 12/31/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Lusteg

    DIRECTOR (END 12/31/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • George Newman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Beth Young

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ann Barker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bruce Shaw

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Johanna Maldonado

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrea Leibson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Feuer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ariana Williams

    DIRECTOR (END 11/13/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Suzanne Beck

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Illeana Carrion

    DIRECTOR (END 12/31/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Willie Spradley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Xiaolei Hua

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joesiah Gonzalez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary McGovern

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Speelman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Olivia Aguilar

    DIRECTOR (START 1/1/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maureen James

    DIRECTOR (START 1/1/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Rome

    DIRECTOR (START 1/1/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

The first 25 listed. 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
    $37,490,169
    Expenses
    $36,905,220
    Contributions
    $36,809,659
    Grants paid
    $26,299,224
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $32,964,929
    Expenses
    $33,568,223
    Contributions
    $31,872,601
    Grants paid
    $24,608,728
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $32,641,287
    Expenses
    $26,690,056
    Contributions
    $31,767,779
    Grants paid
    $19,345,707

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
    $28,657,996
    Expenses
    $23,694,319
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,478,592

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $36,064,302
    Expenses
    $23,619,278
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,739,060

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $29,078,193
    Expenses
    $22,579,300
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,255,396

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,265,680
    Expenses
    $19,172,690
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,973,149

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $18,083,143
    Expenses
    $18,188,200
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,889,090

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,095,577
    Expenses
    $16,036,784
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,846,413

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $11,361,354
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,702,254

  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $11,282,218
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,822,298

  • 2009 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $12,243,612
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,220,491

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.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.