CHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

K99

Classification

1000

Street

650 PENNSYLVANIA DR

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Mission and programs · 2024

• CHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK IS THE CENTRAL HUNGER-RELIEF ORGANIZATION IN CHESTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. AT OUR CORE, WE PROCURE, DISTRIBUTE, GROW, AND COLLECT FOOD FOR OUR NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY IN CHESTER COUNTY. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 WE DISTRIBUTED 6.1 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD THROUGH OVER 100 CONSISTENT COMMUNITY PARTNERS, EQUATING TO MORE THAN 4.2 MILLION MEALS. WE ACCOMPLISH THIS THROUGH A VARIETY OF MISSION CRITICAL PROGRAMS IN A FEW STRATEGIC AREAS; FOOD DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION & WELLNESS, AGRICULTURE, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. WE PROCURE FOOD THROUGH A VARIETY OF SOURCES, THESE INCLUDE DONATIONS OF PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT ASSISTED COMMODITIES (TEFAP, PASS, SFPP, LFPA) AND PURCHASED FOOD THROUGH DOLLARS CONTRIBUTED PRIVATELY. THIS ALLOWS US TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD AT NO COST TO PANTRY PARTICIPANTS OR THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS OPERATING THE FOOD CUPBOARDS, MEAL SITES, SHELTERS AND SCHOOLS. AS THE CENTRAL HUNGER-RELIEF ORGANIZATION, WE ARE ABLE TO ENSURE A MORE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, REGARDLESS OF AN INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY'S SUPPORT OF THEIR LOCAL FOOD PROVIDING AGENCY. FOOD ACCESS AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION (FACE) IS AN AREA OF OUR WORK THAT GOES BEYOND SIMPLY PROVIDING EMERGENCY SUPPLIES OF FOOD. THROUGH OUR FOOD ACCESS AND EDUCATION INITIATIVES, WE COLLABORATE WITH OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF HUNGER THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE EATFRESH, BEST CHOICES, RAISED BED GARDENS AND SEED TO SUPPER. AT THE FRESH2YOU MOBILE MARKET, CUSTOMERS ARE WELCOME TO USE A VARIETY OF PAYMENT METHODS, INCLUDING SNAP BENEFITS AND FARMERS' MARKET NUTRITION PROGRAM VOUCHERS OFFERED TO WIC PARTICIPANTS AND QUALIFYING SENIORS. ALL PURCHASES MADE WITH NUTRITION PROGRAMS ARE MATCHED WITH CCFB FUNDED VEGGIEBUCKS TO STRETCH SHOPPERS' DOLLARS EVEN FURTHER. OUR AGRICULTURE PROGRAM IS AN HOMAGE TO CHESTER COUNTY'S DEEP AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE. WITH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, WE ARE ABLE TO GROW THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF PRODUCE FOR OUR PROGRAMS AT HISTORIC SPRINGTON MANOR FARM. IN ADDITION TO ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN THE PLANTING, GROWING AND HARVESTING OF PRODUCE AT SPRINGTON MANOR, WE RAISE SEEDLINGS TO DISTRIBUTE AMONGST OUR RAISED BED GARDEN PARTICIPANTS. WE ALSO MAINTAIN AN AWARD-WINNING RAISED BED DEMO GARDEN ON LOCATION AND HOUSE A LARGE HIGH TUNNEL TO EXTEND OUR GROWING SEASON. THE AGRICULTURE PROGRAM IS RUN BY THREE ON-STAFF GROWERS WHO OVERSEE OPERATIONS AT SPRINGTON MANOR AND OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE COUNTY. DIRECT DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMS FILL GAPS OF NEED FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. FOR LOW-INCOME CHILDREN IN PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS, OUR BACKPACK PROGRAM PROVIDES A SUPPLY OF NUTRITIOUS FOOD ON FRIDAY AFTERNOONS TO SEND CHILDREN HOME WITH OVER THE WEEKEND. DURING SUMMER MONTHS THE SUMMER STUDENT FOOD BOX PROGRAM AND PRE-MADE SUNSHINE MEALS PROVIDE NUTRITIOUS, EASY-TO-PREPARFOOD TO STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE SENIOR BOX PROGRAM IS CCFB'S RENDITION OF THE FEDERAL COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM (CSFP), BUT FULLY FUNDED BY PRIVATE DONATIONS SO ALL IN NEED CAN PARTICIPATE. NOW SERVING MORE THAN 750 SENIORS PER MONTH, OR 9000 ANNUALLY. CCFB CAN TAILOR BOXES TO MEET THE SPECIFIC DIETARY NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND LEVERAGE IT AS A POINT OF CONTACT WITH OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY. FROM TIME TO TIME, FOOD INSECURE INDIVIDUALS PRESENT THEMSELVES TO THE FOOD BANK AND WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH EMERGENCY FOOD, A 3-DAY SUPPLY OF FOOD, UNTIL THEY CAN CONNECT TO A REGULAR DISTRIBUTION - THIS IS THE FUNCTION OF OUR EMERGENCY FOOD BOX PROGRAM. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IS THE NEWEST INITIATIVE OF CHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK. RECOGNIZING UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT AS ONE OF THE ROOT CAUSES OF FOOD INSECURITY, OUR FRESHSTART KITCHEN CULINARY TEAM PROVIDES INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT WITH THE KNIFE SKILLS, COOKING, AND LIFE SKILLS TO ENTER A NEW CAREER AND ACHIEVE SELF-EFFICACY. THE PROGRAM PREPARES PARTICIPANTS THROUGH A 10-WEEK CULINARY ARTS TRAINING PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES LIFE SKILLS AND JOB READINESS, INTERNSHIP PLACEMENT AND JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE.

  Expenses $9,672,696 · Grants $7,130,625

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.

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

• 2024

  Revenue

  $10,329,890

  Expenses

  $11,202,825

  Contributions

  $11,378,252

  Grants paid

  $7,130,625

• 2023

  Revenue

  $11,980,070

  Expenses

  $9,099,172

  Contributions

  $12,088,762

  Grants paid

  $5,379,263

• 2022

  Revenue

  $9,449,435

  Expenses

  $8,227,227

  Contributions

  $9,068,914

  Grants paid

  $4,527,043

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

  $9,745,576

  Expenses

  $8,196,960

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,718,999

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,932,346

  Expenses

  $8,439,555

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,601,500

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,456,273

  Expenses

  $6,823,333

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,774,977

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,470,326

  Expenses

  $6,208,191

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,344,516

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,319,056

  Expenses

  $5,833,421

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,249,879

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,342,130

  Expenses

  $4,879,477

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,165,320

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,917,497

  Expenses

  $4,370,613

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,986,714

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

• ACT IN FAITH OF GREATER WEST CHESTER

  $0

  2022 · CHARITABLE FOOD

• ALIANZA'S LATINO OUTREACH

  $0

  2022 · CHARITABLE FOOD

• ATKINSON MEN'S SHELTER

  $0

  2022 · CHARITABLE FOOD

• AVON GROVE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

  $0

  2022 · CHARITABLE FOOD

• BELIEVE AND ACHIEVE FOUNDATION

  $0

  2022 · CHARITABLE FOOD

• BETTER TOMORROWS

  $0

  2022 · CHARITABLE FOOD

• BLESSING HOUSE

  $0

  2022 · CHARITABLE FOOD

• BRANDYWINE CENTER

  $0

  2022 · CHARITABLE FOOD

• BRIDGEWAY HOUSE

  $0

  2022 · CHARITABLE FOOD

• BVAA COATESVILLE

  $0

  2022 · CHARITABLE FOOD

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

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Grants received

• FEEDING PENNSYLVANIA

  $803,547

  2023 · HUNGER RELIEF

• FEEDING PENNSYLVANIA

  $516,195

  2024 · HUNGER RELIEF

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $339,283

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $286,139

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $276,840

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $230,050

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $224,620

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FEEDING PENNSYLVANIA

  $217,697

  2022 · HUNGER RELIEF

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $166,022

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $139,247

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

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

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