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THE GUY FIERI FOUNDATION

EIN 27-3432011 PETALUMA, CA

Revenue 2025
$1,341,169
Expenses 2025
$1,127,027

Program services were 86.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B90
Classification
1200
Street
3835 CYPRESS DR STE 110

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 · 2025

Mission

THE GUY FIERI FOUNDATION MISSION IS TO "SERVE THOSE WHO SERVE US" THROUGH DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS, HONORING OUR COUNTRIES HEROES AND FIRST RESPONDERS WHO DEDICATE THEIR LIVES TO PROTECTING AND SERVING OTHERS, AND EDUCATING AND EMPOWERING THE NEXT GENERATION OF CULINARY PROFESSIONALS.THERE ARE THREE PROGRAM PILLARS:DISASTER REFLIEF - WHEN WILDFIRES RAGE AND HURRICANES STRIKE, WE DEPLOY NUTRITIOUS FOOD AND HYDRATION DIRECTLY TO FIRST RESPONDERS ON THE FRONT LINES - SO THEY CAN STAY IN THE FIGHT AND BRING COMMUNITIES BACK FASTER.HONORING HEROES - WE HONOR VETERANS, ACTIVE MILITARY, FIRST RESPONDERS, AND THEIR FAMILIES, THROUGH MEALS AND DIRECT PROGRAMS. WE PROVIDE REAL SERVICES AND LASTING AID TO THOSE WHO GAVE EVERYTHING FOR THIS COUNTRY.CULINARY EDUCATION - WE INVEST IN THE NEXT GENERATION OF CULINARY PROFESSIONALS THROUGH PROGRAMS AND SCHOLARSHIPS.

  • M40 ACTIVE-DUTY LAW ENFORCEMENT, CAREER FIREFIGHTERS, AND EMERGENCY RESPONDERS ARE PRIMARY BENEFICIARY. FIRST RESPONDERS MEALS AND RECOGNITION. COFFEE TRAILER.

    Expenses $320,567

  • B60 YOUTH EDUCATION INTO ADULT CONTINUING EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE READINESS.

    Expenses $244,361 · Grants $163,215

  • W30/P60 HONORING HEROES, SERVING COMBAT VETERANS, AND RESERVE MEMBERS. 30+ EVENTS, 55,000+ MEALS SERVED

    Expenses $160,487

  • K30 FOOD PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM. THANKSGIVING MEALS.

    Expenses $109,303

  • M20 DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RELIEF SERVICES.25,000+ MEALS DURING LA FIRES. 200,000+ MEALS SINCE TUBBS FIRE.TWO 48 FOOT MOBILE KITCHENS.

    Expenses $72,360 · Revenue $50,900

  • B90 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES - VOCATIONAL/ CULINARY ARTS

    Expenses $72,101 · Grants $104,000 · Revenue $442,991

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Ron Wargo

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Reid Strathearn

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Riley Lagesen

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Guy R Fieri

    CEO

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $1,341,169
    Expenses
    $1,127,027
    Contributions
    $1,164,554
    Grants paid
    $267,215
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $732,337
    Expenses
    $979,723
    Contributions
    $499,341
    Grants paid
    $408,586
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,195,393
    Expenses
    $2,271,327
    Contributions
    $525,477
    Grants paid
    $1,933,064
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $330,976
    Expenses
    $551,140
    Contributions
    $967,768
    Grants paid
    $334,912

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
    $1,833,557
    Expenses
    $362,460
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,889,333

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $300,457
    Expenses
    $217,910
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,348,470

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $230,047
    Expenses
    $186,400
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,109,204

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $491,113
    Expenses
    $199,485
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,060,566

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $90,613
    Expenses
    $126,619
    Assets (EOY)
    $768,152

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $218,338
    Expenses
    $117,565
    Assets (EOY)
    $804,158

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $161,281
    Expenses
    $114,814
    Assets (EOY)
    $703,385

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $533,587
    Expenses
    $278,899
    Assets (EOY)
    $658,324

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $179,453
    Assets (EOY)
    $402,230

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $10,179
    Assets (EOY)
    $238,016

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2010

Tax period
1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010
Principal officer
TOM NELSON
Mailing address
575 W COLLEGE AVESANTA ROSA CA 95401

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 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

  • HAWAII RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION

    $1,200,000

    2023 FUNDRAISING

  • THE SALVATION ARMY

    $300,000

    2023 FUNDRAISING

  • SERAPHIM FUND

    $163,215

    2025 LITERACY PROGRAM

  • MISCELLANEOUS LESS THAN 5000

    $155,230

    2023 PROGRAM SUPPORT

  • CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASSOC

    $94,000

    2025 PROGRAM SUPPORT

  • MISCELLANEOUS LESS THAN 5000

    $73,722

    2022 PROGRAM SUPPORT

  • READ ON SONOMA

    $48,992

    2024 LITERACY PROGRAM

  • ETC EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY

    $46,891

    2022 LITERACY PROGRAM

  • CHEFS FOR KIDS

    $30,000

    2023 PROGRAM

  • HUMBOLDT COUNTY FAIR

    $26,512

    2023 PROGRAM SUPPORT

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.

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.