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FOOD LITERACY CENTER

EIN 45-3973268 SACRAMENTO, CA

Revenue 2023
$873,056
Expenses 2023
$1,156,847

Program services were 80.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
K40
Classification
2000
Street
401A MCCLATCHY WAY

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 · 2023

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO INSPIRE KIDS TO EAT THEIR VEGETABLES. WE TEACH CHILDREN IN LOW-INCOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS COOKING, NUTRITION, GARDENING, AND ACTIVE PLAY TO IMPROVE OUR HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT, AND ECONOMY.

  • FOR 42% OF SACRAMENTO ELEMENTARY CHILDREN WHO ARE FOOD AND NUTRITION INSECURE AND AT RISK FOR DIET-RELATED DISEASE, FOOD LITERACY CENTER IS THE ONLY PROVIDER OF HANDS-ON FOOD AND NUTRITION EDUCATION TO INSPIRE KIDS TO EAT THEIR VEGETABLES AND BUILD HEALTHY HABITS. WE SHOW UP EVERY DAY WITH JOY AND BRAVERY TO PROVIDE RELIABLE, INCLUSIVE FOOD AND NUTRITION EDUCATION FOR KIDS WHO NEED IT MOST. WE INSPIRE KIDS TO EAT THEIR VEGETABLES! WE TEACH CHILDREN IN LOW-INCOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS COOKING, NUTRITION, GARDENING, AND ACTIVE PLAY TO IMPROVE LIFELONG WELLNESS.WE CREATE POWER THROUGH KNOWLEDGE ABOUT FOOD AND NUTRITION TO BUILD FLOURISHING AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES.WHERE YOU LIVE AFFECTS HEALTH. FOOD AND NUTRITION EDUCATION CREATES FOOD EQUITY, ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNITIES AT HIGHEST RISK FOR DIET-RELATED DISEASES. BY TEACHING YOUNG STUDENTS HOW TO GROW, COOK, AND EAT THEIR VEGETABLES, WE'RE ESTABLISHING HEALTHY HABITS THAT SUPPORT A LIFETIME OF SUCCESS.BE PART OF THE SOLUTION: MAKE A DONATION ORVOLUNTEER. EMAIL [email protected]

    Expenses $816,866 · Revenue $152,623

  • THE OAK PARK FARMERS MARKET SERVES 1,500 VISITORS WEEKLY, IT ADDRESSES LOCAL FOOD DESERTS BY OFFERING FRESH PRODUCE FROM SMALL, DIVERSE FARMS. THE MARKET SUPPORTS LOW-INCOME FAMILIES BY MATCHING EBT (FOOD STAMPS) SALES UP TO $20, ALIGNING WITH THE CENTER'S MISSION TO PROMOTE HEALTHY EATING AND COMMUNITY HEALTH.

    Expenses $108,421

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Felicia James

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Betty Low

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Anna Rosenbaum

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ellen Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erica Holland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amber K Stott

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $177,148
    From this org
    $167,121
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,027
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,121
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,027
    Filer's total
    $177,148

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $873,056
    Expenses
    $1,156,847
    Contributions
    $688,785
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,315,777
    Expenses
    $742,529
    Contributions
    $1,254,378
    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
    $836,910
    Expenses
    $640,370
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,698,954
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,065,529
    Expenses
    $738,314
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,034,534
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $666,241
    Expenses
    $480,098
    Assets (EOY)
    $644,199
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $616,898
    Expenses
    $645,656
    Assets (EOY)
    $451,118
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $760,499
    Expenses
    $546,921
    Assets (EOY)
    $548,877
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $569,332
    Expenses
    $452,464
    Assets (EOY)
    $289,143
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $332,882
    Expenses
    $339,568
    Assets (EOY)
    $181,621
  • 2013 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $128,490
    Expenses
    $58,537
    Assets (EOY)
    $102,049

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 2012

Tax period
1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012
Principal officer
Amber Stott
Mailing address
170 Sandburg DrSacramento CA 95819
Website
http://californiafoodliteracy.org/

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.