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REDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK

EIN 68-0121855 SANTA ROSA, CA

Revenue 2024
$67,393,536
Expenses 2024
$66,798,531

Program services were 95.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
K31Z
Classification
1000
Street
3990 BRICKWAY BLVD

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).

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.

  • SHERI WENZEL

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • AMY LYLE

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TRACY CONDRON - LEFT JUN 2025

    AUDIT CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • GARY NADLER

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TROY SANDERSON

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LISA MCCANN - LEFT OCT 2024

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • COURTNEY FOLEY

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DAVID BERRY

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • GEORGE GITTLEMAN - STARTED FEB 2025

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KATHY INOUYE- STARTED FEB 2025

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MIKE SCHUH- STARTED MARCH 2025

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • GAYLE GUYNUP- LEFT JULY 2024

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • PAULA HANDELMAN

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $233,073
    From this org
    $213,055
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,018
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,816
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $10,239
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,018
    Filer's total
    $233,073
  • ALLISON GOODWIN

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $272,854
    From this org
    $262,154
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,700
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $250,147
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $12,007
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,700
    Filer's total
    $272,854
  • ALISON SMITH

    CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $231,130
    From this org
    $198,701
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,429
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,542
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $10,159
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,429
    Filer's total
    $231,130
  • PATRICIA STRINISTE

    CHIEF PEOPLE AND CULTURE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $151,419
    From this org
    $135,675
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,744
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,015
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $6,660
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,744
    Filer's total
    $151,419
  • RODNEY TOWERY

    DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES, FLEET & IT OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $151,404
    From this org
    $138,508
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,896
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,254
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $5,254
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,896
    Filer's total
    $151,404
  • RACHELLE MESHEAU

    DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $156,608
    From this org
    $132,510
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,098
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,767
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $6,743
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,098
    Filer's total
    $156,608
  • JOSEPH TALLEY

    DEVELOPMENT DATA MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $142,997
    From this org
    $131,763
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,234
    Hours/week
    40
  • ERIKA CARSTENSEN

    DIRECTOR OF SUPPLY CHAIN AND ANALYTICS

    Total calculated
    $127,580
    From this org
    $127,580
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • DAVID GOODMAN - LEFT MAR 2024

    FORMER CEO

    Total calculated
    $150,949
    From this org
    $150,949
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,046
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,903
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $150,949

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 — 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
    $67,393,536
    Expenses
    $66,798,531
    Contributions
    $63,322,836
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $62,597,004
    Expenses
    $62,652,953
    Contributions
    $60,362,049
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $57,800,802
    Expenses
    $56,443,914
    Contributions
    $55,934,800
    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.

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.

California fundraising campaigns

Campaigns run by paid fundraisers, commercial coventurers and thrift stores naming this organization, as California published them. Both figures are as filed, and what the first one counts depends on the campaign type — a coventurer or a thrift store files its own sales rather than money collected for the charity. The 990 reports this only as a yearly total, never per campaign.

  • GATEWAY COMMUNICATIONS INC

    $0 raised

    2022 Commercial Fundraiser

    $0 to charity

  • AUTOMOTIVE RECOVERY SERVICES INC

    $3,800 raised

    2021 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $1,793 to charity

  • AUTOMOTIVE RECOVERY SERVICES INC

    $200 raised

    2020 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $0 to charity

  • AUTOMOTIVE RECOVERY SERVICES INC

    $0 raised

    2019 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $0 to charity

Amounts are as filed and do not add up: a commercial coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it. A campaign may also name more than one registered charity, in which case it appears on each.

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 10 September 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.