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FOOD FORWARD INC

EIN 90-0678872 NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA

Revenue 2024
$195,263,115
Expenses 2024
$193,381,743

Program services were 98.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
K30
Classification
1000
Street
7412 FULTON AVE 3 NORTH HOLLYWOOD C

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 · 2024

Mission

FOOD FORWARD FIGHTS HUNGER AND PREVENTS FOOD WASTE BY RESCUING FRESH SURPLUS PRODUCE, CONNECTING THIS ABUNDANCE WITH PEOPLE EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY, AND INSPIRING OTHERS TO DO THE SAME.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FOOD FORWARD(R) IS ONE OF THE NATION'S LARGEST INDEPENDENT URBAN PRODUCE RECOVERY ORGANIZATIONS.

  • FOOD FORWARD'S LARGE-SCALE WHOLESALE RECOVERY PROGRAM RECOVERS SURPLUS FRUITS AND VEGETABLES DONATED BY THE PRODUCE INDUSTRY AT ITS PRODUCE PIT STOP WAREHOUSE. RETAILERS, SHIPPERS, PACKERS, AND OTHERS WITH LARGE QUANTITIES OF FRESH PRODUCE DONATE THEIR SURPLUS BY THE PALLET AND TRUCKLOAD. THIS FRESH FOOD IS DISTRIBUTED TO COMMUNITIES FREE OF CHARGE BY HUNGER RELIEF PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE REGION.

    Expenses $186,998,754 · Grants $183,303,099 · Revenue $154,924

  • THROUGH ITS VOLUNTEER-POWERED COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, FOOD FORWARD ORGANIZES THOUSANDS OF DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS ANNUALLY TO PARTICIPATE IN HARVESTS AND GLEANS THAT FIGHT HUNGER AND REDUCE FOOD WASTE. THE FLAGSHIP BACKYARD HARVEST PROGRAM PROVIDES FRUIT TO PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS FROM HARVESTS LED BY VOLUNTEERS ON HUNDREDS OF BACKYARDS, ORCHARDS, AND OTHER FRUIT TREE PROPERTIES. THE FARMERS MARKET RECOVERY PROGRAM IS A MARKET-ENDORSED DONATION SYSTEM FOR FARMERS AND VENDORS WANTING TO HELP FIGHT HUNGER WITH THEIR UNSOLD PRODUCE; VOLUNTEERS GLEAN AT THE END OF THE MARKETS AND DISTRIBUTE TO LOCAL HUNGER RELIEF PARTNERS.

    Expenses $3,456,703 · Grants $2,022,831

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.

  • RICHARD NAHMIAS

    FOUNDER/CEO

    Total calculated
    $281,897
    From this org
    $226,957
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,940
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $226,646
    Bonus
    $311
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $43,167
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,773
    Filer's total
    $281,897

  • JEFF HARRIS

    BOARD CHAIR (AS OF 6/19/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • ROB VALENCIA

    BOARD CHAIR (THRU 6/18/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JASON CRAYNE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • DONELLA WILSON

    SECRETARY (AS OF 4/1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK RHEIN

    SECRETARY (THRU 3/31/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JIM BERLINER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • CHRISTY CHIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JEDD GOLD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • NEIL HALTRECHT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • DAVID LAKE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • BRIAN LAZARUS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • CINDY LEE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHARI LEINWAND

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • PAMELA SCHWARTZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • BETTY ZAMORANO-PEDREGON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • DIANE HELFREY

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & ACCOUNTING

    Total calculated
    $155,720
    From this org
    $137,369
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,351
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,797
    Bonus
    $572
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,129
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,222
    Filer's total
    $155,720

  • KRISTEN JOHNSON

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $202,957
    From this org
    $190,534
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,423
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,226
    Bonus
    $308
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,552
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,871
    Filer's total
    $202,957

  • JENNIFER COX

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $177,763
    From this org
    $161,139
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,624
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,807
    Bonus
    $332
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,840
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,784
    Filer's total
    $177,763

  • JODI JACOBSEN

    DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $170,361
    From this org
    $129,110
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,251
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,781
    Bonus
    $329
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,959
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,292
    Filer's total
    $170,361

  • AMIR ZAMBRANO

    MANAGING DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $133,519
    From this org
    $128,518
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,001
    Hours/week
    50

  • NKEMDILIM NWOSU

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $132,123
    From this org
    $121,134
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,989
    Hours/week
    55

  • SAMANTHA TESLIK

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $125,501
    From this org
    $107,824
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,677
    Hours/week
    42

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
    $195,263,115
    Expenses
    $193,381,743
    Contributions
    $193,836,648
    Grants paid
    $185,325,930
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $175,170,201
    Expenses
    $174,912,851
    Contributions
    $174,483,693
    Grants paid
    $168,489,542
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $147,215,098
    Expenses
    $144,104,133
    Contributions
    $146,947,355
    Grants paid
    $138,917,169

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
    $128,150,149
    Expenses
    $124,179,353
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,955,667

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $119,164,188
    Expenses
    $112,276,221
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,834,924

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $45,983,049
    Expenses
    $45,867,892
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,882,136

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $41,262,856
    Expenses
    $40,942,318
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,800,915

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $41,262,856
    Expenses
    $40,942,318
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,800,915

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $33,504,777
    Expenses
    $33,467,017
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,440,578

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $26,402,209
    Expenses
    $26,012,419
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,364,360

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,438,389
    Expenses
    $15,362,714
    Assets (EOY)
    $921,324

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,844,061
    Expenses
    $8,567,717
    Assets (EOY)
    $683,897

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.

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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.

  • RITEWAY CHARITY SERVICES INC.

    $675 raised

    2019 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $313 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 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 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.