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Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank
Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank reported $26.1 million in revenue and $25.0 million in expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. Of every $100 it spent, $96.44 went to program services, $2.25 to management and general costs and $1.31 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was contributions and grants: 98.9% of the total. Government grants made up 40.6%. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $219,397 (PRESIDENT). 1 person received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation. Revenue rose 120% between 2019 and FY2025. Source: Form 990, FY2025.
Where $100 of spending went
The fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $25MFor context, the median across 349 covered food, agriculture & nutrition charities: $94.56 programs, $3.12 management, $2.32 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).
Where $100 of revenue came from
The fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $26M- Contributions & grants (non-government)$58.10 $15M
- Government grants$40.44 $11M
- Program service revenue$1.30 $339K
- Investment income$0.16 $41,913
Other revenue was negative: −$88,299. The bar shows the positive sources only.
The 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | FY2025 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 96.4% | 94.2% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 2.3% | 3.1% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 1.3% | 2.3% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | $0.01 | $0.02 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 98.9% | 96.4% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 40.6% | 10.5% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 1.3% | 1.3% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | $219,397 | $213,323 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | 0.88% | 0.61% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 5.4 | 6.6 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 18 of 18 | 100.0% |
A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.
What the money paid for, in its own words
FY2025 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expenseHelping Harvest Fresh Food Bank (hhffb) distributes food and grocery products through a network of over 350 programs that are exempt under IRS 501 (c)(3).these programs provide food to neighbors in need through pantries, soup kitchens, snack programs, shelters, mobile markets, and direct service programs. Food supplied by Helping Harvest Food Bank provided 487,797 individuals and 154,264 households with food from a pantry program while 1,309,535 meals (69,048 unduplicated meals) were provided at soup kitchens, snack programs and shelter programs. Helping Harvest Food Bank operates a warehouse…
Helping Harvest (hh) worked with our city reading (ocr), a community based nonprofit organization, to construct a community kitchen, which opened in april 2025. Hh receives food packaged in bulk and converts that food into ready-to-eat meals packaged, frozen, and distributed primarily to seniors throughout our network of community programs. During the year ended june 30, 2025, hh continued its fundraising efforts for construction of the kitchen, transferring those donations to ocr. In exchange for the funds raised, hh entered into a long-term lease with ocr with no rental payments. Hh makes…
Through hh' s management of the commodity supplemental food program, 2,193 low income senior citizens living in berks and schuylkill counties receive a tote filled with nutritional food every month. This package contains food of high nutritional value and is a supplement for the senior citizens diets. Each month the hhffb delivers the prepackaged totes to more than 100 distribution locations including low income senior high rises
Highest reported compensation
FY2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here| Role | From this org | From related orgs | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRESIDENT Officer, 40.00 hrs/week | $198,485 | $0 | $20,912 | $219,397 |
1 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $230K (Part IX, line 5).
7 filings since 2019
Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linkedGovernance answers, as filed
FY2025 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means- Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b18 · 18 independent
- Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
- Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
- Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
- Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
- Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aYes
- Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
- Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2No
- Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
- Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
- Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
- Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
- Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
- Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bNo
- Employees Part I, line 555
- Volunteers Part I, line 62,753
Private foundation grants it received
10 private foundations reported grants to Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank totaling $46,199 on their tax year 2023 Form 990-PF returns. See which foundations, on WHOFUNDS.
Source: WHOFUNDS open grant graph, matched from Form 990-PF Part XV.
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Every number above is copied from Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank's own Form 990. If one doesn't match the filing, that's our error and we'll fix it. If you work for Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank, you can publish a response that is linked from this page.
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Of every $100 Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank spent in FY2025, $96.44 went to programs. The full breakdown, from its IRS Form 990:
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Questions people ask
How much of Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank's spending goes to programs?
In the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank reported that 96.4% of its $25.0 million in expenses went to program services, 2.3% to management and general and 1.3% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
How much does Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank pay its top executive?
The largest total compensation Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank reported for one person in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 was $219,397, for the role of PRESIDENT (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).
Where does Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank get its money?
Of $26.1 million in revenue in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, 98.9% came from contributions and grants (including 40.6% from government grants) and 1.3% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 22-2456238 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.
Sources
- FY2025: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, object 202641339349305889 · read the filing
- FY2024: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, object 202531269349302438 · read the filing
- FY2023 (6 mo.): Form 990 for the 6-month short period ending June 30, 2023, object 202401349349307935 · read the filing
- 2022: Form 990 for calendar year 2022, object 202343139349304284 · read the filing
- 2021: Form 990 for calendar year 2021, object 202233159349305193 · read the filing
- 2020: Form 990 for calendar year 2020, object 202103169349306240 · read the filing
- 2019: Form 990 for calendar year 2019, object 202033149349303593 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 22-2456238: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.