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The Food Basket
The Food Basket reported $14.6 million in revenue and $13.9 million in expenses for calendar year 2024. Of every $100 it spent, $89.77 went to program services, $8.33 to management and general costs and $1.90 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was contributions and grants: 95.9% of the total. Government grants made up 46.3%. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $113,277 (EXECUTIVE DI). Revenue rose 157% between 2019 and 2024. Source: Form 990, 2024.
Where $100 of spending went
Calendar year 2024 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $14MFor 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
Calendar year 2024 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $15M- Contributions & grants (non-government)$49.63 $7.3M
- Government grants$46.23 $6.8M
- Program service revenue$1.66 $243K
- Investment income$2.48 $363K
Other revenue was negative: −$5,144. The bar shows the positive sources only.
The 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | 2024 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 89.8% | 94.2% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 8.3% | 3.1% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 1.9% | 2.3% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | $0.02 | $0.02 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 95.9% | 96.4% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 46.3% | 10.5% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 1.7% | 1.3% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | $113,277 | $213,323 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | 0.82% | 0.61% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | Not reported | 3 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 10.8 | 6.6 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 9 of 9 | 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
2024 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expenseIn 2024 the Food Basket continued its mission to end hunger in hawaii through several emergency food programs. With the help of over 100 partner agencies, including churches, soup kitchens, homeless outreach programs and shelters, we distributed over three million pounds of food to over 600,000 individuals island wide. We served 1,361 qualifying seniors per month through our kupuna pantry program by delivering 30-35 pounds of staple food items received from the usda commodity supplemental food program (csfp) as well as separately funded hawaii island grown local produce and locally produced…
To address future hunger issues, we continued our efforts on our agricultural innovation park and food system campus, ho'olako, and were awarded a 1.6 million federal grant from the department of housing and urban development (hud). These funds will assist with accessibility to our 24.5 acres of land and the preparation of our own farm plots, and smaller plots which will be leased to local farmers, as well as the creation of a farmer's market. The name of "ho'olako" (in hawaiian, meaning 'the place that provides') was gifted as a name for the campus by our community's elders in a cultural…
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Highest reported compensation
2024 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here6 years of filings
Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linkedGovernance answers, as filed
2024 · 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–1b9 · 9 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 18Yes
- Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bNo
- Employees Part I, line 561
- Volunteers Part I, line 6600
Private foundation grants it received
27 private foundations reported grants to The Food Basket totaling $2.0M 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 The Food Basket's own Form 990. If one doesn't match the filing, that's our error and we'll fix it. If you work for The Food Basket, you can publish a response that is linked from this page.
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Questions people ask
How much of The Food Basket's spending goes to programs?
In calendar year 2024, The Food Basket reported that 89.8% of its $13.9 million in expenses went to program services, 8.3% to management and general and 1.9% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
How much does The Food Basket pay its top executive?
The largest total compensation The Food Basket reported for one person in calendar year 2024 was $113,277, for the role of EXECUTIVE DI (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).
Where does The Food Basket get its money?
Of $14.6 million in revenue in calendar year 2024, 95.9% came from contributions and grants (including 46.3% from government grants) and 1.7% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is The Food Basket a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 26-0349475 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
- 2024: Form 990 for calendar year 2024, object 202533159349301533 · read the filing · XML
- 2023: Form 990 for calendar year 2023, object 202413199349317926 · read the filing
- 2022: Form 990 for calendar year 2022, object 202333119349300028 · read the filing
- 2021: Form 990 for calendar year 2021, object 202223049349301682 · read the filing
- 2020: Form 990 for calendar year 2020, object 202133169349309438 · read the filing
- 2019: Form 990 for calendar year 2019, object 202023179349301147 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 26-0349475: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.