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Food Finders reported $31.0 million in revenue and $31.2 million in expenses for calendar year 2024. Of every $100 it spent, $99.16 went to program services, $0.45 to management and general costs and $0.39 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was contributions and grants: 99.9% of the total. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $87,500 (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR). Revenue rose 59% between 2019 and 2024. Source: Form 990, 2024.
Where $100 of spending went
Calendar year 2024 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $31MFor 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 $31MThe 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | 2024 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 99.2% | 94.2% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 0.5% | 3.1% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 0.4% | 2.3% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | $0.00 | $0.02 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 99.9% | 96.4% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 0.7% | 10.5% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 1.3% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | $87,500 | $213,323 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | 0.28% | 0.61% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 0.4 | 6.6 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 12 of 12 | 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 expenseFood rescue program:in 2024, we rescued 15,160,794 pounds of food. This was a 4.5% increase in food rescued from 2023. This provided 12,629,066 meals. By diverting this rescued food we kept 8,232,311 pounds of co2 out of the landfills and we saved 6,913,064 gallons of water. This food was distributed to 299 partner agencies. Of the 299 agencies served, 33 were new in 2024. We rescued food from 545 food donors of which 101 were new. Our 36 year grand total of rescued food was 243,368,857 pounds
Food 4 kids:our food 4 kids program provides weekend meal boxes to 47 long beach schools so that students and their families have enough food to eat over the weekend. We distributed 14,785 boxes for a total of 285,491 pounds and 237,814 meals
Food hub/community marketplace:the food hub is a refrigerated shipping container located in admiral kidd park on the westside of long beach. We distribute the 4th saturday of each month. In 2024, we served 2,641 households with 152,577 pounds of food. This was an 123% increase of households served from 2023. In april of 2024 we began a distribution from the hub on wednesdays. We called this our pop-up distribution. From april through december we distributed 271,399 pounds of food
Highest reported compensation
2024 · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer, 45.00 hrs/week | $87,500 | $0 | $0 | $87,500 |
| DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Key employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $70,000 | $0 | $0 | $70,000 |
| FUND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Key employee, 32.00 hrs/week | $70,000 | $0 | $0 | $70,000 |
0 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from Food Finders (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $228K (Part IX, line 5).
6 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–1b12 · 12 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 524
- Volunteers Part I, line 6227
Private foundation grants it received
19 private foundations reported grants to Food Finders totaling $420K 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 Food Finders's own Form 990. If one doesn't match the filing, that's our error and we'll fix it. If you work for Food Finders, you can publish a response that is linked from this page.
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Of every $100 Food Finders spent in 2024, $99.16 went to programs. The full breakdown, from its IRS Form 990:
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Questions people ask
How much of Food Finders's spending goes to programs?
In calendar year 2024, Food Finders reported that 99.2% of its $31.2 million in expenses went to program services, 0.5% to management and general and 0.4% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
How much does Food Finders pay its top executive?
The largest total compensation Food Finders reported for one person in calendar year 2024 was $87,500, for the role of EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).
Where does Food Finders get its money?
Of $31.0 million in revenue in calendar year 2024, 99.9% came from contributions and grants (including 0.7% from government grants) and 0.0% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is Food Finders a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 33-0412749 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 202503219349325935 · read the filing · XML
- 2023: Form 990 for calendar year 2023, object 202442189349301039 · read the filing
- 2022: Form 990 for calendar year 2022 (amended), object 202432189349300943 · read the filing
- 2021: Form 990 for calendar year 2021 (amended), object 202312869349302466 · read the filing
- 2020: Form 990 for calendar year 2020 (amended), object 202222729349301377 · read the filing
- 2019: Form 990 for calendar year 2019 (amended), object 202003429349300625 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 33-0412749: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.