Improve long-term health and wellness in low-income communities by creating a network of educational support groups and enhancing access to healthy, unprocessed foods.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
60¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$220K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $1K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
60%
of spending
Worth a look: 60% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$220K
to officers and key staff · 21% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 21% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.2 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
10
named funders · $332K
Looks good: 10 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$44K
25% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 25% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.0M
+72% vs prior year
Spent
$1.1M
To programs
60%
Net assets
$133K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.0M
FY2024▲ +72%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$633K
FY2021$1.8M
FY2022$375K
FY2023$602K
FY2024$1.0M
FY2025$751K
Expenses
$1.1M
FY2024▼ -20%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$509K
FY2021$653K
FY2022$900K
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$699K
Net assets
$133K
FY2024▼ -22%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$316K
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$906K
FY2023$170K
FY2024$133K
FY2025$185K

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 2014.

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Where the money goes

60 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 60% · $640K Management & general 20% · $209K Fundraising 21% · $222K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

13 people listed on the 990; $220K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Co-Executive Director
$97,754Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Executive Director
$96,825Pt VII · Sec A
President/Executive Director
$25,398Pt VII · Sec A
Board Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
VP External Affairs
$0Pt VII · Sec A
VP Internal Affairs
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Sydney Zetune’s $57K as Executive Director is at the 59th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1171 $100K–1M food & agriculture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Ave Lambert—$25,398$122,009$117,784——
Amy Vu—$97,754————
Sydney Zetune$57,057$96,825$92,600———
Dana Rizer———$28,667$68,000$84,000

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Builds support groups and improves access to healthy foods for low-income communities.

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3 programs · $640K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Wellness Program

16-WEEK wellness provides participants and their families with food education: nutrition information, recipes, cooking demonstrations; access to fresh, whole foods; support together through peer-to-peer sharing circles designed to build deep bonds of friendship and uncover underlying and often emotional elements of our eating habits.

$320Kprogram expense
02

Food Access

Food access program: recovers high quality farm-fresh produce in partnership with la food recovery organizations, providing weekly food distributions to participants' households. In 2024, feast distributed over 60,000LBS of recovered produce to our program participants and community at large.

$281Kprogram expense
03

Family Feeding Program

8-WEEK family feeding serves low-income-earning parents with children 0-5, reduces negative impacts of stress, depression, and anxiety by providing social support for parents, prevents childhood obesity through healthy food access and nutrition EDUCATION.# of participants served: 21 (includes our direct program participants + their…

$39Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 2 grants · $31K · 2020–2021
Unitemized GrantFY2021$22,163
Unitemized GrantFY2020$8,963

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$967K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$60K
Other incomeLn 4–11$8K
Money outPt IX
$1.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$640K
Managementcol C$209K
Fundraisingcol D$222K
Owns and owesPt X
$133K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$111K
Total assetsLn 16$178K
LiabilitiesLn 26$44K
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$967K
Government grantsLn 1e$337K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$159K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$52K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$60K
Other incomeLn 4–11$8K
Total revenueLn 12$1.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$111K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$111K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4K
Total assetsLn 16$178K
LiabilitiesLn 26$44K
Net assetsLn 32$133K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 6573
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$199K$111K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5K$4K
Total assetsLn 16$255K$178K
LiabilitiesLn 26$84K$44K
Net assetsLn 32$170K$133K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$32K$32K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$240K$145K$29K$66K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$276K$165K$34K$77K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$3K$2K$101$589
Other employee benefitsLn 9$8K$5K$794$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$39K$23K$5K$11K
Legal feesLn 11b$4K$4K
Accounting feesLn 11c$62K$62K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$111K$48K$19K$45K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$15$15
Office expensesLn 13$191K$183K$5K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$35K$18K$412$17K
OccupancyLn 16$51K$12K$39K
TravelLn 17$3K$3K$547
InterestLn 20$689$689
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$785$785
InsuranceLn 23$9K$3K$6K$680
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$6K$4K$2K$267
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.1M$640K$209K$222K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $751K$699K$52K$185K 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $1.0M$1.1M−$37K$133K 990 PDF
FY2023 $602K$1.3M−$736K$170K 990 PDF
FY2022 $375K$900K−$525K$906K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.8M$653K$1.1M$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 $633K$509K$124K$316K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $1,034,924 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $577,952$966,792
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $46,731$59,947
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $25$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$22,961$8,185
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $601,747$1,034,924
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $33,788$32,489
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $724,572$566,040
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $579,104$473,494
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,337,464$1,072,023
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$735,717−$37,099
Part VI · Governance 10 of 11 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,034,924 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$52,195
VIII-1e Government grants$337,484
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$577,113
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$158,507
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$966,792
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $59,947$59,947
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $8,120$8,120
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$1,232−$1,232
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $1,297$1,297
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $69,364 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$1,232$1,034,924
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,072,023 across 18 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $32,489$32,489
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $145,035 · Management $29,078 · Fundraising $65,674$239,787
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $164,595 · Management $34,271 · Fundraising $77,400$276,266
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $2,412 · Management $101 · Fundraising $589$3,102
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $5,410 · Management $794 · Fundraising $1,619$7,823
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $23,322 · Management $4,991 · Fundraising $10,749$39,062
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $3,500$3,500
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $61,500$61,500
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $48,079 · Management $18,569 · Fundraising $44,797$111,445
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $15$15
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $183,184 · Management $5,088 · Fundraising $3,005$191,277
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $17,720 · Management $412 · Fundraising $16,926$35,058
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $11,511 · Management $39,060$50,571
IX-17 TravelManagement $2,725 · Fundraising $547$3,272
IX-20 InterestManagement $689$689
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $785$785
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,823 · Management $5,654 · Fundraising $680$9,157
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $3,841 · Management $2,117 · Fundraising $267$6,225
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $640,436 · Management $209,334 · Fundraising $222,253$1,072,023
Part X · Balance sheet $177,610 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $198,833$110,728
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $50,068$61,010
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $750$1,753
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $4,904$4,119
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $254,555$177,610
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $38,536$19,490
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $25,000$25,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $84,336$44,490
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $170,219$45,272
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$87,848
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $170,219$133,120
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $254,555$177,610
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $133,120 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,034,924
XI-2 Total expenses$1,072,023
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$37,099
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$170,219
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$133,120

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