Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 1991.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
94 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
16 people listed on the 990; $46K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).
Tamara Black’s $46K as Executive Director is at the 6th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1690 $1–10M philanthropy & grantmaking 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Tamara Black | $46,215 | $40,000 |
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.
See F E A S T INC executive salaries →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
Distributes food to needy individuals and families in the Tampa Bay area.
Questions for F E A S T INC
Your first name shows with your question. F E A S T INC answers here, for everyone.
For 2025, we reached 61,744 individuals. Supported 20,167 families, including 1929 new families and 2025 families with a holiday meal. Increase in clients since 2019 = 416%. Distributed 1,008,350 lbs. of food. Supported by 88 active volunteers. Total volunteer hours in 2025 = 19,020, including 1,183 Bright Futures hours.
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2025. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 59-2981961) · Dispute this lineFunders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $973K | $608K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $496K | $992K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $905K | $989K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $2.4M | $2.6M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $3K | $930 |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $2.4M | $2.6M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $2.3M | $2.3M | ||
| Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5 | $46K | $0 | $18K | $28K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $78K | $48K | $30K | $0 |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $4K | $1K | $1K | $786 |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $10K | $4K | $4K | $2K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $9K | $0 | $9K | $0 |
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $7K | $0 | $7K | $0 |
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $39K | $0 | $39K | $0 |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $866 | $0 | $866 | $0 |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $74K | $71K | $3K | $0 |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $42K | $41K | $1K | $0 |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $19K | $19K | $0 | $0 |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $17K | $17K | $202 | $0 |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $30K | $11K | $12K | $7K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $2.6M | $2.5M | $125K | $38K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Mar 31, 2026 | $2.9M | $2.6M | $233K | $2.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS May 28, 2025 | $2.8M | $2.1M | $737K | $2.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Mar 6, 2024 | $2.0M | $1.2M | $791K | $1.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Jan 16, 2023 | $922K | $663K | $259K | $811K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Dec 7, 2021 | $970K | $577K | $393K | $654K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS May 26, 2021 | $784K | $578K | $207K | $255K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990
Part I · Summary $2,857,925 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,857,925 across 5 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,625,161 across 14 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $2,613,552 assets, 11 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,612,622 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file FY2025 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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