Connects surplus farm produce with communities in need to reduce hunger, fight climate change, and prevent food waste.
For fiscal year 2024 it reported $28.5M in revenue, $28.2M in expenses, and $4.6M in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2024
Total revenue
$28.5M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$28.2M
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$4.6M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $368K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
328%
Program services $3.28 Management & general $0.06 Fundraising $0.02
Surplus margin
+1%
revenue over expenses, this year▲ +349% vs prior filing year
Donor-funded
347%
of revenue is gifts & grants▲ +248% vs prior filing year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2024 · Form 990
Revenue
$28.5M
FY2024▼ -83%
$165.9M$82.9M$0
FY2021FY2024
Expenses
$28.2M
FY2024▼ -83%
$166.7M$83.4M$0
FY2021FY2024
Total assets
$5.0M
FY2024▲ +6%
$5.3M$2.6M$0
FY2021FY2024
Total liabilities
$314K
FY2024▼ -23%
$490K$245K$0
FY2021FY2024
Total revenue
$28.5M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$28.2M
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$4.6M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$368K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$5.0M
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B328%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 38
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 47
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
3 program services account for $92.4M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01
Food Waste and Hunger
Program services primarily pertain to collaborative activities of the organization to connect farmers to food banks, delivering excess farm fresh produce, that would otherwise go to waste, to feed families in need.
$91.9Mprogram expense
02
Field Fellowship
The field fellowship is activating young people with the tools to launch solutions for our most pressing global challenges: hunger and climate change. Every year we build a cohort of around 10 humanitarian avengers. Each fellow brings a unique perspective, but they all share an unmatched dedication to making the world a better place.
$287Kprogram expense
03
Sustainability
The mission of the sustainability team is to accurately quantify and translate the climate value of farmlink's food recovery to earn the credibility and trust needed to unlock funding, scale operations and impact, spur innovation, and shift the social perspectives that inform policy and legislative changes that promote human and…
Christine Choe’s $129K as Chief Operating Officer
is at the 11th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3123 $10–100M human services 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII
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.
Individual Christine Choe · Reported title CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER · Highest reported compensation $129K · Total expenses $28.2M
0%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $2.4M · Total expenses $28.2M
not reported
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
328%
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Overhead ratio
6%
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Fundraising cost ratio
1%
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Revenue growth
-83%
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Investment management fee ratio
0%
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Accounting fee ratio
0%
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Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.
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Sources
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Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2024IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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