Fare Meals INC

Tax-deductible

Bal Harbour, FL501(c)(3)Since 2020Food & AgricultureEIN 85-4028112

To ensure all families have access to meal recipes that are easy, healthy and affordable.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78

Before you give

FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
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
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $7K a year · 3% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Cash reserves
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $60K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3K
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 3 voting members
Looks good: 3 of 3 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$118K
-33% vs prior year
Spent
$124K
Net assets
$42K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$118K
FY2025▼ -33%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$240K
FY2022$307K
FY2023$248K
FY2024$175K
FY2025$118K
Expenses
$124K
FY2025▼ -8%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$189K
FY2022$337K
FY2023$265K
FY2024$135K
FY2025$124K
Net assets
$42K
FY2025▼ -13%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$56K
FY2022$27K
FY2023$9K
FY2024$49K
FY2025$42K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

Give Claim

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2021.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

What each dollar paid for.

Management & general 19% · $24K Fundraising 81% · $100K

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

3 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Arielle Kestenbaum’s $60K as Executive Director is at the 63rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1172 $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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022
Arielle Kestenbaum$60,000$66,000

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 Fare Meals INC executive salaries →

Are you one of these people? Claim this org to confirm your role

Questions the 990 asks

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

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Provides families with easy, healthy, and affordable meal recipes.

Provided by the organization

This section is blank until Fare Meals INC claims this page.

Know this organization? Claim it to add your story

3 program services, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2025.
01

Created a growing and competitive digital presence to help build national awareness of the perils of poor nutrition and how to combat it by offering educational programming which is delivered virtually and is free to everyone.

Pt IX · col B
02

Its online resource hub features a blog with posts written by nutrition education professionals and recipes that are created and scored on three main pillars--affordability, health, and ease. A simple search and filter system helps families navigate the cost, ease, and health benefit of every meal.

Pt IX · col B
03

Grown its audience and established partnerships with numerous non-profit organizations whose clients and constituents benefit from fare meals' programs. Heightened its profile by being featured widely in the media, including NBC, abc, CBS television and outlets like the beet.

Pt IX · col B

Run this program? Claim this org to tell your story

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$60K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$118K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$101K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$17K
Money outPt IX
$124K
Ln 25
Managementcol C$24K
Fundraisingcol D$100K
Owns and owesPt X
$42K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$32K
Total assetsLn 16$46K
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$101K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$101K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$17K
Total revenueLn 12$118K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$32K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$32K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$46K
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K
Net assetsLn 32$42K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$40K$32K
Total assetsLn 16$52K$46K
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K$3K
Net assetsLn 32$49K$42K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Accounting feesLn 11c$15K$15K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$72K$72K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$28K$28K
Office expensesLn 13$5K$5K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$197$197
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$3K$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$124K$0$24K$100K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $118K$124K−$7K$42K 990 PDF
FY2024 $175K$135K$40K$49K 990 PDF
FY2023 $248K$265K−$17K$9K 990 PDF
FY2022 $307K$337K−$30K$27K 990 PDF
FY2021 $240K$189K$51K$56K 990 PDF

Want to add your own materials alongside these filings? Claim this org

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $117,612 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$100,512
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$100,512
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $17,100$17,100
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $17,100 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$117,612
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $124,119 across 6 lines filed
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $15,349$15,349
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $72,000$72,000
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $28,475$28,475
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $4,989$4,989
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $197$197
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Management $3,109$3,109
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $0 · Management $23,644 · Fundraising $100,475$124,119
Part X · Balance sheet $45,548 assets, 10 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $39,563$32,132
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $10,000$11,500
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $2,113$1,916
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $17$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $51,693$45,548
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,838$3,200
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,838$3,200
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $48,855$42,348
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $48,855$42,348
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $51,693$45,548
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $42,348 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$117,612
XI-2 Total expenses$124,119
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$6,507
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$48,855
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$42,348

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

Similar organizations you could support · Compare with another nonprofit

Names, privacy, and removal requests More

The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.

If you ARE the filing organization, claim this org and add context

Made it to the end? Claim this organization

Keep this kind of thing free
Keep public charity data easy to read.

Free to the public, because obviously. Like this? Pay it forward. Don't like this? Help us get better.

Card, Apple Pay or Google Pay through Stripe. One time.
Keep this kind of thing free
Keep public charity data easy to read.

Free to the public, because obviously. Like this? Pay it forward. Don't like this? Help us get better.

Card, Apple Pay or Google Pay through Stripe. One time.

All figures are derived from public IRS Form 990 filings and are presented without evaluation of any organization. philanthropy.org does not rate, score, or rank organizations, including the pay comparisons above.