Ecumenical Hunger Program FY2024 filing

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E Palo Alto, CA501(c)(3)Since 1978Food & AgricultureEIN 94-2476942Revenue $7.9M in FY2024

On file with the IRSehpcares.org2411 Pulgas Ave, 94303-1322 · E Palo Alto, CATax-exempt since Aug 1979Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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EHPs mission is to provide compassionate, dignified and practical assistance to families and individuals experiencing economic and personal hardship. We offer material help, support services, and advocacy for our neighbors in need, in a challenging and rapidly changing environment.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$504K 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
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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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.0M a year · 14% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$504K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 10.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $35K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$266K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$7.9M
+24% vs prior year
Spent
$8.6M
To programs
91%
Net assets
$10.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$7.9M
FY2024▲ +24%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$7.9M
FY2021$8.1M
FY2022$7.1M
FY2023$6.4M
FY2024$7.9M
FY2025$8.1M
Expenses
$8.6M
FY2024▲ +37%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$5.7M
FY2021$5.2M
FY2022$5.3M
FY2023$6.3M
FY2024$8.6M
FY2025$8.3M
Net assets
$10.6M
FY2024▼ -6%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$5.3M
FY2021$8.2M
FY2022$10.0M
FY2023$11.2M
FY2024$10.6M
FY2025$10.4M

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending June 2024) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 1979.

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

Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $7.8M Management & general 6% · $493K Fundraising 3% · $262K

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

10 people listed on the 990; $504K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$286,943Pt VII · Sec A
$217,329Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Development Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Lesia Preston’s $243K as Executive Dir. is at the 96th percentile of top reported officer pay among 818 $1–10M 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Lesia Preston$243,110$286,943$233,690$139,965$105,019$102,314
Lakesha Preston-Roberts$193,137$217,329$159,224———

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

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

Programs and updates

Provides free food, clothing, furniture, and support to families facing hardship.

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3 programs · $7.8M · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Emergency Food Assistance

Ehp provides boxes of food to meet basic nutritional needs of families, as well as of individuals experiencing temporary emergency needs or special circumstances. Ehp also participates in regular second harvest food bank distributions of fresh produce and the family harvest program specifically for families with children.

$7.8Mprogram expense
02

Furniture Distribution

Ehp has a large warehouse to store and distribute donated furniture in good condition including sofas, tables, chairs, beds, desks, appliances, and other items. Ehp is the only major source for furniture on the mid-peninsula.

Pt IX · col B
03

Clothing and Household Essentials

Ehp distributes clothing, furniture and household essentials to families and individuals in need.

Pt IX · col B

Funders

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 · FY2025
Hrh FoundationFY2025$35K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$35K
Grants paid · 256 grants · $2.2M · 2019–2023
Unitemized GrantFY2023$47,288
Unitemized GrantFY2023$46,459
Unitemized GrantFY2023$35,800
Unitemized GrantFY2023$23,894
Unitemized GrantFY2023$17,970
Unitemized GrantFY2023$17,442
Unitemized GrantFY2023$17,206
Unitemized GrantFY2023$16,406
Unitemized GrantFY2023$15,324
Unitemized GrantFY2023$15,067
Unitemized GrantFY2023$14,496
Unitemized GrantFY2023$14,070
Unitemized GrantFY2023$13,542
Unitemized GrantFY2023$12,928
Unitemized GrantFY2023$12,226
Unitemized GrantFY2023$12,066
Unitemized GrantFY2023$11,555
Unitemized GrantFY2023$11,400
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$7.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$315K
Other incomeLn 4–11$24K
Money outPt IX
$8.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$7.8M
Managementcol C$493K
Fundraisingcol D$262K
Owns and owesPt X
$10.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$7.5M
Total assetsLn 16$10.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$266K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.6M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$4.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$315K
Other incomeLn 4–11$24K
Gains on assetsLn 7$463
Total revenueLn 12$7.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2.7M
SavingsLn 2$4.8M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$7.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.3M
Total assetsLn 16$10.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$266K
Net assetsLn 32$10.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 534
VolunteersI 64,492
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$8.3M$7.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.0M$3.3M
Total assetsLn 16$11.3M$10.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$123K$266K
Net assetsLn 32$11.2M$10.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$1.1M$1.1M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$627K$452K$113K$63K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$881K$634K$159K$88K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$160K$115K$29K$16K
Payroll taxesLn 10$102K$73K$18K$10K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$2K$451$251
Office expensesLn 13$38K$27K$7K$4K
OccupancyLn 16$92K$69K$9K$14K
TravelLn 17$21K$15K$4K$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$132K$99K$13K$20K
InsuranceLn 23$68K$51K$7K$10K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$5.2M$5.1M$91K$17K
All other expensesLn 24e$139K$78K$43K$18K
Total functional expensesLn 25$8.6M$7.8M$493K$262K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $8.1M$8.3M−$227K$10.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $7.9M$8.6M−$643K$10.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $6.4M$6.3M$113K$11.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $7.1M$5.3M$1.9M$10.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $8.1M$5.2M$2.9M$8.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $7.9M$5.7M$2.2M$5.3M 990 PDF

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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 FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $7,924,589 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $6,257,944$7,584,729
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $83,107$315,418
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $42,257$24,442
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $6,383,308$7,924,589
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $377,550$1,123,373
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,418,316$1,769,629
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $4,474,541$5,674,320
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $6,270,407$8,567,322
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $112,901−$642,733
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $7,924,589 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$7,584,729
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$4,789,496
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$7,584,729
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $314,955$314,955
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $463$463
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $24,442$24,442
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $24,905 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $314,955$7,924,589
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $8,567,322 across 13 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $1,123,373$1,123,373
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $451,750 · Management $112,938 · Fundraising $62,743$627,431
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $634,014 · Management $158,503 · Fundraising $88,058$880,575
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $115,223 · Management $28,806 · Fundraising $16,003$160,032
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $73,146 · Management $18,286 · Fundraising $10,159$101,591
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,804 · Management $451 · Fundraising $251$2,506
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $27,348 · Management $6,837 · Fundraising $3,798$37,983
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $68,858 · Management $9,181 · Fundraising $13,772$91,811
IX-17 TravelPrograms $15,441 · Management $3,860 · Fundraising $2,145$21,446
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $98,958 · Management $13,194 · Fundraising $19,791$131,943
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $50,830 · Management $6,777 · Fundraising $10,166$67,773
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $5,073,660 · Management $91,445 · Fundraising $17,009$5,182,114
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $77,858 · Management $42,866 · Fundraising $18,020$138,744
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $7,812,263 · Management $493,144 · Fundraising $261,915$8,567,322
Part X · Balance sheet $10,843,454 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,344,654$2,730,751
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $6,951,082$4,787,760
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,380$1,380
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,037,265$3,323,563
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $11,334,381$10,843,454
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $49,103$54,378
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $73,709$211,793
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $122,812$266,171
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $11,211,569$10,577,283
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $11,211,569$10,577,283
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $11,334,381$10,843,454
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $10,577,283 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$7,924,589
XI-2 Total expenses$8,567,322
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$642,733
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$11,211,569
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$8,447
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$10,577,283

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