Nonprofit · EIN 33-0412749
FOOD FINDERS INC
Tax-exempt · LOS ALAMITOS, CA 90720
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $30,961,507 | $31,219,003 | -$257,496 | $1,272,369 | $111,989 | $1,160,380 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $33,036,401 | $33,078,236 | -$41,835 | $1,574,192 | $156,316 | $1,417,876 |
| December 31, 2022 | 990 (amended) | $27,599,743 | $28,033,719 | -$433,976 | $1,695,112 | $235,538 | $1,459,574 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $30,941,949
- of which government grants
- $214,341
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $19,558
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $29,102,258
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $227,500
- Other salaries and wages
- $724,479
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,025,705
- Professional fundraising fees
- $26,592
- Occupancy
- $104,836
- Travel
- $2,367
- Depreciation
- $74,673
- Program services (functional)
- $30,956,513
- Management and general (functional)
- $141,238
- Fundraising (functional)
- $121,252
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,574,192
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,272,369
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $111,989
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,160,380
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $202,862
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,160,380
- Gross receipts
- $31,061,394
- Employees
- 24
- Volunteers
- 227
- Year formed
- 1990
- State of legal domicile
- CA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIANA LARA | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 45 | $87,500 |
| LISA HOFFMASTER | FUND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Key employee | 32 | $70,000 |
| CARLY BRAGG | DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Key employee | 40 | $70,000 |
| SHANKAR RAM | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| GEOFF STOVER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| LINDA SIMPKINS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 0.75 | $0 |
| GARRETT BRIEF | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| NISHAT AHMED | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| ALISA KELLOGG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| JEFF PACE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| HELEN TONOYAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| MARYJANE CANYON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| JERRY HEIKENS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| ARSHAD ROKERYA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| EMILY WANUS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRENDA MCCABE | DIRECTOR (UNTIL 7/2024) Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIANA LARA | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $85,000 |
| SHANKAR RAM | PRESIDENT Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| GARRETT BRIEF | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| LINDA SIMPKINS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JERRY HEIKENS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| NISHAT AHMED | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JEFF PACE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARYJANE CANYON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ARSHAD ROKERYA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| BRENDA MCCABE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| GEOFF STOVER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ED NAUMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2022: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIANA LARA | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $84,808 |
| SHANKAR RAM | PRESIDENT Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| GARRETT BRIEF | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| LINDA SIMPKINS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ED NAUMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| NISHAT AHMED | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| PAMELA WEINSTEIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JEFF PACE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARYJANE CANYON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ARSHAD ROKERYA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| BRENDA MCCABE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| GEOFF STOVER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 10539 HUMBOLT ST, LOS ALAMITOS, CA 90720-5401
- In care of
- % DIANA LARA
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- DIANA LARA, 10539 HUMBOLT STREET, LOS ALAMITOS, CA 90720
- Signed the 990
- DIANA LARA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (562) 283-1400
- Website
- HTTP//WWW.FOODFINDERS.ORG
- Return prepared by
- VASQUEZ COMPANY LLP
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 33-0412749 or by the name FOOD FINDERS INC.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
TO ELIMINATE HUNGER AND FOOD WASTE WHILE IMPROVING NUTRITION IN FOOD INSECURE COMMUNITIES. OUR FOOD DONATION PROGRAM LINKS SURPLUS FOOD DONATIONS TO OUR NON-PROFIT PARTNERS THAT PROVIDE MEAL OR PANTRY SERVICES.
Program accomplishments
- FOOD RESCUE PROGRAM:IN 2024, WE RESCUED 15,160,794 POUNDS OF FOOD. THIS WAS A 4.5% INCREASE IN FOOD RESCUED FROM 2023. THIS PROVIDED 12,629,066 MEALS. BY DIVERTING THIS RESCUED FOOD WE KEPT 8,232,311 POUNDS OF CO2 OUT OF THE LANDFILLS AND WE SAVED 6,913,064 GALLONS OF WATER. THIS FOOD WAS DISTRIBUTED TO 299 PARTNER AGENCIES. OF THE 299 AGENCIES SERVED, 33 WERE NEW IN 2024. WE RESCUED FOOD FROM 545 FOOD DONORS OF WHICH 101 WERE NEW. OUR 36 YEAR GRAND TOTAL OF RESCUED FOOD WAS 243,368,857 POUNDS.Expenses $30,644,164 · grants $29,102,258
- FOOD 4 KIDS:OUR FOOD 4 KIDS PROGRAM PROVIDES WEEKEND MEAL BOXES TO 47 LONG BEACH SCHOOLS SO THAT STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE ENOUGH FOOD TO EAT OVER THE WEEKEND. WE DISTRIBUTED 14,785 BOXES FOR A TOTAL OF 285,491 POUNDS AND 237,814 MEALS.Expenses $210,006
- FOOD HUB/COMMUNITY MARKETPLACE:THE FOOD HUB IS A REFRIGERATED SHIPPING CONTAINER LOCATED IN ADMIRAL KIDD PARK ON THE WESTSIDE OF LONG BEACH. WE DISTRIBUTE THE 4TH SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH. IN 2024, WE SERVED 2,641 HOUSEHOLDS WITH 152,577 POUNDS OF FOOD. THIS WAS AN 123% INCREASE OF HOUSEHOLDS SERVED FROM 2023. IN APRIL OF 2024 WE BEGAN A DISTRIBUTION FROM THE HUB ON WEDNESDAYS. WE CALLED THIS OUR POP-UP DISTRIBUTION. FROM APRIL THROUGH DECEMBER WE DISTRIBUTED 271,399 POUNDS OF FOOD.Expenses $102,343
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 33-0412749
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1990
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Food, agriculture and nutrition (K310)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,272,369
- Income (IRS master file)
- $31,061,394
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $30,961,507 | $31,219,003 | $1,272,369 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $33,036,401 | $33,078,236 | $1,574,192 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $27,599,743 | $28,033,719 | $1,695,112 | XML |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 33-0412749).
Questions about FOOD FINDERS INC
- What is the EIN of FOOD FINDERS INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of FOOD FINDERS INC is 33-0412749.
- Is FOOD FINDERS INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1990.
- Are donations to FOOD FINDERS INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does FOOD FINDERS INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of FOOD FINDERS INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did FOOD FINDERS INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of FOOD FINDERS INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names DIANA LARA.
- Who are the officers and directors of FOOD FINDERS INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 16 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $87,500 (DIANA LARA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does FOOD FINDERS INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $30,961,507, expenses of $31,219,003 and total assets of $1,272,369 at year end.
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