FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Form 990, tax year 2019

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Organization
FOOD FOR THOUGHT (EIN 68-0181095)
Tax period
2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Filed
2020-07-11
IRS object ID
202001939349300905
Schema version
2019v5.0
Source
Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

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Activity Or MissionFood For Thoughts mission is to foster health and healing with food and compassion. We provide over 5,000 healthy meals per week to Sonoma County residents affected by serious illnesses.ActivityOrMissionDesc
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DescFood For Thought: healing with food + loveFood For Thought provides healing food and nutrition to people affected by serious illnesses in Sonoma County. We offer life-sustaining services at no charge to qualified clients who are at risk of malnutrition. Our programs include the following:HIV Nutrition Program: Food For Thought provides groceries and comprehensive nutrition services free of charge to approximately 500 Sonoma County residents living with HIV.Welcome Home Nutrition Program: Any Sonoma County resident discharged from a hospital or care facility and is at risk of malnutrition is eligible for three months of our comprehensive nutrition services free of charge.Desc

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DescMedically Tailored Meals Pilot Study: A partnership with five other agencies throughout California, this program provides Medi-Cal patients with congestive heart failure healthy meals to reduce rehospitalizations and health care expenses.Childrens Pantry: Through this program, we provide nutritious food and fresh produce free of charge to the dependent children of the clients of our HIV and Welcome Home programs. Bags of Love: Food For Thought volunteers prepare approximately 100 grocery bags per month with ready-to-eat food that doesnt require cooking or refrigeration. We partner with local healthcare and HIV agencies who distribute the bags directly to homeless individuals free of charge. Each bag contains 12 meals worth of calories. This program is projected to grow substantially in 2020.Desc

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$1,851,911CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$2,046,296CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,771,884CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,694,466CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,986,668CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$9,351,225TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$1,851,911CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$2,046,296CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,771,884CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,694,466CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,986,668CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$9,351,225TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$0SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$9,351,225PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$74,365CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$94,791CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$88,308CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$91,485CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$348,949TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$7,896CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$14,668CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$6,258CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$28,822TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$9,728,996TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY1700.96120PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.96170PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$1,868,130BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$370,800InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships-$150,000GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Administrative Expenses-$7,832AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$2,081,098EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$2,073,113BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses-$121,177InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships-$75,646GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Administrative Expenses-$8,162AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$1,868,130EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$1,880,388BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$274,138InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships-$73,639GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Administrative Expenses-$7,774AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$2,073,113EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$1,774,315BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$54,072ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$130,249InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships-$71,000GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Administrative Expenses-$7,248AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$1,880,388EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$1,841,191BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses-$9,640InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships-$50,000GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Administrative Expenses-$7,236AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$1,774,315EndYearBalanceAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Endowments Held Unrelated OrgfalseEndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related OrgfalseEndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch RfalseRelatedOrgListSchRInd

Land LandGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$312,156OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$312,156BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$427,735OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$359,325DepreciationAmt
Book Value$68,410BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$385,841OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$246,315DepreciationAmt
Book Value$139,526BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$91,481OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$51,653DepreciationAmt
Book Value$39,828BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$14,235OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$11,068DepreciationAmt
Book Value$3,167BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$563,087TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$3,053,326TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst$189,279NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported$189,279RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$2,864,047RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld$13,807InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt$13,807RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$2,877,854TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$2,724,446TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal$2,724,446ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$2,724,446TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund.Long-term sustainability
Part X : FIN48 FootnoteFFT is exempt from Federal and State Income taxes under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) and California Franchise Tax Board Code Section 23701d. Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been made in the accompanying financial statements. In addition, the Internal Revenue Service has determined FFT is not a private foundation within the meaning of Section 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.Management of FFT considers the likelihood of changes by taxing authorities in its filed tax returns and recognizes a liability for or discloses potential significant changes if management believes it is more likely than not for a change to occur, including changes to FFTs status as a not-for-profit entity. Management believes FFT met the requirements to maintain its tax-exempt status and has not income subject to unrelated business income tax; therefore no provision for income taxes has been provided in these financial statements. FFTs tax returns for the past three years are subject to examination by tax authorities, and may change upon examination.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (true)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
RegionKatatura, NamibiaRegionTxt
Offices0OfficesCnt
Employee0EmployeeCnt
Type Of Activities ConductedHIV/AIDS educationTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt
Specific Services ProvidedSupport operationsSpecificServicesProvidedTxt
Region Total Expenditures$27,400RegionTotalExpendituresAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Spent$27,400SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent$27,400TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (3 entries)

Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxtCash GrantCashGrantAmtManner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
Hopes Initiative$10,400Wire Transfe
Hopes Initiative$12,000Wire Transfe
Hopes Initiative$5,000Wire Transfe
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Other Org3TotalOtherOrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign CorpfalseTransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign TrustfalseInterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp OwnershipfalseForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest CofalsePassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign PartnershipfalseForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott CountriesfalseBoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part I, Line 2 - Grantmakers Explanation For Monitoring Use of Funds Outside USThe Project Africa Committee monitors the use of its grants to HopeInitiatives South Africa - Namibia through regular conference calls,quarterly reports, and staff visits to the site outside of Windhoek,Namibia. The Food for Thought Board of Directors receives quarterlyfinancial reports regarding Project Africa and an annual presentation onthe project.
Part I, Line 3f - Method of AccountingAccrual based accounting
Part I, Line 3f - Investments and ExpendituresAll monies are given to the Hope initiative in Namibia
Part II, Line 1 - Method of AccountingAccrual based accounting

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Agrmt Prof Fundraising ActyfalseAgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Event1DOLEvent1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1$126,515GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$126,515GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$20,772OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2Our Long TableEvent2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2$90,767GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2$90,767GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2$25,118OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total1OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Other Events$80,994GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Events$80,994GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total$298,276GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$298,276GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$45,890OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$45,890DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary$252,386NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Food Inventory FoodInventoryGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$436,970NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be HeldfalseAnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC GiftsfalseReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties UsedfalseThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessGiven to board to review before submission
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of ConflictsOngoing check in at board meetings
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top ManagementPersonnel committee uses salary surveys annually to set compensation
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailableDocuments available at office upon request

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