FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization
FOOD FOR THOUGHT (EIN 68-0181095)
Tax period
2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed
2018-11-14
IRS object ID
201833189349311173
Schema version
2017v2.2
Source
Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$2,046,296CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,771,884CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$9,202,351TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$308,735SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$8,893,616PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$77,628CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$99,229CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$74,365CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$94,791CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$346,013TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$6,970CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year$7,896CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$14,866TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$9,563,230TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY1700.93000PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.75070PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$1,806,719BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$73,669ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$274,138InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships-$73,639GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Administrative Expenses-$7,774AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$2,073,113EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$1,703,315BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$54,072ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$130,249InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships-$73,639GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Administrative Expenses-$7,248AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$1,806,749EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$1,791,191BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses-$9,640InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships-$71,000GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Administrative Expenses-$7,236AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$1,703,215EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$1,698,789BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$50,000ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$99,248InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships-$50,000GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Administrative Expenses-$6,846AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$1,791,191EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$1,251,400BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$250,000ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$197,389InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance$1,698,789EndYearBalanceAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY0.00770PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY0.00230TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
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$325,107DepreciationAmt
Book Value$102,628BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$393,154OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$213,360DepreciationAmt
Book Value$179,794BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$85,946OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$40,015DepreciationAmt
Book Value$45,931BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$18,278OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$11,786DepreciationAmt
Book Value$6,492BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$647,001TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$2,699,892TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst$370,501NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Other Revenue-$15,072OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported$355,429RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$2,344,463RevenueSubtotalAmt
Other Revenues Not Included-$271,869OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt-$271,869RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$2,072,594TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$2,584,663TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included$271,869OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported$271,869ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$2,312,794ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$2,312,794TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 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.
Part XII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/SStore $271869

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$41,600RegionTotalExpendituresAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Spent$41,600SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent$41,600TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
RegionNamibiaRegionTxt
Purpose Of GrantHopes InitiativePurposeOfGrantTxt
Cash Grant$41,600CashGrantAmt
Manner Of Cash Disbursementwire transMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org1Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org1TotalOtherOrgCnt
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$130,261GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$130,261GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$20,884OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2HaberdashEvent2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2$53,316GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2$53,316GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2$23,913OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total3OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Other Events$95,361GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Events$95,361GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Events$8,758OthDirectExpnssOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total$278,938GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$278,938GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$53,555OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$53,555DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary$225,383NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Food Inventory FoodInventoryGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution1000ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$689,772NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenuesfair valueMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
DescSupplementsDesc
Contribution25ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$32,000NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenuesfair valueMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
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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