2016-11-07T10:11:08-06:00 2015-12-31 030280081 JMM & ASSOCIATES PC 336 WATER TOWER CIR STE 801 COLCHESTER VT 05446 990 2015-01-01 030336357 HUNGER FREE VERMONT INC HUNG 8028650255 38 EASTWOOD DRIVE SUITE 100 SOUTH BURLINGTON VT 05403 MARISSA PARISI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 8028650255 2016-11-07 RANDALL L SARGENT CPA P00136499 8026555665 2016-11-07 2015 2017-02-10 21:41:12Z MARISSA PARISI 38 EASTWOOD DRIVE SUITE 100 SOUTH BURLINGTON VT 05403 1061057 false X WWW.HUNGERFREEVT.ORG X 1993 VT HUNGER FREE VERMONT, FORMERLY THE VERMONT CAMPAIGN TO END CHILDHOOD HUNGER, IS AN EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION WITH THE MISSION TO END THE INJUSTICE OF HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION FOR ALL VERMONTERS. INCORPORATED IN 1993 WE ARE A STATEWIDE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO HUNGER PREVENTION THROUGH EXPANDING ACCESS TO NUTRITION PROGRAMS THAT NOURISH VERMONT'S CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. 17 17 21 700 0 1085779 1009548 2291 2552 10498 6426 -28020 3227 1070548 1021753 0 0 820216 816775 0 200163 291842 262743 1112058 1079518 -41510 -57765 430687 433464 34588 93513 396099 339951 X HUNGER FREE VERMONT, FORMERLY THE VERMONT CAMPAIGN TO END CHILDHOOD HUNGER, IS AN EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION WITH THE MISSION TO END THE INJUSTICE OF HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION FOR ALL VERMONTERS. INCORPORATED IN 1993 WE ARE A STATEWIDE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO HUNGER PREVENTION THROUGH EXPANDING ACCESS TO NUTRITION PROGRAMS THAT NOURISH VERMONT'S CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. true false 210898 CHILD NUTRITION SCHOOL MEALS: HUNGER FREE VERMONT ASSISTS SCHOOLS IN ESTABLISHING AND EXPANDING SCHOOL BREAKFAST AND LUNCH PROGRAMS, WHICH PROVIDE A RELIABLE SOURCE OF NUTRITION FOR SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN. OUT OF SCHOOL TIME: HUNGER FREE VERMONT HELPS COMMUNITY GROUPS PROVIDE NUTRITIOUS MEALS TO LOW-INCOME CHILDREN DURING OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS AND IN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING. SUMMER MEALS FOR KIDS: 802 CHILDREN RECEIVED SUMMER MEALS AT 18 SITES IN 1993. IN 2015, OVER 6,800 CHILDREN ACCESSED HEALTHY MEALS AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN 220 SITES IN VERMONT. AFTER SCHOOL MEALS AND SNACKS: HUNGER FREE VERMONT HELPS CONNECT AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS WITH FEDERAL NUTRITION PROGRAMS TO FUND NUTRITIOUS AFTERSCHOOL MEALS AND SNACKS THROUGH EITHER THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM (SNACK) OR THE AT-RISK AFTERSCHOOL MEAL PROGRAM (SNACK AND SUPPER). COMMUNITY GROUPS PROVIDE NUTRITIOUS MEALS TO LOW-INCOME CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING. CHILD CARE AND ADULT FOOD PROGRAM: BECAUSE GOOD NUTRITION IS ESPECIALLY CRUCIAL WHILE A YOUNG CHILD'S BRAIN IS DEVELOPING, HUNGER FREE VERMONT IS HELPING CHILD CARE PROVIDERS ACCESS THE CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM (CACFP). THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES CHILD CARE CENTERS, HOME-BASED CHILD CARE, AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS WITH NUTRITION EDUCATION AND REIMBURSEMENTS. AS OF 2010, 7,100 CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE RECEIVED NUTRITIOUS MEALS THROUGH CACFP, BRINGING IN 3.9 MILLION TO VERMONT AND REACHING OVER 300 MORE CHILDREN IN VERMONT COMPARED TO 2009. 155072 NUTRITION AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH THE LEARNING KITCHEN: HUNGER FREE VERMONT'S LEARNING KITCHEN CLASSES EMPOWER LOW-INCOME VERMONTERS TO MAKE HEALTHY CHOICES THROUGH NUTRITION EDUCATION, EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF REGULAR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, AND IMPROVING COOKING SKILLS. THE LEARNING KITCHEN STARTED IN 1999 WITH JUST 5 SERIES AND 47 PARTICIPANTS. TO DATE THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS OF SERIES SERVING OVER 7,000 VERMONTERS. 117855 ADULT NUTRITION 3SQUARESVT: HUNGER FREE VERMONT IMPROVES ACCESS TO AND PARTICIPATION IN 3SQUARESVT (FORMERLY THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM) WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST RELIABLE, CONSISTENT, AND DIGNIFIED MEANS TO PREVENT HUNGER. IN 2001 THERE WERE ONLY 38,558 PARTICIPANTS. TODAY THERE ARE OVER 93,000 PARTICIPANTS IN VERMONT. 136462 EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY HUNGER FREE VERMONT HAS EVOLVED INTO VERMONT'S PRINCIPAL ANTI-HUNGER AUTHORITY AND LEADING NUTRITION POLICY ADVOCATE. WE WERE THE PRIMARY FORCE BEHIND ACT 22, WHICH GREATLY INCREASED ACCESS TO THE SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAM. WE ARE NOW ADVOCATING FOR IMPROVED ACCESS TO ALL FEDERALLY FUNDED FOOD AND NUTRITION PROGRAMS. HUNGER COUNCILS HUNGER FREE VERMONT'S HUNGER COUNCILS ARE GROUPS OF LOCAL LEADERS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO LEARNING ABOUT HUNGER AND IMPROVING COMMUNITY AND HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY. THE HUNGER COUNCILS COORDINATE EFFORTS AND BUILD STRONG NUTRITION SAFETY NETS AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL AND STATEWIDE. THIS PROJECT IS A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO ADDRESSING HUNGER: BY EDUCATING COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT THE LOCAL CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF HUNGER AND PROVIDING TOOLS TO IMPROVE NUTRITION AND REDUCE HUNGER IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND BEYOND. 136462 620287 true true false true false false false false false true true false false false false true true false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false true 2 0 21 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 17 17 false false false false false false false true true false false false true true true true true true true false X GRETCHEN STERN 8028650255 38 EASTWOOD DRIVE SUITE 100 SOUTH BURLINGTON VT 05403 JIM GLAZIER BOARD CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JAYSON M BOYERS VICE CHAIR/S 1.00 X X 0 0 0 NATE HIBLER MONITORING O 1.00 X X 0 0 0 DARREN ALLEN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KAREN ALLEN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ALISON BELL DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 COLLEEN BROWN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 LAURA CARLSMITH DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 LUCY COMSTOCK-GAY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SYLVIA GEIGER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 HENRY HUSTON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 AMY LEVINE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 PAUL MACUGA DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 STEVE MARINELLI DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 PAMELA PUTHOOR DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 TOM TORTI DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN TUNNICLIFFE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARCIA BRISTOW TERM ENDED IN 2015 DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JENN CARLSON TERM ENDED IN 2015 DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SUBHA LUCK TERM ENDED IN 2015 DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 BRETT MASHTEARE TERM ENDED IN 2015 DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT MCNAMARA TERM ENDED IN 2015 DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 PHILENE TAORMINA TERM ENDED IN 2015 DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARISSA PARISI EXECUTIVE DI 40.00 X 74995 0 9718 74995 9718 false false false 33640 194909 780999 9016 1009548 CONFERENCES 611430 2552 2552 2552 1103 1103 39672 34349 5323 5323 5323 4955 33640 4955 MISCELLANEOUS 3227 3227 3227 1021753 5779 6426 84714 75395 4236 5083 586852 324909 131504 130439 13909 6852 4453 2604 75277 37084 24099 14094 56023 27599 17935 10489 9250 9250 10053 4264 5473 316 3300 3300 38222 11736 11230 15256 2780 415 2316 49 104583 75045 17208 12330 16104 13954 350 1800 8162 4932 650 2580 10707 6326 2193 2188 3091 229 2851 11 MISCELLANEOUS 28583 496 25163 2924 PROGRAM STIPENDS 17722 17722 PROGRAM EXPENSES 10186 10029 157 1079518 620287 259068 200163 94317 163036 27092 111925 183633 125001 948 8452 10982 115910 95246 24054 20664 40492 1856 51699 430687 433464 34588 68513 25000 34588 93513 X -17071 225746 363911 112421 49259 1784 396099 339951 430687 433464 -57765 -5032 6649 X false true true false X 799713 861718 852075 1085779 1009548 4608833 799713 861718 852075 1085779 1009548 4608833 348927 4259906 26224 16887 6030 3170 1103 53414 4662247 13025 0.91370 0.93210 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false true false false false false true 1432 false false 1432 false SCHEDULE C, PART II-B, LINE 1 MEETINGS WITH VERMONT LEGISLATORS TO PROVIDE EDUCATION ON THE EFFECTS OF FOOD-RELATED POLICIES ON VERMONT CITIZENS 51699 1581 51496 1784 52223 2674 2359 839 51699 49086 7672 3805 730 52223 49347 5439 5000 700 49086 49938 -190 401 49347 1.00000 true false 84124 70833 13291 31786 24413 7373 20664 X 1026785 5032 5032 1021753 1021753 1079518 1079518 1079518 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X HUNGER FREE VERMONT INC. BELIEVES THAT IT HAS APPROPRIATE SUPPORT FOR ANY TAX POSITIONS TAKEN AND, AS SUCH, DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT ARE MATERIAL TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. HIKE FOR HUNGER 27825 22870 4955 4955 KING ARTHUR TAS 10770 10770 38595 33640 4955 4955 4955 BOARD MEMBER 25000 SHORT TERM LOAN false SCHEDULE L, PART V IN NOVEMBER 2015, HUNGER FREE VERMONT, INC. BORROWED 25,000 FROM AN ORGANIZATION OF WHICH A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF HUNGER FREE VERMONT IS AN OFFICER. AMOUNTS OUTSTANDING UNDER SHORT-TERM NOTES PAYABLE WAS 25,000 AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2015. THE NOTE WAS REPAID IN JANUARY 2016. FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION HUNGER FREE VERMONT, FORMERLY THE VERMONT CAMPAIGN TO END CHILDHOOD HUNGER, IS AN EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION WITH THE MISSION TO END THE INJUSTICE OF HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION FOR ALL VERMONTERS. INCORPORATED IN 1993 WE ARE A STATEWIDE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO HUNGER PREVENTION THROUGH EXPANDING ACCESS TO NUTRITION PROGRAMS THAT NOURISH VERMONT'S CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 2 HUNGER FREE VERMONT BEGAN THE EXPANSION OF THE HUNGER COUNCIL MODELS IN 2015. WITH THE HELP OF A GRANT FROM THE CANADAY FOUNDATION, HUNGER FREE VERMONT HIRED A FULL TIME HUNGER COUNCIL ORGANIZER AND STARTED NEW HUNGER COUNCILS IN MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A ACTIVITIES IN 220 SITES IN VERMONT. AFTER SCHOOL MEALS AND SNACKS: HUNGER FREE VERMONT HELPS CONNECT AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS WITH FEDERAL NUTRITION PROGRAMS TO FUND NUTRITIOUS AFTERSCHOOL MEALS AND SNACKS THROUGH EITHER THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM (SNACK) OR THE AT-RISK AFTERSCHOOL MEAL PROGRAM (SNACK AND SUPPER). COMMUNITY GROUPS PROVIDE NUTRITIOUS MEALS TO LOW-INCOME CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING. CHILD CARE AND ADULT FOOD PROGRAM: BECAUSE GOOD NUTRITION IS ESPECIALLY CRUCIAL WHILE A YOUNG CHILD'S BRAIN IS DEVELOPING, HUNGER FREE VERMONT IS HELPING CHILD CARE PROVIDERS ACCESS THE CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM (CACFP). THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES CHILD CARE CENTERS, HOME-BASED CHILD CARE, AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS WITH NUTRITION EDUCATION AND REIMBURSEMENTS. AS OF 2010, 7,100 CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE RECEIVED NUTRITIOUS MEALS THROUGH CACFP, BRINGING IN 3.9 MILLION TO VERMONT AND REACHING OVER 300 MORE CHILDREN IN VERMONT COMPARED TO 2009. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY HUNGER FREE VERMONT HAS EVOLVED INTO VERMONT'S PRINCIPAL ANTI-HUNGER AUTHORITY AND LEADING NUTRITION POLICY ADVOCATE. WE WERE THE PRIMARY FORCE BEHIND ACT 22, WHICH GREATLY INCREASED ACCESS TO THE SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAM. WE ARE NOW ADVOCATING FOR IMPROVED ACCESS TO ALL FEDERALLY FUNDED FOOD AND NUTRITION PROGRAMS. HUNGER COUNCILS HUNGER FREE VERMONT'S HUNGER COUNCILS ARE GROUPS OF LOCAL LEADERS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO LEARNING ABOUT HUNGER AND IMPROVING COMMUNITY AND HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY. THE HUNGER COUNCILS COORDINATE EFFORTS AND BUILD STRONG NUTRITION SAFETY NETS AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL AND STATEWIDE. THIS PROJECT IS A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO ADDRESSING HUNGER: BY EDUCATING COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT THE LOCAL CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF HUNGER AND PROVIDING TOOLS TO IMPROVE NUTRITION AND REDUCE HUNGER IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND BEYOND. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B MONITORING OFFICE REVIEWS THE FORM 990 BEFORE IT IS FILED. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS RESIGNED AND REVIEWED EVERY YEAR AT THE BOARD MEETINGS. WE ALSO HAVE AN ELECTION YEAR POLICY WHICH IS REVIEWED WHEN APPROPRIATE. BOARD MEMBERS THAT IDENTIFY A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ARE ASKED TO RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM PORTIONS OF THE MEETING WHERE A CONFLICT ARISES. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AFTER REVIEWING MARKET DATA AND CONDUCTING A PERFORMANCE REVIEW. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B KEY EMPLOYEE'S COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AFTER REVIEWING LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS AND AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.