Alameda County Community Food Bank
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 942960297
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Oakland, CA, US
- Phone
- 1-510-635-FOOD (3663)
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $141,532,898
- Expenses
- $136,447,919
- Assets
- $95,184,716
- Liabilities
- $3,977,177
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
30 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- REGINALD YOUNG (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- REGINALD YOUNG (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $349,720 total reported compensation
- BARBARA DARROW BLAKE (CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER): $283,539 total reported compensation
- ALLISON PRATT (CHIEF OF PARTNERSHIPS AND STRATEGY): $278,036 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Since 1985, we have stood by our unwavering belief that food is a basic human right. We distribute millions of healthy meals every year, and are on the forefront of new approaches to ending hunger and poverty. Our community members are the center of our mission.** In order to meet today’s need, we need to know how communities are changing and how hunger is changing. We participate in formal research projects to be evidence-based, and we develop neighborhood-level analyses highlighting areas where gaps in services exist or are less accessible. We also use data to examine how larger macroeconomic trends may impact our network partners and the communities we support – trends like displacement/gentrification, housing instability and rising homelessness. Our use of this information helps us support policies and programs that advance racial equity, economic opportunity and well-being for...
What it reported doing in 2024
Food distribution - as alameda county's central clearinghouse for donated, surplus, and purchased food for nonprofit agencies, the food bank distributed 59 million pounds of food in the 2025 fiscal year (59 million pounds of food in the 2024 fiscal year). The food was procured from purchased food, donations, the government, and the food recovery program. The food bank primarily distributes this food through a network of more than 347 strategically located member agencies, including schools, colleges, and universities.volunteer program - volunteers play an evolving role, from packaging fresh produce, bagging children's food bags, and sorting donated food to supporting a variety of skills-and professional-based activities, including consulting on risk assessments. Volunteers are also utilized for the helpline, office assistance, advocacy, and events. During the years ended june 30, 2025 and 2024, volunteer hours were equivalent to 52 and 46 full-time employees, respectively. Total volunteer hours were approximately 101,000 and 90,000 for the years ended june 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 81% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 78% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 87
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.9%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 93.2%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: $28.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.6%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.7; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 90.9% of revenue deployed · 93.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $127.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $350K · 30 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.2M reported
- Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 494 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 354 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 54/100.