Extrafood

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464025887
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Kentfield, CA, USA
Phone
4159979830
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$20,765,151
Expenses
$18,587,116
Assets
$3,653,177
Liabilities
$144,472

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Will Dittmar (ED): $178,080 total reported compensation
  • Cherie Graham (Deputy ED): $135,363 total reported compensation
  • Kathy Carver (Director): $15,513 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Food Rescue - The Organization rescues excess fresh food from Bay Area businesses, schools and non-profits and immediately delivers the food to safety net partners - such as senior housing centers, after-school programs, and homeless shelters - serving at-risk children, seniors, and families, 365 days a year and free of charge. Gleaning The organization gleans or picks up excess produce from backyards, farms, and community gardens. Meal Making - The Organization also operates a Community Meals program, which uses the excess capacity of restaurants and caterers to create and distribute freshly-made meals to people in need.

What it reported doing in 2024

Extrafood reached more than 40,000 people each month with prepared food, fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy products, eggs, meat, baked goods, and packaged goods. And, extrafood reduced the massive impact of food waste on local greenhouse gasemissions, preventing nearly 40,000 metric tons of methane from warming the planet. Extrafood is ending hunger differently -- by leading a movement to transform ourfood system: from wasting food to donating it for people in need. As a result, investing in extrafood creates triple impact: on hunger, on the climate, andon permanent change in our food system. Investing in extrafood is investing in a vision: a vision of food justice: everyone in our community should have the food they need. A vision of sustainability: food waste and its massive harm to our planet must end. A vision of community: food waste and hunger are solvable problems; withour living, growing coalition of people and partners, we can solve them together.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 91% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.8%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 98.1%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: $99.48 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: 10.5%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.2; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.8%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 31.8% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 31.7% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 27.6% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.8% of revenue deployed · 98.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $18.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $178K · 15 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 129 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 113 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.