Feeding America Riverside | San Bernardino
Legal name: Feeding America Riverside San Bernardino Counties
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 330072922
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Riverside, CA, United States
- Phone
- (951) 359-4757
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Food Banks, Pantries
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $78,227,336
- Expenses
- $78,033,188
- Assets
- $22,284,013
- Liabilities
- $2,555,299
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CAROLYN SOLAR (CEO)
- JOHN CROOKS (VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS)
Highest reported compensation
- CAROLYN SOLAR (CEO): $149,691 total reported compensation
- JOHN CROOKS (VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS): $114,249 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 is foundational and a human right. Food is at the center of economic health and stability, and everyone deserves access to an adequate and nutrient-rich supply. Feeding America Riverside | San Bernardino ("FARSB") began in April 1980 as Survive Food Bank, distributing about 10,000 pounds of food per month and partnering with about 20 local nonprofit organizations. Today, FARSB distributes over 3.3 million pounds of food per month and partners with nearly 250 local nonprofit organizations. As we navigate the changing hunger landscape, we invite you to take part in working towards our mission of alleviating hunger in the Inland Empire. It's a big job, but you can help! Search the map to find a free food distribution partner, request a Nourish Now home delivery, or let us help you navigate the CalFresh application process. Get Help.
What it reported doing in 2024
FOOD SHARE PROGRAMPromoting sustainability and capacity building, Feeding America Riverside|San Bernardino works with approximately 250 partner agencies to provide hunger-relief services and emergency food assistance to neighborhooods throughout Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. Our non-profit partners are held to a strict set of guidelines and governing procedures that ensure food is distributed safely in accordance with state and federal law. Bi-annual site visits are conducted to monitor site operations, verify food safety compliance, assess capacity, and recommend program service enhancements. This program is conducted through food pantries, community centers, residential facilities, group homes and mobile food pantries. The program currently reaches over 400,000 men, women and children monthly.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 93% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
- 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: 97
- Transparency & Controls: 87
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 98.1%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 98.3%; rating input score 98
- Fundraising efficiency: $265.18 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- 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: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.2%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.29; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.3%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 21.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 98.1% of revenue deployed · 98.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $76.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $150K · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.