Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ.
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| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 10 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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| Yes | No | |||||
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Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in)
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(a) 2018 | (b) 2019 | (c) 2020 | (d) 2021 | (e) 2022 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grant.") .. | 4,838,237 | 21,984,745 | 23,174,389 | 16,402,606 | 15,869,051 | 82,269,028 |
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf.... | 0 | |||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | 0 | |||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | 4,838,237 | 21,984,745 | 23,174,389 | 16,402,606 | 15,869,051 | 82,269,028 |
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f) .. | 23,010,967 | |||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 59,258,061 | |||||
Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in)
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(a) 2018 | (b) 2019 | (c) 2020 | (d) 2021 | (e) 2022 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 4,838,237 | 21,984,745 | 23,174,389 | 16,402,606 | 15,869,051 | 82,269,028 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 16,788 | 24,121 | 23,600 | 8,620 | 166,311 | 239,440 |
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | 4,440 | 3,380 | 1,637 | 2,659 | 3,803 | 15,919 |
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10 | 82,524,387 | |||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2018 | (b) 2019 | (c) 2020 | (d) 2021 | (e) 2022 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513 ..... | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5 | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2018 | (b) 2019 | (c) 2020 | (d) 2021 | (e) 2022 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included on line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
| e |
Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): |
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 0.015 of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by 0.035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | 1 | |
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2
Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
2 | |
| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | 3 | |
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | 4 | |
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required - provide details in Part VI) | 5 | |
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | 6 | |
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | 7 | |
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8
Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
8 | |
| 9 Distributable amount for 2022 from Section C, line 6 | 9 | |
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | 10 | |
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2022 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2022 |
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| 1 Distributable amount for 2022 from Section C, line 6 | ||||
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2
Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2022 (reasonable cause required-- explain in Part VI).
See instructions. |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2022: | ||||
| a From 2017....... | ||||
| b From 2018....... | ||||
| c From 2019....... | ||||
| d From 2020....... | ||||
| e From 2021....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2022 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2017 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from line 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2022 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
| $ | ||||
| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2022 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from line 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2022, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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6
Remaining underdistributions for 2022. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2023. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a Excess from 2018..... | ||||
| b Excess from 2019..... | ||||
| c Excess from 2020..... | ||||
| d Excess from 2021..... | ||||
| e Excess from 2022..... | ||||
| Facts And Circumstances Test |
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| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Other Income | DESCRIPTION - CREDIT CARD REWARDS, COLUMN A - 4440.0, COLUMN B - 3380.0, COLUMN C - 1637.0, COLUMN D - 2364.0, COLUMN E - 3803.0, COLUMN F - 15624.0; DESCRIPTION - OTHER REVENUE, COLUMN A - 0.0, COLUMN B - 0.0, COLUMN C - 0.0, COLUMN D - 295.0, COLUMN E - 0.0, COLUMN F - 295.0; |
| Software ID: | 22016089 |
| Software Version: | 2022v5.0 |
Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Go to www.irs.gov/Form990 for the latest information.
| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Form 990, Part I, Line 1 BRIEF MISSION | loss and waste, cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and strengthening communities. In 2022, GFN through its network provided food to over 32 million people, while avoiding 1.5 billion kilograms of CO2e (the United States Environmental Protection Agency defines CO2e, or carbon dioxide equivalent, as the number of metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions with the same global warming potential as one metric ton of another greenhouse gas.) GFN's network distributed over 651 million kilograms of food, of which nearly two-thirds was donated from local sources. Nearly 60% of food that GFN's network provided was from healthy sources, helping provide nutrition to women, children, and other vulnerable populations. GFN works in 50 countries, mainly developing and emerging economies, and is connected to a network of over 51,000 local organizations and powered by over 405K volunteers worldwide. |
| Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Description of other program services | (Expenses $ 677,787 including grants of $ 0)(Revenue $ 0) KNOWLEDGE SHARING: Central to GFN's programmatic model is education, knowledge sharing, and training made available across borders, cultures, contexts to aid food bank development for increased service delivery, greater programming and operational effectiveness and improved efficiency. Knowledge exchange, education and training is a core element of GFN programming through the development of materials, tool kits, webinars, and affinity groups of food banks and personnel (such as food sourcing, warehouse operations, or development.) In FY 2023, with travel resuming in much of the world, GFN was able to move beyond remote, digital knowledge sharing and knowledge networks, to more intensive and in-person engagement, such as food bank fellowship exchanges, field review and training, and most notably GFN's premier annual convening, the Food Bank Leadership Institute. FBLI Since 2006, GFN's Food Bank Leadership Institute (FBLI) has an important element in education and training activity, becoming the world's foremost gathering of food banks and community-based food assistance leaders. In FY 2023, GFN was able to return to the in-person convening of food bank leaders from across the world along with other stakeholders from business, government, foundations, and academia for the first time in three years. FBLI 2023 was held in Mexico City, co-hosted by GFN founding member BAMX, attended by more than 300 people from 42 countries. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 1a Delegate broad authority to a committee | Pursuant to the Corporation's Bylaws, its Board of Directors (BOD), which is its governing body, by duly adopted resolution, established a five-director Steering Committee consisting of those directors who are from time to time the Chairperson of the BOD, the Vice Chairperson of the BOD, and the chairpersons of each of the standing committees created by the Bylaws (the Governance, Audit and Finance Committees) together with the President/Chief Executive Officer (ex-officio and non-voting); provided that the existence of an unfilled vacancy shall not preclude the Steering Committee from acting at a meeting of the Steering Committee or by informal action. Under the Corporation's Bylaws, the Steering Committee shall have and exercise the authority of the BOD in the management of the Corporation (including, without limitation, the authority to deal with all matters involving conflicts of interest under Article XV of the Bylaws) between regular meetings of the BOD except with respect to acts and matters expressly reserved to the BOD itself by Section 108.40 of the Illinois General Not for Profit Corporation Act or any provision of the Bylaws and except with respect to any functions or authority specifically delegated to another committee by resolution of the BODs adopted by a majority of the directors in office. The Steering Committee shall have such further responsibilities as the Board of Directors may assign to it from time to time. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 4 Significant changes to organizational documents | The organization's BYLAWS WERE amended in December 2022 to change the qualifications of a quorum of its committees. As provided in these amended bylaws, fifty percent (50%) of the members of such committee then in office shall constitute a quorum and the act of a majority of the members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of such committee. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b Review of form 990 by governing body | A draft of this Form 990 was initially prepared by the Finance and Administration, Senior Director. The draft was then reviewed by the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and the corporations outside tax preparation firm, which in consultation with the CFO made such revisions to the draft as it considered appropriate. The draft resulting from that review was circulated to the Corporation's Executive team, the Corporation's General Counsel, and the Audit Committee. Their comments were then considered by the CFO and reflected in a revised draft as the CFO, in consultation with the Corporation's outside tax preparation firm, considered appropriate. A draft resulting from this process was then discussed by the Audit Committee at a meeting held on October 12, 2023 also attended by the CFO, Finance and Administration Senior Director, representatives from the Corporation's outside tax preparation firm and legal counsel. The Audit Committee approved that draft for submission to the BOD. The draft was provided to all the members of the BOD in advance of, and approved for filing at, a meeting of the BOD held on October 24, 2023. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c Conflict of interest policy | The conflict of interest policy is distributed annually to the Corporation's directors, key employees and any corporate officers who are not key employees. They are required to disclose actual or potential conflicts of interest, and asked to sign an annual declaration and agree to bring to the BOD's attention any future situation not disclosed in the declaration. All BOD prospective candidates are required to complete a declaration prior to the BOD vote. The BOD or the Steering Committee has the power to consider potential conflict situations as they become aware of them and determine whether a conflict of interest exists. If the BOD has reasonable cause to believe a known or possible conflict of interest was not disclosed and after affording the person an opportunity to explain the alleged failure, is required to take appropriate disciplinary and corrective action. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a Process to establish compensation of top management official | In August 2022, an external consulting firm hired at the direction of the Steering Committee, conducted a market study which compared GFN's CEO's compensation to other CEOs within nonprofit organizations comparable to GFN in terms of size (revenues and FTEs) and/or industry. Data was sourced from published survey sources and the most recently filed IRS Forms 990 of identified peer organizations. The CEO's salary is determined based on this data and GFN's executive compensation philosophy. The BOD meets in executive session and reviews the CEO salary recommended by the Steering Committee. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b Process to establish compensation of other employees | The process to establish compensation for the organization's CFO, VP Programs, VP Development, and VP Communications is the same process used to establish compensation for the CEO as described in the narrative to Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Required documents available to the public | The corporation's audited financial statements are posted to its website annually. While the corporation does not post its governing documents or conflict of interest policy on its website, these documents are available upon request. |
| Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Other Fees | State Registration Preparation - Total Expense: 5870, Program Service Expense: , Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: 5870; Graphic Design - Total Expense: 36783, Program Service Expense: 36783, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ; Translation - Total Expense: 95351, Program Service Expense: 90233, Management and General Expenses: 4459, Fundraising Expenses: 659; Executive Search - Total Expense: 191183, Program Service Expense: , Management and General Expenses: 191183, Fundraising Expenses: ; Temporary Help - Total Expense: 49454, Program Service Expense: , Management and General Expenses: 49454, Fundraising Expenses: ; Payroll and PEO Fees - Total Expense: 80645, Program Service Expense: 67887, Management and General Expenses: 6304, Fundraising Expenses: 6454; Conference and Training Events - Total Expense: 104092, Program Service Expense: 56900, Management and General Expenses: 46292, Fundraising Expenses: 900; Photography - Total Expense: 27383, Program Service Expense: 27383, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ; Execute Master Partnership Strategy - Total Expense: 188150, Program Service Expense: , Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: 188150; Latin America Consultants - Total Expense: 160805, Program Service Expense: 160805, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ; Infrastructure and Operations - Total Expense: 60000, Program Service Expense: 60000, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ; Consulting Projects in South Asia - Total Expense: 277845, Program Service Expense: 277845, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ; Product Sourcing Capacity Building - Total Expense: 185826, Program Service Expense: 185826, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ; Knowledge Managment Strategy - Total Expense: 24000, Program Service Expense: 24000, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ; Other Program Related Consulting - Total Expense: 6670, Program Service Expense: 6670, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ; Values and Culture Development - Total Expense: 143800, Program Service Expense: , Management and General Expenses: 143800, Fundraising Expenses: ; Leadership Training - Total Expense: 57952, Program Service Expense: , Management and General Expenses: 57952, Fundraising Expenses: ; Other HR and Administration Consulting - Total Expense: 105954, Program Service Expense: , Management and General Expenses: 105954, Fundraising Expenses: ; Asia Pacific Consultants - Total Expense: 36000, Program Service Expense: 36000, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ; Media Partnerships and Communication Consultant - Total Expense: 147155, Program Service Expense: 129598, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: 17557; Consulting Project in Africa/ME - Total Expense: 355295, Program Service Expense: 355295, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ; |
| Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Other changes in net assets or fund balances | Grant Currency Translation gain - 321755; |
| Software ID: | 22016089 |
| Software Version: | 2022v5.0 |