2023-05-15T13:38:05-07:00 2022-12-31 990EZ 2022-01-01 920989861 Food for the Spirit Inc FOOD 5852018190 PO Box 956 Naples NY 14512 Brena Newell Treasurer 7167257731 2023-05-15 1 0 11 1 AAL2 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X X X foodforthespirit.org X X 50 X 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 14 36 0 0 36 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 0 0 36 Food for the Spirit was incorporated in November of 2022. Operations did not begin until Jan. 01, 2023. Prior to that F4TS was a project of it's fiscal sponsor, Open Buffalo, Inc. Under Open Buffalo's fiscal sponsorship, F4TS' programs are educational in nature, operating and partnering with networks made up of facilitators and community partners working together and centering principles of racial equity and food sovereignty through collective decision making. The three main programs of service our facilitators support are: 1. Place-based network development and support (64.5% of expenses). Facilitating community story telling, shifting narratives and public understanding (18.3% of expenses). 3. Hosting healing and ecological justice retreats (10.8% of expenses). Food for the Spirit's mission is to use the arts and creative facilitation to cultivate racial healing, ecological justice, and equitable food systems. F4TS' programs are educational in nature, operating and partnering with networks made up of facilitators and community partners working together and centering principles of racial equity and food sovereignty through collective decision making. The three main programs of service our facilitators support are: 1. Place-based network development and support 2. Facilitating community story telling, shifting narratives and public understanding 3. Hosting healing and ecological justice retreats. 64.5% of F4TS's expenses fund Place-based network development and support. This includes network support (funding, strategic planning, network gatherings and special events, program development andproject management, resources for network activities, and opportunities for our members to engage in political education and collective advocacy), collaborative projects, and educational training and programs. 18.3% of expenses are used for Stoytelling and Shifting Narative programs. 10.8% of expenses fund Healing & Ecological Justice Retreats. The remaining 5.5% fund the "Conversations on Race and Racism" program. 0 0 0 Rebekah Williams Executive Director 35 0 0 0 Onika Abraham Board of Director, Chair 1 0 0 0 Stephanie Morningstar Board of Director-Vice Chair 1 0 0 0 Christina Spach Board of Director-Secretary 1 0 0 0 Brena Newell Treasurer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NY Brena Newell 55 Symphony Circle Buffalo NY 14201 7167257731 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 0 0 0 0 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 X Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 $14.45 expense to order checks