2025-12-18T14:12:22+00:00 2025-06-30 350921680 CROWE LLP 401 East Las Olas Blvd Suite 1100 Fort Lauderdale FL 333014230 990 2024-07-01 204268851 The Global FoodBanking Network GLOB 3127824560 70 E Lake Street 1200 Chicago IL 60601 lisa moon president and ceo 3127824560 2025-12-18 true true Gina Ardillo P01395893 9542028600 2025-11-12 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Lisa J Moon 70 E Lake Street 1200 Chicago IL 60601 15314826 false X www.foodbanking.org X 2006 IL The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) is a global, nonprofit organization that provides food to people facing hunger while reducing food loss and waste, (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) 15 15 50 19 0 14132111 12872718 18700 296695 182776 759 845 14429565 13075039 6528712 6489035 0 7167679 6728107 0 1588720 3870433 3591366 17566824 16808508 -3137259 -3733469 14293051 10680349 1423559 1384881 12869492 9295468 X To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks. false false 9631318 5805650 18700 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING: GFN provides capability-building services through subject matter experts, peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and partner engagement and aligns these knowledge services with catalytic financing, with an aim of accelerating food bank social and environmental impact and effectiveness. The focus for knowledge services is determined through organizational assessment, and food banking members pursue a multiyear plan to increase organizational effectiveness in targeted ways. GFN provided knowledge resources through a variety of pathways in FY2025, including: Re-starting the rigorous, standards-based Certification Process; one-to-one advisory services conducted virtually and in person; training and experience-sharing at a regional meeting held in Accra, Ghana; subject-focused webinars; and Fellowship Exchanges among food banks. Common areas for capability building include food safety, logistics and supply chain efficiencies, product sourcing, nonprofit fundraising, governance, and data collection and decision-making. GFN PROVIDES SERVICES TO ALL NETWORK MEMBERS BUT OFFERS CONCENTRATED SUPPORT IN MARKETS THAT ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY HUNGER AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES. Across the network in FY2025, nine of the 10 food banks that had the largest increases in people served year-over-year came from emerging and developing markets. 1056129 521385 ACCELERATOR: GFN's Food Bank Accelerator program empowers new food banks to learn from other food banks, expand services and establish credibility through a cohort approach over three years. The program provides technical and financial support, mentoring, peer-to-peer connections and Fellowship Exchanges, and partnership opportunities that might otherwise be unavailable to partners establishing operations in areas where the food banking model is relatively unknown. Currently, the Accelerator supports two cohorts. The newest cohort consists of three food banks in Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines) and five food banks in Africa (Cote D'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Madagascar and Mauritius). Together, that cohort increased the number of people reached by 20% in 2024. 1654901 MOBILIZING FOOD SYSTEM ACTION: Food banking organizations make a marked difference in the lives of millions of people and strengthen community and national resilience. They are also agents for change in transforming food systems. In FY2025, GFN united its network to increase understanding about the importance of connecting food surplus with those facing hunger through targeted engagements to food systems players and national governments. GFN continued its partnership with the Harvard Law School's Food Law and Policy Clinic on The Global Food Donation Policy Atlas to better understand national legal frameworks to discourage food loss and waste and encourage food redistribution. In FY2025, the Atlas promoted and encouraged improved food donation legislation in Brazil, Ecuador, France, Mexico, Peru, Singapore, South Korea and Vietnam. 974016 100000 RESEARCH AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: BECAUSE FOOD BANKING ORGANIZATIONS SOURCE FOOD FROM NUTRITIOUS FOOD SURPLUSES, FOOD BANKING HAS GAINS FOR BOTH PEOPLE AND PLANET. IN FY2025, GFN MEMBERS WERE ESTIMATED TO AVOID 1.9 MILLION KILOGRAMS OF CO2E EMISSIONS, THE EQUIVALENT OF TAKING 443,000 CARS OFF THE ROAD. TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE ENVIRONEMENTAL IMPACT THROUGH FOOD BANKING, GFN DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED FRAME, A SPECIFIC METHODOLOGY TO MEASURE FOOD BANKING'S ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT, WITH A FOCUS ON THE ROLE IT CAN PLAY IN MITIGATING METHANE EMISSIONS. THIS METHODOLOGY WAS PILOTED AT FOOD BANKING ORGANIZATIONS IN ECUADOR AND MEXICO, AND IT IS EXPANDING TO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE NETWORK. 337582 62000 AGRICULTURAL RECOVERY: To increase access to nutritious food, in FY2025 GFN continued investing into building surplus recovery from farms, packhouses and produce markets. GFN supports these efforts through skills training, knowledge sharing and financial resources to accelerate adoption and scaling of agricultural recovery programs, especially in emerging and developing markets. Currently, 35 GFN food banks have an agricultural recovery program, and in 2024, 26% of food distributed by the network came from agricultural sources like farms, packhouses and markets. 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GFN follows guidance with respect to accounting for uncertain tax positions. No provision has been made for income taxes in the accompanying financial statements, as GFN has had no unrelated business income. Management believes GFN has no material unrecognized income tax matters, including any potential loss of its tax-exempt status. Accordingly, no provision for income taxes has been made in the financial statements. There were no income tax related interest or penalties recognized by GFN for the years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023. GFN has not been examined by any tax jurisdiction. GFN has not yet been subject to examination by taxing authorities for the last three years. GFN recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest and income tax expense, respectively. GFN recognized and accrued no amounts for interest and penalties as of and for the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024. GFN does not expect the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits to significantly change in the next 12 months. 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Asia 0 3 Program Services CAPACITY BUILDING 348318 Sub-Saharan Africa 0 2 Program Services CAPACITY BUILDING 216682 0 37 0 0 0 37 8868147 0 8868147 South America Field Services 59500 WIRE TRANSFER South America Field Services 50000 WIRE TRANSFER East Asia and the Pacific Field Services 100000 WIRE TRANSFER East Asia and the Pacific Field Services 21250 WIRE TRANSFER Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Field Services 46000 WIRE TRANSFER South America Field Services 125000 WIRE TRANSFER South America Field Services 25000 WIRE TRANSFER South America Field Services 10000 WIRE TRANSFER South America Field Services 15000 WIRE TRANSFER South America Field Services 50000 WIRE TRANSFER South America Field Services 17000 WIRE TRANSFER North America (Canada & Mexico only) Field Services 125000 WIRE TRANSFER North America (Canada & Mexico only) Field Services 5000 WIRE TRANSFER South America Field Services 30000 WIRE TRANSFER South America Field Services 200000 WIRE TRANSFER South America 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for monitoring use of grant funds The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) makes grants to individual food banks or national food bank networks for a variety of purposes. Most grants are aimed at helping the grantee expand operational or programmatic capacity/reach, and accordingly are awarded for the purchase of vehicles or equipment, hiring of staff, staff training, technology acquisition and implementation, or acquisition or improvement of warehouse facilities. Grantees are selected based on a combination of factors, including: * specific needs identified by the potential grantee, * food insecurity and malnutrition levels in the grantee's country, * GFN's ability to raise the resources needed to fund those needs, * the conduct of business and legal due diligence to qualify the potential grantee in accordance with GFN, US legal, and donor criteria, and * the willingness of the grantee to execute a grant agreement that stipulates, among other things, the purpose of the grant, the restricted use(s) of the grant, and reporting requirements to facilitate monitoring. Before a grant is offered to a grantee, GFN conducts legal due diligence on the grantee, assuring that it is a legally established, charitable organization, in-good-standing in its country and has legal authority to enter into a binding grant agreement. GFN then negotiates a grant agreement with the grantee that addresses all relevant programmatic and legal requirements related to the grant. Finally, GFN screens the grantee, its governing board, its management, and key staff with authority to disburse grant funds, and the financial institution where the funds will be held against several Terrorist Watch Lists. Only after the agreement is signed and the screening process is positively completed will GFN transfer the funds to the grantee. The Grant Agreement is a legally binding contract, and it stipulates the timeline and content for periodic reports by the grantee to GFN on the use of the grant funds and their impact. A standard financial report template is incorporated in the grant agreement, and the content of narrative reports is also defined. Grant funds are typically required to be held in separate accounts established solely for these funds in order to facilitate auditing, if it should be necessary. If it is not possible to establish a separate account solely for grant funds, grantees are required to flag all transactions made with the grant funds with a unique identifier within their existing accounting system to facilitate auditing. Quarterly conference calls are held with all grantees to monitor project progress. Report due dates are tracked and follow-up on delinquent or missing reports is conducted as needed. Depending on the size and scope of the grant, as well as on certain donor requirements, GFN may visit the grantee to conduct relevant oversight activities. Schedule F, Part I, Line 3 Method used to account for expenditures on org's financial statements CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN-Accrual; EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC-Accrual; EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND AND GREENLAND)-Accrual; MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA-Accrual; NORTH AMERICA (CANADA & MEXICO ONLY)-Accrual; SOUTH AMERICA-Accrual; SOUTH ASIA-Accrual; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA-Accrual Schedule F, Part II, Line 1 Method used to account for expenditures on org's financial statements CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN-Accrual; EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC-Accrual; EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND AND GREENLAND)-Accrual; MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA-Accrual; NORTH AMERICA (CANADA & MEXICO ONLY)-Accrual; SOUTH AMERICA-Accrual; SOUTH ASIA-Accrual; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA-Accrual true Feeding America 161 North Clark Street Suite 700 Chicago IL 60601 363673599 501(c)(3) 204357 support general operations and capacity-building projects 1 0 Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 Procedures for monitoring use of grant funds The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) makes grants to individual food banks or national food bank networks for a variety of purposes. Most grants are aimed at helping the grantee expand operational or programmatic capacity/reach, and accordingly are awarded for the purchase of vehicles or equipment, hiring of staff, staff training, technology acquisition and implementation, or acquisition or improvement of warehouse facilities. Grantees are selected based on a combination of factors, including: * specific needs identified by the potential grantee, * food insecurity and malnutrition levels in the grantee's country, * GFN's ability to raise the resources needed to fund those needs, * the conduct of business and legal due diligence to qualify the potential grantee in accordance with GFN, US legal, and donor criteria, and * the willingness of the grantee to execute a grant agreement that stipulates, among other things, the purpose of the grant, the restricted use(s) of the grant, and reporting requirements to facilitate monitoring. Before a grant is offered to a grantee, GFN conducts legal due diligence on the grantee, assuring that it is a legally established, charitable organization, in-good-standing in its country and has legal authority to enter into a binding grant agreement. GFN then negotiates a grant agreement with the grantee that addresses all relevant programmatic and legal requirements related to the grant. Finally, GFN screens the grantee, its governing board, its management, and key staff with authority to disburse grant funds, and the financial institution where the funds will be held against several Terrorist Watch Lists. Only after the agreement is signed and the screening process is positively completed will GFN transfer the funds to the grantee. The Grant Agreement is a legally binding contract, and it stipulates the timeline and content for periodic reports by the grantee to GFN on the use of the grant funds and their impact. A standard financial report template is incorporated in the grant agreement, and the content of narrative reports is also defined. Grant funds are typically required to be held in separate accounts established solely for these funds in order to facilitate auditing, if it should be necessary. If it is not possible to establish a separate account solely for grant funds, grantees are required to flag all transactions made with the grant funds with a unique identifier within their existing accounting system to facilitate auditing. Quarterly conference calls are held with all grantees to monitor project progress. Report due dates are tracked and follow-up on delinquent or missing reports is conducted as needed. Depending on the size and scope of the grant, as well as on certain donor requirements, GFN may visit the grantee to conduct relevant oversight activities. X false true X X X X false false false false false false false true false Lisa J Moon President and CEO 398859 0 44595 0 378 0 6013 0 1694 0 451539 0 0 0 Michael Oko VP, Communications & Marketing 205296 0 10500 0 1021 0 11183 0 23374 0 251374 0 0 0 Douglas L O'Brien Vice President, Programs, Asst. 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This benefit was treated as taxable compensation to the officer. Schedule J, Part I, Line 1b Written policy regarding payment or reimbursement of expenses Pursuant to the employment agreement in place between the officer and GFN, the officer is eligible to receive reimbursements for companion travel up to $5,000 annually. The officer is required to provide written substantiation for these expenses prior to being reimbursed. The amounts reimbursed are treated as taxable compensation to the officer. This officer received companion travel benefits totaling $7,815 in calendar year 2024 and was taxed on those benefits accordingly. Schedule J, Part I, Line 7 Non-fixed payments The CEO is eligible for a maximum percent bonus. The steering committee, within this parameter, recommends an amount to the Board of Directors which is subsequently approved by the Board of Directors. VPs and the CFO are eligible for a maximum percent bonus. The President determines the bonus earned based on organizational performance and established key performance indicators. Form 990, Part I, Line 1 BRIEF MISSION cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and strengthening communities. In 2023, GFN provided food to over 40 million people, while avoiding 1.8 million metric tons of CO2e. GFN distributed over 654 million kilograms of food, and on average, food banks in the Network increased distribution by 25 percent. Fruits and vegetables were the largest category of food distributed in the Network in 2023, representing almost 40 percent of total food distributed, helping provide nutrition to women, children, and other populations in vulnerable situations. In 2023, GFN worked with 63 food banks in 53 countries, mainly developing and emerging economies, and is connected to a network of local organizations and powered by over 300,000 volunteers worldwide. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Description of other program services (Expenses $ 974,016 including grants of $ 100,000) RESEARCH AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: BECAUSE FOOD BANKING ORGANIZATIONS SOURCE FOOD FROM NUTRITIOUS FOOD SURPLUSES, FOOD BANKING HAS GAINS FOR BOTH PEOPLE AND PLANET. IN FY2025, GFN MEMBERS WERE ESTIMATED TO AVOID 1.9 MILLION KILOGRAMS OF CO2E EMISSIONS, THE EQUIVALENT OF TAKING 443,000 CARS OFF THE ROAD. TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE ENVIRONEMENTAL IMPACT THROUGH FOOD BANKING, GFN DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED FRAME, A SPECIFIC METHODOLOGY TO MEASURE FOOD BANKING'S ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT, WITH A FOCUS ON THE ROLE IT CAN PLAY IN MITIGATING METHANE EMISSIONS. THIS METHODOLOGY WAS PILOTED AT FOOD BANKING ORGANIZATIONS IN ECUADOR AND MEXICO, AND IT IS EXPANDING TO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE NETWORK. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Description of other program services (Expenses $ 337,582 including grants of $ 62,000) AGRICULTURAL RECOVERY: To increase access to nutritious food, in FY2025 GFN continued investing into building surplus recovery from farms, packhouses and produce markets. GFN supports these efforts through skills training, knowledge sharing and financial resources to accelerate adoption and scaling of agricultural recovery programs, especially in emerging and developing markets. Currently, 35 GFN food banks have an agricultural recovery program, and in 2024, 26% of food distributed by the network came from agricultural sources like farms, packhouses and markets. In FY2025, GFN hired a new Agricultural Recovery Hub director and launched the Agricultural Recovery Communities of Practice, which provides expertise and guidance to partner food banks looking to start or scale recovery efforts. 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 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 30, 2024 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 November 12, 2025. 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 March 2024, 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 XI, Line 9 Other changes in net assets or fund balances Grant Currency Translation gain - 193751; Total - 193751;