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Calfoods Logistics

With a mission to help end hunger in california, CALFOODS LOGISTICS works with partners to provide nutrition and emergency food assistance for people experiencing food insecurity in all 58 counties.

$33M
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$252k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$14MHuman Services$1.4MCommunity Improvement$562kHousing & Shelter$149kEmployment$46kArts & Culture$30kInternational$13kRecreation & Sports$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 21 grants below total $660,030, the rows itemized in this filing. The $32,938,374 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $32,278,344 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $349k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $54k
  • $250k+1 grant · $252k
$15,680
Median grant
2
States reached
$43M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOOD BANK OF NORTHERN NEVADA$251,556
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY AGING & COMM SERVICES$53,550
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF KERN$40,275
KINGS COMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATION$39,600
FOODLINK FOR TULARE COUNTY$32,400
COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF BUTTE COUNTY$28,125
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOOD BANK$27,675
LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK$25,200
MADERA COUNTY FOOD BANK$23,175
MODESTO LOVE CENTER$20,025
DIABLO BALLET$15,680
TEHAMA COUNTY GLEANERS$14,850
FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER OF THE REDWOODS PACIFIC PANTRY$12,600
BAY AREA CRISIS NURSERY$11,554
FOOD BANK OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY$11,475
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $2.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COMMUNITY ACTION OF NAPA VALLEY: $133k → 9%INYOMONO ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY ACTION: $6k → 10%THE RESOURCE CONNECTION: $19k → 12%CAP OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: $237k → 14%DIGNITY HEALTH CONNECTED LIVING: $39k → 14%COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF KERN: $337k → 18%KINGS COMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATION: $67k → 18%COMMUNITY ACTION OF NAPA VALLEY: $8k → 9%TRINITY CENTER OF WALNUT CREEK: $10k → 9%INYOMONO ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY ACTION: $6k → 10%THE RESOURCE CONNECTION: $17k → 12%CAP OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: $150k → 14%DIGNITY HEALTH CONNECTED LIVING: $22k → 14%COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF KERN: $149k → 18%KINGS COMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATION: $59k → 18%COMMUNITY ACTION OF NAPA VALLEY: $4k → 9%INYOMONO ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY ACTION: $5k → 10%THE RESOURCE CONNECTION: $17k → 12%CAP OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: $109k → 14%DIGNITY HEALTH CONNECTED LIVING: $21k → 14%FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER OF THE REDWOODS: $16k → 17%COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF KERN: $131k → 18%KINGS COMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATION: $40k → 18%INTERFAITH COUNCIL OF AMADOR: $14k → 10%INYOMONO ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY ACTION: $2k → 10%THE RESOURCE CONNECTION: $9k → 12%CAP OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: $92k → 14%DIGNITY HEALTH CONNECTED LIVING: $4k → 14%FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER OF THE REDWOODS PACIFIC PANTRY: $13k → 17%COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF KERN: $113k → 18%KINGS COMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATION: $37k → 18%INTERFAITH COUNCIL OF AMADOR: $14k → 10%COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF KERN: $40k → 18%KINGS COMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATION: $21k → 18%INTERFAITH COUNCIL OF AMADOR: $13k → 10%FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER OF THE REDWOODS: $2k → 17%FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER OF THE REDWOODS: $450 → 17%INTERFAITH COUNCIL OF AMADOR: $1k → 10%INTERFAITH COUNCIL OF AMADOR: $1k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$16M · 57 repeat orgs$64k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +7% since the first grant, against -20% for those funded once.

57 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 36 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

57
6

Total granted

$16M
$64k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
-20%

Still filing today

91%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24’25
Food & NutritionHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationHousing & ShelterArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • LA
    LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK
    4× · 2021–2025 · $1.9M · revenue +50%
  • CC
    CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOOD BANK
    5× · 2021–2025 · $781k · revenue +92%
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF KERN
    5× · 2021–2025 · $770k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • MO
    MEALS ON WHEELS YOLO COUNTY
    one grant, 2024 · $15k · revenue -22%
  • RISE AGAINST HUNGER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $13k · revenue +118%
  • PL
    PROJECT LOST SHEEP
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Foothills Food Bank

The Foothills Food Bank works to ensure access to quality, nutritious food to community members in need, and deliver services with respect and dignity.

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2
Siskiyou Community Food Bank

We provided free healthy food to low-income families and individuals in need.

Food & Nutrition
3
Alameda Emergency Food Dba Alameda Food Bank

Founded in 1977, The Alameda Food Bank is a non-profit organization that helps Alameda residents in need by providing nourishing food in compassionate and respectful manner with the support of dedicated volunteers and local partners.

Food & Nutrition
4
Elk Grove Food Bank

To meet the basic emergency needs, food and clothing, of those in the elk grove community

Human Services
5
Crescent Food Bank

Crescent food bank cfb is a non-profit organization that is committed to ending hunger throughout southern california. our goal is to provide access to healthy food in every community by alleviating proverty through direct health and human…

Food & Nutrition
6
Berkeley Food Network

The berkeley food network (bfn) works to expand food assistance services to food-insecure berkeley residents. bfn was founded in 2016 to help establish a foundation of good health from which all berkeley residents can pursue opportunity by…

Food & Nutrition
7
Extrafood

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…

Food & Nutrition
8
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
9
Twin Lakes Food Bank

To Share God's Love by Uniting and mobilizing the community to provide food, clothing and support to those in need.

Unclassified
10
The Food Bank for Larimer County

To provide food to all in need through community partnerships and hunger relief programs. Our vision is a hunger-free Larimer County.

Food & Nutrition
11
North County Community Food Bank

Emergency food services provided to families in need.

Food & Nutrition
12
California Association of Food Banks

California association of food banks (cafb) is a non-profit public benefit corporation located in oakland, california. together with its 41-member foodbanks, cafb is the largest charitable hunger-relief and anti-hunger leader in the state.…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank; the most unlike its peers is Early Alert Canines. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

57 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 57 of the 63 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
57/57
Grantees still filing
33/57
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $1,020,022 · Food & NutritionFOODBANK OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIACENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOOD BANK: $780,869 · Food & NutritionCENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOOD BANKSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $558,530 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEYFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc: $467,143 · Food & NutritionFood Bank of Northern Nevada IncSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $428,464 · Food & NutritionFoodlink for Tulare County Inc: $417,490 · Food & NutritionJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $404,028 · Food & NutritionFEEDING AMERICA RIVERSIDE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES: $398,472 · Food & NutritionFEEDING SAN DIEGO: $380,920 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO: $359,174 · Food & NutritionFOOD IN NEED OF DISTRIBUTION INC: $350,576 · Food & NutritionTHE MERCED COUNTY FOOD BANK: $320,275 · Food & NutritionFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $308,604 · Food & Nutrition+15 more: $1,977,754 · Food & Nutrition+15 moreLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $1,895,337 · OtherLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANKCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF ORANGE COUNTY: $589,350 · OtherCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF ORANGE …SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICES: $448,801 · OtherSACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICESSAN JOAQUIN COUNTY REGISTRAR OF VOTERS: $417,794 · OtherSAN JOAQUIN COUNTY REGISTRAR OF VOTERSTHE SALVATION ARMY: $362,738 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYFOOD BANK FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $354,043 · OtherFOOD BANK FOR MONTEREY COUNTYALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $344,970 · OtherALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANKSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $308,290 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK+13 more: $818,071 · Other+13 moreCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF KERN: $770,077 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ACTI…COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: $587,434 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ACTI…KINGS COMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATION INC: $222,329 · Human ServicesKINGS COMMUNIT…COMMUNITY ACTION OF NAPA VALLEY: $145,558 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ACTI…DIGNITY HEALTH CONNECTED LIVING: $86,657 · Human Services+5 more: $165,550 · Human Services+5 moreSECOND HARVEST OF THE GREATER VALLEY: $178,800 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SAN BENITO COUNTY: $76,168 · EducationDIABLO BALLET: $29,680 · Arts & CultureGreat Northern Services: $25,747 · Housing & Shelter
Food & Nutrition$8,172,321Other$5,539,394Human Services$1,977,605Philanthropy$178,800Education$76,168Arts & Culture$29,680Housing & Shelter$25,747

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $1,895,337 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFOODBANK OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $1,020,022 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOOD BANK: $780,869 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF KERN: $770,077 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF ORANGE COUNTY: $589,350 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: $587,434 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $558,530 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc: $467,143 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICES: $448,801 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $428,464 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFoodlink for Tulare County Inc: $417,490 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $404,028 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA RIVERSIDE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES: $398,472 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFEEDING SAN DIEGO: $380,920 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO: $359,174 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $354,043 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetFOOD IN NEED OF DISTRIBUTION INC: $350,576 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $344,970 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MERCED COUNTY FOOD BANK: $320,275 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $308,604 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $308,290 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD SHARE INC: $238,110 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetKINGS COMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATION INC: $222,329 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMadera County Food Bank: $212,569 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetREDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK: $202,830 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYuba Sutter Gleaners Food Bank Inc: $195,007 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetFEEDING THE FOOTHILLS: $190,536 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF THE GREATER VALLEY: $178,800 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Action Agency of Butte County Inc: $162,785 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetIMPERIAL VALLEY FOOD BANK: $158,224 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION OF NAPA VALLEY: $145,558 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $144,169 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFood Bank of El Dorado County: $128,454 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetFood Bank of Nevada County: $123,257 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetTRINITY COUNTY FOOD ASSISTANCE: $119,361 over 5y, 19% of budgetYOLO FOOD BANK: $108,219 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY: $105,084 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetDIGNITY HEALTH CONNECTED LIVING: $86,657 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetFOOD FOR PEOPLE INC: $77,978 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SAN BENITO COUNTY: $76,168 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMendocino Food and Nutrition Inc: $66,897 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCLEAR LAKE GLEANERS INC: $66,630 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetTHE RESOURCE CONNECTION OF AMADOR AND CALAVERAS COUNTIES INC: $61,118 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetRural Human Services: $57,269 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetWESTSIDE FOOD BANK: $50,550 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetINTERFAITH COUNCIL OF AMADOR: $44,598 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetFAMILY RESOURCE CENTER OF THE REDWOODS: $31,577 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetEMERGENCY FOOD BANK: $29,700 over 2y, 0.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

California Associatio…California Foundation…The PG&E Corporation …The Albertsons Compan…Farmlink ProjectSandberg Goldberg Ber…Delta Dental Communit…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Food Bank of Contra C…Feeding AmericaSierra Health Foundat…Sacramento Food Bank …
California Association of Food BanksCA89.3× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Association of Food Banks · California Foundation for Stronger Communities · The PG&E Corporation Foundation · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Farmlink Project · Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Family Charitable Foundation · Delta Dental Community Care Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano · Feeding America · Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management · Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Calfoods Logistics funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Calfoods Logistics. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    44report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Calfoods Logistics?

    Find your warmest path to Calfoods Logistics through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 63 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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