California · Nonprofit
FEEDING THE FOOTHILLS
FEEDING THE FOOTHILLS (California) receives grants from 85 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,885,493 to it, the largest being Feeding America ($3,838,251). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $21M
- Funders on record
- 85
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $4.0M
What Feeding the Foothills does
Mission
Feeding the Foothills mission is to sustain communities by nourishing families experiencing food insecurity, educating the community about hunger, while advocating for hunger relief.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Feeding the Foothills is a vital 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and the leading hunger-relief charity in el dorado, nevada, and placer counties. Every day, our dedicated team passionately works to enhance access to healthy foods for individuals of all ages, genders, races, and ethnicities affected by the lasting impacts of the pandemic, inflation, and natural disasters and the current political climatechallenges we now embrace as our "new normal." as the central hub for food collection and distribution in the region, Feeding the Foothills plays a crucial role in combating hunger, delivering fresh and non-perishable food to over 1.067 million individuals through a network of more than 72 hunger relief and charitable organizations. In fiscal year 2024-2025, it made an incredible impact by distributing 10.9 million pounds of food through our partners, resulting in an astounding 9.1 million meals provided to those in need.Feeding the Foothills is a compassionate member of the california association of food banks and the only local hunger-relief organization among just 200 food banks across the nation affiliated with feeding america, the leading voice in domestic hunger relief.
$19,345,939 spent$338,433 earned by the program93% of program spendingFeeding the foothill's feed our future program embodies hope and resilience through several outreach initiatives, including pantrytogo- a free drive-thru food distribution service at 10 locations across placer and el dorado counties. In the fiscal year 2024-2025, Feeding the Foothills distributed over 1 million pounds of food to 121,000 recipients, with 34,000 households served, reflecting a 21% decrease from the previous year. Ftf's school pantry program delivered food to 15 schools including two continuation high schools, one middle school, 8 elementary schools, and 4 preschools. In the 2024-25 school year, 6,847 bags of produce, 6,722 bags of non-perishables, 19,289 pounds of day-old starbucks food items, and 3,571 pounds of snack items were distributed.
$1,218,602 spent6% of program spendingVolunteers are the driving force behind the success and sustainability of Feeding the Foothills. With over 2,100 active and dedicated volunteers, they have collectively contributed an incredible 22,000 hours of service to our communities.
$303,505 spent1% of program spendingOur calfresh team coordinates with our hunger relief agencies to outreach to those individuals eligible for food assistance benefits. Calfresh enrollment significantly helps Feeding the Foothills by reducing the demand for emergency food assistance. For fy2024-25 25% of applicants received approval for their calfresh applications, with the average benefit allotment exceeding $535. Feeding the Foothills is proud to work alongside our 72+ partner agencies, whose invaluable contributions enhance pfb's ability to provide food to our neighbors. Strategically positioned throughout the community, partners ensure that food resources are readily accessible, particularly in underserved and rural areas. In continuation of our 54 years of commitment to the counties we serve, we announced our rebrand from placer food bank to Feeding the Foothills coming in september 2024. Our rebrand reflects our deep desire to connect with our communities on a more inclusive level. Providing a lifeline of essential food resources to those in need, transforming lives one meal at a time.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $20,868,046.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $4.4M to $7.0M (+61%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 2% · 2018 2% · 2019 2% · 2020 3% · 2021 4% · 2022 5% · 2023 9% · 2024 8% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of FEEDING THE FOOTHILLS’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Dave Martinez
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 37 funders, grant income rose $323k → $1.1M.
18 of 85 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of FEEDING THE FOOTHILLS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 85 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
FEEDING THE FOOTHILLS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 35% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
90% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FEEDING THE FOOTHILLS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 28% · 2019 41% · 2020 26% · 2021 44% · 2022 57% · 2023 19% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
52% of FEEDING THE FOOTHILLS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
FEEDING THE FOOTHILLS draws 55% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 21 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
FEEDING THE FOOTHILLS's funding base is broadening — from 16 funders to 37 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 201 food & nutrition nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like FEEDING THE FOOTHILLS
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FEEDING THE FOOTHILLS: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FEEDING THE FOOTHILLS?
- FEEDING THE FOOTHILLS (California) receives grants from 85 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,885,493 to it, the largest being Feeding America ($3,838,251). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FEEDING THE FOOTHILLS have?
- IRS filings report 85 organizations giving $10,885,493 in grants to FEEDING THE FOOTHILLS, 49 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FEEDING THE FOOTHILLS?
- Feeding America is the largest funder on record, with $3,838,251 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FEEDING THE FOOTHILLS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 85 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing