California · Nonprofit
FOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY
FOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY (California) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,384,250 to it, the largest being BALAY KO FOUNDATION ($1,525,947). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 71
- Grants received
- $6.4M
- Net assets
- $17M
What Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo County does
Mission
Procurement and distribution of food to agencies serving the needy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Hunger relief network: the slo food bank provides food to 70 nonprofit agency partners throughout san luis obispo county so they can distribute it to their neighborhoods. These partners include church pantries, free meal sites, school and childcare programs, homeless service organizations, social service nonprofits, and more.
$5,221,507 spent$112,269 earned by the program55% of program spendingDirect distribution programs: the slo food bank distributes foods directly to neighbors through our neighborhood food distributions. These monthly or bi-monthly distributions provide fresh produce, pantry goods, and meat in areas identified by data as having the highest need. Staff and volunteers use refrigerated trucks to deliver and distribute these essential nutritious resources countywide.
$2,074,247 spent22% of program spendingSpecialized nutrition services: our specialized programs meet the nutrition needs of vulnerable populations. Seniors and children's farmers' markets bring nutritious produce directly to older adults and children through senior living communities and school programs. We also provide senior home delivery for homebound older adults and summer breakfast bags for children during high-need months.
$930,652 spent10% of program spendingFood rescue programs ($300,066 expenses): through our glean, grocery rescue, and school rescue programs, we harvest and collect high-quality nutritious food that cannot be sold or harvested. This edible food is rescued from local growers, producers, and retailers to be redirected to neighbors in need, ensuring that surplus local resources are used to alleviate hunger in our community.community outreach ($514,804 expenses): our outreach team increases food access through our onsite pantry & community hub and community engagement. We provide nutritious groceries directly to neighbors through our on-site pantry and share information regarding available food resources and benefits, like calfresh, through targeted marketing and outreach. We also collect feedback to improve services and elevate neighbor voices.volunteers & other general program support ($475,230 expenses)
$1,290,100 spent14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,516,506.
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 2019 to 2020, from $4.9M to $9.3M (+89%).
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 15% · 2018 13% · 2019 12% · 2020 14% · 2021 16% · 2022 14% · 2023 15% · 2024 20% · 2025 32%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of FOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY’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. 1 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
Molly Kern
CEO
Board chair
Kim Bisheff
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 28 funders, grant income rose $131k → $935k.
17 of 71 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $31k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Inland Empire Community Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money FOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY raised.
From the IRS filings of FOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 71 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
FOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% 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
64% 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 FOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 34% · 2019 56% · 2020 22% · 2021 38% · 2022 44% · 2023 27% — 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
32% of FOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
80% of FOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
FOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 201 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 201 food & nutrition nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like FOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY
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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY?
- FOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY (California) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,384,250 to it, the largest being BALAY KO FOUNDATION ($1,525,947). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 71 organizations giving $6,384,250 in grants to FOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, 42 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY?
- BALAY KO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,525,947 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY 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.
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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 71 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