California · Nonprofit
FOOD FOR PEOPLE INC
FOOD FOR PEOPLE INC (California) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,222,260 to it, the largest being PATRICIA D & WILLIAM B SMULLIN FOUNDATION ($1,180,900). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.9M
- Funders on record
- 54
- Grants received
- $5.2M
- Net assets
- $13M
What Food for People Inc does
Mission
Food for people is working to eliminate hunger and improve the health and wellbeing of our community through access to healthy and nutritious foods, community education and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Food for peoples food distribution services include several initiatives to provide hunger relief services in humboldt county. The pantry network that provides food for 26 pantries and two congregate meal programs (soup kitchens) throughout humboldt county. The choice pantry serves individuals and households living in the greater eureka area using the choice style of food distribution which invites people to select the foods they want and that fit their dietary or cultural needs. The mobile produce pantry takes a refrigerated truck full of fresh fruits and vegetables to specific locations across humboldt county for distribution on a monthly schedule. The free produce markets provide seasonal free farmers market-style produce distributions for low- income individuals and families. The nonprofit network allows local nonprofit organizations serving low-income children and/or adults to access donated foods at a low, per pound cost established by feeding america. The emergency and community food response program works with community partners throughout humboldt county to make food available to households experiencing hardships due to natural disasters including wildfires, earthquakes,…
$6,507,164 spentof which $5,149,574 as grants$14,354 earned by the program89% of program spendingFood for people operates senior & child nutrition programs specific to populations who are especially vulnerable to the negative effects of hunger and food insecurity. The commodity supplemental food program provides a 30-40 pound box of nutritious food monthly for income-eligible seniors (age 60 and older). All boxes come with the addition of bread and up to 10 lbs of fresh produce. The senior brown bag program has been operating since 1987 and provides a monthly bag of groceries for low income senior households at 16 sites countywide. Drive-through distributions are offered at sites that can accommodate the vehicle traffic. Volunteer drivers deliver to those who are unable to pick up the food on their own. The homebound delivery program provides a monthly bag of groceries for adults under age 60 who are too ill or disabled to leave their homes. Referrals are accepted from hospitals, medical professionals, social workers, etc. The backpacks for kids program provides a bag of kid-friendly food every friday during the school year for children who are considered at risk for hunger over the weekend. The kids summer food program offers weekly food boxes at six sites in hoopa, willow…
$608,114 spent8% of program spendingFood for peoples community outreach services aim to engage clients and community members by providing tools and resources to eliminate hunger and create a healthy community. The calfresh outreach programs help households apply and recertify for calfresh. The nutrition education program offers cooking videos, cooking demos, taste tests, and recipes to encourage people to eat healthy on a budget. The advocacy program works with partners throughout the state to identify policies, programs and legislation that reduce hunger and poverty at the local, state and federal levels. The local food resources program identifies and diverts local foods to the food bank for distribution. The gleaning program accesses donations of fresh local produce and meats from commercial farms, orchards, farmers markets and ranchers. The food drive program collects nonperishable food community food drives and events.
$162,558 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,277,836.
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 2021 to 2022, from $7.4M to $10M (+36%).
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 25% · 2018 30% · 2019 36% · 2020 34% · 2021 31% · 2022 28% · 2023 28% · 2024 21% · 2025 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of FOOD FOR PEOPLE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Carly Robbins
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $348k → $434k.
14 of 54 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 FOOD FOR PEOPLE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 54 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 FOR PEOPLE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% 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
48% 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 FOR PEOPLE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 63% · 2019 56% · 2020 35% · 2021 22% · 2022 23% · 2023 44% — broadly stable.
“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
58% of FOOD FOR PEOPLE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
94% of FOOD FOR PEOPLE INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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 FOR PEOPLE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 655 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 655 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding FOOD FOR PEOPLE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $25k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$25k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like FOOD FOR PEOPLE INC
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
99%
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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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FOOD FOR PEOPLE INC: 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 FOOD FOR PEOPLE INC?
- FOOD FOR PEOPLE INC (California) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,222,260 to it, the largest being PATRICIA D & WILLIAM B SMULLIN FOUNDATION ($1,180,900). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOOD FOR PEOPLE INC have?
- IRS filings report 54 organizations giving $5,222,260 in grants to FOOD FOR PEOPLE INC, 37 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOOD FOR PEOPLE INC?
- PATRICIA D & WILLIAM B SMULLIN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,180,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOOD FOR PEOPLE INC 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 54 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