California · Nonprofit
GOLDEN EMPIRE GLEANERS INC
GOLDEN EMPIRE GLEANERS INC (California) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $937,757 to it, the largest being ROBERT RASKIND CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($457,500). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.8M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $938k
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Golden Empire Gleaners Inc does
Mission
The specific and primary purpose is to operate a food collection, preservation, and distribution system for the benefit of needy individuals and non-profit charitable corporations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The golden empire gleaners distributes food countywide through three main service programs:1. Agency food distribution: we partner with 76 local agencies and organizations that help distribute food to families and individuals facing food insecurity. Each day, we prepare over 150 family food baskets, carefully packed to match the needs of each household based on family size. These baskets contain nutritious, shelf-stable items that support families during times of crisis.2. Senior sack program: our senior sack program provides food directly to 20 locations that serve low-income senior citizens. We deliver twice a month, ensuring that seniors have consistent access to nutritious food. This program addesses food insecurity among seniors, many of whom are on fixed incomes and struggle to afford basic groceries.3. Daily food support and surplus donations: in addition to the daily preparation of 150 family food baskets for those facing immediate hunger, we also donate surplus food to local charities, including the mission, churches, and other charitable groups, upon request. This outreach extends our impact within the community and helps reduce food waste.these programs are funded…
$5,311,850 spent$188,194 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $5,311,850.
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 $1.4M to $1.6M (+21%).
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 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 3% · 2021 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of GOLDEN EMPIRE GLEANERS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
Debbie Powers
Executive director
Board chair
Renee Massey
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $48k → $89k.
5 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 GOLDEN EMPIRE GLEANERS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 17 of 18 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
GOLDEN EMPIRE GLEANERS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 36% · 2018 48% · 2019 70% · 2020 41% · 2021 65% · 2022 38% · 2023 39% — growing more concentrated.
“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
36% of GOLDEN EMPIRE GLEANERS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
73% of GOLDEN EMPIRE GLEANERS 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. $79k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
GOLDEN EMPIRE GLEANERS INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,130 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,130 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like GOLDEN EMPIRE GLEANERS 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
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 GOLDEN EMPIRE GLEANERS INC?
- GOLDEN EMPIRE GLEANERS INC (California) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $937,757 to it, the largest being ROBERT RASKIND CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($457,500). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GOLDEN EMPIRE GLEANERS INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $937,757 in grants to GOLDEN EMPIRE GLEANERS INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GOLDEN EMPIRE GLEANERS INC?
- ROBERT RASKIND CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $457,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GOLDEN EMPIRE GLEANERS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 18 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing