Michigan · Nonprofit
KALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC
KALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC (Michigan) receives grants from 89 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,995,313 to it, the largest being KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($2,481,845). 57 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 89
- Grants received
- $9.0M
- Net assets
- $8.1M
What Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes Inc does
Mission
Kalamazoo loaves & fishes will feed hungry people and engage our community in the fight to end hunger.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Grocery pantry program (gpp): through a network of pantries and home deliveries all over kalamazoo county and surrounding communities, non- perishable and fresh food items are provided to thousands of individuals each year.
$6,311,209 spentof which $4,873,521 as grants69% of program spendingAgency meal support program: food is provided to partner agencies who provide hot, prepared meals and/or pantry service to their clients.
$1,006,066 spentof which $823,203 as grants11% of program spendingMobile food initiative (mfi): supplemental grocery assistance is provided throughout communitywide locations each month to thousands of recipients each year.
$1,001,083 spentof which $818,214 as grants11% of program spendingAll other accomplishments: commodity supplemental food program (csfp): senior citizens receive supplemental groceries each month. Food is directly distributed to local housing developments, social service organizations, and community centers. Targeted outreach: this program is designed to support individuals who are unable to secure food assistance from us in traditional ways for a variety of reasons. Food product and delivery methods are specific to the population we are trying to support (e.g. Homeless encampments) and may be offered in partnership with another organization in the community (e.g. Emergency packs for kalamazoo department of public safety officers to distribute). Weekend food pack program: child-friendly food packs are provided to students at different public schools in order to help bridge the weekend food gap.
$793,376 spentof which $636,491 as grants9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,111,734.
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 $8.4M to $6.9M (−17%).
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 2% · 2019 1% · 2020 4% · 2021 64% · 2022 40% · 2023 34% · 2024 50% · 2025 51%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of KALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
Daniel C Haines
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 21 funders to 44 funders, grant income rose $453k → $960k.
15 of 89 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 KALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 89 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
KALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
44% 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 KALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 37% · 2019 65% · 2020 34% · 2021 23% · 2022 53% · 2023 21% — 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
63% of KALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
92% of KALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
KALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC is better cushioned than half 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 KALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC
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In Michigan
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
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES 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 KALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC?
- KALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC (Michigan) receives grants from 89 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,995,313 to it, the largest being KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($2,481,845). 57 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC have?
- IRS filings report 89 organizations giving $8,995,313 in grants to KALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC, 57 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC?
- KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,481,845 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 89 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