Virginia · Nonprofit
LOCAL FOOD HUB INC
LOCAL FOOD HUB INC (Virginia) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,098,256 to it, the largest being JMR BARKER FOUNDATION ($321,000). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $435k
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $0
What Local Food Hub Inc does
Mission
Local food hub is a nonprofit organization that partners with virginia farmers to increase community access to local food
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Food access local food hub is committed to ensuring equitable access to fresh, local food. In 2024, its fresh farmacy program served more than 600 households each week and partnered with other local businesses to offer home delivery and other services.the organization ceased operations as of 12/31/2024. The organization's residual funds were used to provide grants of $134,438 to other local non-profits with missions related to local food access.
$399,476 spent$23,792 earned by the program60% of program spendingMarket access local food hub works to increase access to markets for farmers in central virginia and across the state. Though it is no longer an official distributor, at the beginning of the pandemic it created the first drivethrough, preorder farmers market in the area to address problems with food supply chains and small farmers needing to reach customers. The twice weekly markets have been a lifeline for consumers and farmers alike and reinvested hundreds of thousands of dollars in the local economy, with all proceeds going to the farms.
$265,038 spent$23,792 earned by the program40% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $664,514.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $816k to $0 (−100%).
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 8% · 2019 3% · 2020 8% · 2021 29% · 2022 34% · 2023 34% · 2024 76%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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
Laryssa Smith
Executive director/secreta
Board chair
Dr Marcus Comer
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $143k → $290k.
6 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 LOCAL FOOD HUB INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 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
LOCAL FOOD HUB INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
43% 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 LOCAL FOOD HUB INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 21% · 2018 29% · 2019 33% · 2020 29% · 2021 21% · 2022 37% · 2023 18% — 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 LOCAL FOOD HUB 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
57% of LOCAL FOOD HUB INC's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $490k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.
Government funding LOCAL FOOD HUB INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.4M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$1.4M
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 LOCAL FOOD HUB 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
57% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 LOCAL FOOD HUB 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 LOCAL FOOD HUB INC?
- LOCAL FOOD HUB INC (Virginia) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,098,256 to it, the largest being JMR BARKER FOUNDATION ($321,000). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LOCAL FOOD HUB INC have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $2,098,256 in grants to LOCAL FOOD HUB INC, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LOCAL FOOD HUB INC?
- JMR BARKER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $321,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LOCAL FOOD HUB INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 39 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