California · Nonprofit
OPEN HEART KITCHEN OF LIVERMORE INC
OPEN HEART KITCHEN OF LIVERMORE INC (California) receives grants from 60 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,432,803 to it, the largest being SENIOR ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION EASTBAY ($675,000). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.5M
- Funders on record
- 60
- Grants received
- $4.4M
- Net assets
- $8.4M
What Open Heart Kitchen of Livermore Inc does
Mission
Equitable access to nutritious food today, while building a food secure tomorrow.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Open heart food bank (ohfb) operates as a designated redistribution organization, receiving bulk food deliveries and redistributing them to local pantry partners, who in turn provide groceries directly to households in need. Ohfb also conducts direct food distributions offering essential groceries such as produce, dry goods, and protein to community members in need.
$1,511,966 spentof which $819,565 as grants40% of program spendingCommunity meals program - provides a consistent source of free, nutritious meals at the vineyard resource center in livermore, california. Guests may dine in or take meals to-go in a welcoming environment that prioritizes dignity and access. The program delivers meals weekly to unhoused individuals in encampments across the tri-valley, offering a vital safety net during challenging times.
$1,038,489 spentof which $266,259 as grants27% of program spendingSenior meal program - the senior meal program provides weekday lunches to adults aged 60 and above, many of whom have low incomes, at locations in pleasanton, livermore, and dublin. Open to all senior citizens in the tri-valley area, the program helps ensure older adults have reliable access to healthy meals in a welcoming and supportive setting.
$665,527 spentof which $106,901 as grants$1,063,779 earned by the program17% of program spendingOpen heart refuge a 30-bed, low-barrier overnight shelter located at the vineyard resource center in livermore, california. Operating seven nights a week, the shelter provides guests with overnight accommodations, breakfast and dinner, and access to essential services including laundry, showers, mailboxes, case management, and housing navigation support.management and general the organization is led by an executive director who works closely with the operations director and program manager to ensure a productive working environment, coordinate program strategies, and support the administrative functions of the board of directors ("board"). The chief financial officer oversees the financial and budgetary aspects of the organization, promoting fiscal responsibility and long-term sustainability. Encompasses the administrative, financial, and strategic functions that ensure the effective operation of the organization. These activities include governance, human resources, fiscal management, compliance, and other infrastructure support necessary to sustain program services.fundraising generates support from individuals, foundations, and corporations to sustain and expand the…
$610,471 spentof which $7,998 as grants16% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,826,453.
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 2023 to 2024, from $5.4M to $10M (+84%).
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: 2018 18% · 2019 19% · 2020 16% · 2021 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
74% of OPEN HEART KITCHEN OF LIVERMORE 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. 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
John Bost
Executive director
Board chair
Michael Haase
Board 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 27 funders, grant income rose $158k → $420k.
19 of 60 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 OPEN HEART KITCHEN OF LIVERMORE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 60 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
OPEN HEART KITCHEN OF LIVERMORE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% 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
65% 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 OPEN HEART KITCHEN OF LIVERMORE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 42% · 2019 37% · 2020 16% · 2021 38% · 2022 56% · 2023 24% — 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
44% of OPEN HEART KITCHEN OF LIVERMORE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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 OPEN HEART KITCHEN OF LIVERMORE 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. $2.0M 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
OPEN HEART KITCHEN OF LIVERMORE INC has grown faster 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
Organizations like OPEN HEART KITCHEN OF LIVERMORE 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
85% 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 OPEN HEART KITCHEN OF LIVERMORE 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 OPEN HEART KITCHEN OF LIVERMORE INC?
- OPEN HEART KITCHEN OF LIVERMORE INC (California) receives grants from 60 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,432,803 to it, the largest being SENIOR ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION EASTBAY ($675,000). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OPEN HEART KITCHEN OF LIVERMORE INC have?
- IRS filings report 60 organizations giving $4,432,803 in grants to OPEN HEART KITCHEN OF LIVERMORE INC, 39 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OPEN HEART KITCHEN OF LIVERMORE INC?
- SENIOR ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION EASTBAY is the largest funder on record, with $675,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OPEN HEART KITCHEN OF LIVERMORE 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.
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 60 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