California · Nonprofit
SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICES
SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICES (California) receives grants from 171 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,537,875 to it, the largest being Catholic Charities of Sacramento Inc ($3,318,268). 90 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $86M
- Funders on record
- 171
- Grants received
- $22M
- Net assets
- $58M
What Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services does
Mission
Dedicated to assisting those in need by alleviating their immediate pain and problems and moving them toward self-sufficiency and financial independence.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
The refugee resettlement services program ceased in april 2025. See form 990, part iii, line 4c for more detail.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Purpose of organization - Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services (the food bank) is a california not-for-profit public benefit corporation serving sacramento county's vulnerable populations through a combination of human services and support. The food bank serves as the largest hunger relief organization in sacramento county and the regional food bank, supporting a network of partner agency food distributions to provide nutritious, meaningful food to our neighbors in need. In addition to food assistance services, the food bank provides diapers for distribution, utility assistance, immigration legal services, and refugee resettlement services.program services - program services refer to the activities or services provided by the food bank that are related to its mission and programs. To ensure compliance with limitations and restrictions on the use of food bank resources, the accounts are organized by program or services, which were restructured during the year ended june 30, 2025, to be based on three large impact focus areas: community partnerships, food access, and community services.community partnerships - the food bank is the hub of sacramento county's emergency food system…
$73,187,714 spentof which $66,202,641 as grants$12,621 earned by the program92% of program spendingFood access - the food bank is dedicated to improving the nutrition of underserved communities within sacramento county. This is accomplished by supporting programs and partnerships that reach underserved populations, such as seniors, students, and homebound individuals. The food bank also provides nutrition education and creates healthy food environments at local pantries. Financial transactions have been categorized into the following programs:food for seniors - providing approximately 30 pounds of food per month to low-income residents who are 60 and older as part of the usda's commodity supplemental food program (csfp).no student left hungry - partnering with local schools to provide healthy groceries to families in need.health & nutrition - sharing nutrition education and encouraging healthy food environments at local food distributions.
$4,394,933 spentof which $2,331,209 as grants6% of program spendingCommunity services - the food bank connects community members to services that reduce the need for families to make the impossible decision between food and other necessities. Financial transactions have been categorized into the following programs:calfresh outreach - helping families apply for calfresh benefits (formerly known as food stamps) to improve their access to healthy foods.smud energyhelp - administering donated funds from sacramento municipal utility district ("smud") customers to help families in jeopardy of losing their power.refugee resettlement services - helping pre-assigned refugee families access services and get settled in sacramento. During 2025, the organization discontinued its refugee resettlement program due to the federal government's suspension of funding for refugee admissions. The program, which had been funded through a partnership with the u.s. Conference of catholic bishops (usccb), was wound down within 90 days and formally closed in april 2025.immigration legal services - providing legal assistance for families seeking naturalization and legal status.
$2,179,650 spentof which $817,579 as grants3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $79,762,297.
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 2020 to 2021, from $34M to $45M (+35%).
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 9% · 2018 10% · 2019 13% · 2020 16% · 2021 27% · 2022 19% · 2023 23% · 2024 23% · 2025 24%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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.
Chief executive
Blake Young
President & CEO
Board chair
Karen Woodruff
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 28 funders to 59 funders, grant income rose $1.2M → $2.0M.
25 of 171 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICES’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 171 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
SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICES has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
83% 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 SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 32% · 2019 26% · 2020 26% · 2021 30% · 2022 23% · 2023 13% — 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
34% of SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
78% of SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICES's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 18 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 SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICES receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.1M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.0M
- Department of Agriculture$63k
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 SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICES
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
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Roman Catholic Bishop of Sacramento · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICES: 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 SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICES?
- SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICES (California) receives grants from 171 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,537,875 to it, the largest being Catholic Charities of Sacramento Inc ($3,318,268). 90 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICES have?
- IRS filings report 171 organizations giving $21,537,875 in grants to SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICES, 90 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICES?
- Catholic Charities of Sacramento Inc is the largest funder on record, with $3,318,268 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICES 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 171 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