Washington · Nonprofit
THURSTON COUNTY FOOD BANK
THURSTON COUNTY FOOD BANK (Washington) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,458,265 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THURSTON COUNTY ($1,043,509). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 52
- Grants received
- $4.5M
- Net assets
- $16M
What Thurston County Food Bank does
Mission
It is the mission of thruston county food bank to end hunger within our community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
For over 50 years, the Thurston County Food Bank has served the community with the mission to eliminate hunger in the spirit of neighbor helping neighbor. Through a network of pantries, satellite locations, and community partnerships, we work to ensure that individuals and families have access to nutritious food and essential resources. By prioritizing dignity, accessibility, and efficiency, we strive to remove barriers to food security and create a healthier, more resilient community. In 2024, Thurston County Food Bank's pantry locations served over 37,723 individuals, providing reliable access to nutritious food and essential items. As the need for food assistance continues to grow, our pantries remain a vital resource for individuals and families seeking support.
$7,655,994 spent48% of program spendingOur satellite distribution program continues to grow, reaching over 14,872 individuals. By establishing and strengthening these distribution sites, we have improved accessibility for those facing transportation challenges and other barriers, ensuring that more people can access the food they need in their own communities. In 2024, we also incorporated other bank services into our home delivery program for seniors and families in tumwater. This expansion provided essential hygiene and household products to those unable to visit our locations, improving their overall well-being and maintaining our commitment to offering comprehensive support beyond food assistance.
$1,630,475 spent10% of program spendingAs a regional distribution organization (rdo), we distributed 3,489,900 pounds of food in collaboration with 63 partner organizations. This large-scale effort played a crucial role in strengthening food security initiatives across our 4 county region, ensuring that food banks, pantries, and community organizations had the resources needed to serve their clients effectively. Through our rdo work, we recorded over 563,000 individual visits to our 63 partner organizations, highlighting the increasing demand for food and essential services. As we continue to serve the community, the Thurston County Food Bank remains dedicated to addressing food insecurity with dignity and efficiency, continually adapting to meet the evolving needs of our community.
$6,648,868 spent42% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $15,935,337.
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 2019 to 2020, from $7.8M to $13M (+65%).
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 25% · 2018 21% · 2019 26% · 2020 26% · 2021 35% · 2022 35% · 2023 46% · 2024 43%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of THURSTON COUNTY FOOD BANK’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. 1 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
Jaison Kang
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022, and between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $136k → $833k.
13 of 52 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 THURSTON COUNTY FOOD BANK’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 52 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
THURSTON COUNTY FOOD BANK has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% 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
88% 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 THURSTON COUNTY FOOD BANK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 73% · 2019 49% · 2020 21% · 2021 50% · 2022 14% · 2023 31% — 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
56% of THURSTON COUNTY FOOD BANK'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
88% of THURSTON COUNTY FOOD BANK's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
THURSTON COUNTY FOOD BANK has grown faster than half of the 268 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 268 food & nutrition nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like THURSTON COUNTY FOOD BANK
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 Washington
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
100%
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 THURSTON COUNTY FOOD BANK: 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 THURSTON COUNTY FOOD BANK?
- THURSTON COUNTY FOOD BANK (Washington) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,458,265 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THURSTON COUNTY ($1,043,509). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THURSTON COUNTY FOOD BANK have?
- IRS filings report 52 organizations giving $4,458,265 in grants to THURSTON COUNTY FOOD BANK, 34 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THURSTON COUNTY FOOD BANK?
- UNITED WAY OF THURSTON COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $1,043,509 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THURSTON COUNTY FOOD BANK find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 52 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