California · Nonprofit
WESTSIDE FOOD BANK
WESTSIDE FOOD BANK (California) receives grants from 178 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,107,257 to it, the largest being JOHNNY CARSON FOUNDATION ($1,955,000). 106 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $9.2M
- Funders on record
- 178
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $8.6M
What Westside Food Bank does
Mission
Westside Food Bank addresses hunger in west los angeles county, an area that is home to over one million people. Our partner agencies operate food assistance programs in culver city, inglewood, the lax area, malibu, santa monica, venice, west los angeles, and west hollywood.during the fiscal year july 1, 2024 - june 30, 2025, Westside Food Bank distributed 5,186,210 pounds of nutritious food, continuing to meet elevated community needs that remain significantly higher than pre-pandemic levels. Demand for food assistance increased further in the wake of the january 2025 los angeles county wildfires, which drove a sharp spike in need across the region.approximately 52% of the food distributed consisted of fresh produce, high-protein foods, and dairy products, supporting the health and nutritional needs of the communities served, while less than 2% consisted of high-sugar or high-sodium snack foods.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
During fy 2024-25, Westside Food Bank distributed nearly 5.2 million pounds of nutritious food, equivalent to approximately 4.3 million meals for community members in need. Of the food distributed, 52% consisted of fresh fruits and vegetables, reinforcing our commitment to providing healthy, nutritious options to the individuals and families we serve.Westside Food Bank served 140,298 unduplicated people during the year, an increase of approximately 40,000 individuals compared to the previous year. We also expanded our network by adding four new nonprofit partner agencies, further strengthening our ability to reach communities experiencing food insecurity across our service area.community engagement also reached historic levels this year. Westside Food Bank hosted 2,727 volunteers during fy 2024-25, the highest number of volunteers welcomed in a single year in our 42-year history. This represents a significant increase from the 950 individuals who volunteered with us during fy 2023-24.in addition, dozens of partner agencies were able to focus more fully on providing critical wraparound services to their clients because they could rely on Westside Food Bank for a consistent supply…
$6,325,250 spent100% of program spendingWestside Food Bank held its community engagement event, the 34th annual 5k hunger walk, on november 3, 2024. The event was designed to be fully accessible, with no cost or fundraising requirement to participate, ensuring broad community participation from food pantry clients and partner agency staff to donors and corporate supporters.a total of 763 individuals registered, with more than 400 participants in attendance, including over 50 volunteers who supported event operations. Participants included individuals and teams from local schools, businesses, congregations, and community groups. All participants received an event t-shirt and swag bag.participants also had the option to raise funds in support of Westside Food Bank's hunger-relief work through a peer-to-peer fundraising platform. Partner agencies were invited to form fundraising teams and retain 75% of the funds raised to support their operations.the hunger walk continues to serve as a key community engagement event, raising awareness about local hunger and food insecurity while fostering community connections.
$16,709 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,341,959.
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 $5.8M to $11M (+83%).
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 19% · 2018 18% · 2019 18% · 2020 11% · 2021 9% · 2022 20% · 2023 6% · 2024 39% · 2025 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of WESTSIDE FOOD BANK’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than 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
Genevieve Riutort
President & CEO
Board chair
Eric Peltz
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 44 funders to 67 funders, grant income rose $662k → $1.9M.
24 of 178 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 WESTSIDE FOOD BANK’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 178 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
WESTSIDE FOOD BANK has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 9 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 9 funders to its left
45% 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 WESTSIDE FOOD BANK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 17% · 2018 23% · 2019 16% · 2020 12% · 2021 17% · 2022 24% · 2023 18% — broadly stable.
“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 WESTSIDE FOOD BANK's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
86% of WESTSIDE FOOD BANK's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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
WESTSIDE FOOD BANK runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters 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 WESTSIDE 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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 WESTSIDE 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 WESTSIDE FOOD BANK?
- WESTSIDE FOOD BANK (California) receives grants from 178 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,107,257 to it, the largest being JOHNNY CARSON FOUNDATION ($1,955,000). 106 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WESTSIDE FOOD BANK have?
- IRS filings report 178 organizations giving $14,107,257 in grants to WESTSIDE FOOD BANK, 106 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WESTSIDE FOOD BANK?
- JOHNNY CARSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,955,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WESTSIDE FOOD BANK 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.
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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 178 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