Food Bank for Larimer County
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To provide food to all in need through community partnerships and hunger relief programs. Our vision is a hunger-free Larimer County.
- Income
- $31.6 million
- Spending
- $31.3 million
- Spent on programs
- 93%
- Reserves
- 5.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 83%
- Employees
- 58
- Volunteers
- 5,892
- Highest pay
- $228,809, chief executive officer
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 77 out of 100. Higher than 63% of charities in its peer group (food and agriculture, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 5.2 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 2% of what it owns.
Living within its means
12 of 15Income exceeded spending by 1% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 2% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1593% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 4 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 31% of charities in its peer group (food and agriculture, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2514 of 14 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $29.2 million spent. The Food Bank for Larimer County (FBLC we, us, our) works to ensure that no one goes hungry in Larimer County. We are a nonprofit organization that acts as a centralized distribution point, collecting, storing, and distributing mostly donated food to a variety of nonprofit agencies and individuals facing food insecurity. This year, we distributed enough food for over 10 million meals to people in need through community partnerships and hunger-relief programs.See Schedule O for More Information. We collect food and funds from a variety of sources, including businesses, farms, food drives, individuals, and Feeding America, the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief organization. Food donations are distributed to individuals in need through three overlapping and integrated programs: Fresh Food Share, Nourishing Network and Nutritious Kitchen. Fresh Food Share: Our Fresh Food Share No Cost Markets offer client-choice, fresh food directly to people in need. We have brick and mortar locations in Fort Collins and Loveland and operate three mobile markets in partnership with community organizations. Fresh Food Share distributes fruits, vegetables, bread, meat, and dairy to more than 42,560 individuals, representing more than 17,236 households over the course of the year. Individuals qualify for Food Share based on residency in Larimer County and gross monthly income. Our goal is to provide each person with enough food for at least one meal per day each month. We provided 7.6 million meals through Fresh Food Share programs in FY2025. Nutritious Kitchen: Our Nutritious Kitchen provides meals and snacks to a variety of sites serving children and senior populations. Fresh Foundations for Kids provides nutritious meals and snacks after school and during the summer to sites throughout Larimer County. We served over 87,300 meals and snacks to eligible school-aged children. Our Fresh Focus for Seniors initiative provides meals for Volunteers of America congregate senior meal sites. During FY2025, we shifted from providing individual, frozen meals to ready to eat and hot meals. This allowed VOA's clients to eat as part of a congregate group or to participate in a drive-thru and take the meals home to eat. In partnership with VOA, the program provided over 24,241 meals for seniors. Nourishing Network: Nourishing Network provides food to over 129 non-profit organization programs to distribute to their clients in need. These programs include food pantries, kitchens, shelters, and snack programs that serve low-income populations. Last year, we saved our partner agencies over $4.6 million on food costs while distributing 2.6 million pounds of food. Community Impact: Our Community Impact team consists of Nutrition Matters nutrition education, SNAP (food stamps) and other benefit outreach and application assistance. We assisted 1,814 individuals representing 1,110 households with SNAP applications and recertifications, facilitating access to over 1,031,528 meals and generating over $6.6M of local economic impact. Through Fresh Focus for Seniors we distributed over 7,300 federal commodity boxes, coupled with fresh produce. These boxes helped provide both shelf-stable and fresh produce for many of our senior (over 60-years-old) clients. Nappie Project: The Nappie Project sources donated and purchased diapers, wipes, and associated products, and distributed through Fresh Food Share programs, and to agency partners. The Nappie Project distributed more than 848,540 individual diapers and packages of wipes to 21 different agency partners in FY2025. Local Farm Purchasing Program: In the wake of widespread business closures in the spring of 2020, FBLC recognized a possible hardship for local, small-scale farmers. Through a variety of funding sources, we have been able to continue this program, and in FY2025 we worked with 24 local farms to source over 80,000 pounds of fresh, local produce. This program contributed $201,105 to the local food economy through farmer-direct purchases, resulting in an estimated $345,900 in economic impact.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 1984.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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