Food Lifeline
Food Lifeline
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About this organization
Mission
Food Lifeline’s mission is to feed people experiencing hunger today and working to end hunger for tomorrow. Food Lifeline is on a mission to end hunger in Western Washington. We believe that access to food is a human right. Our goal is to address hunger in our by feeding people who are facing hunger each day, and at the same time addressing the root causes of hunger: poverty, inequity and injustice. It is our firm belief that nobody deserves to be hungry and ending hunger is possible.
About
Food Lifeline sourced and distributed over 58 million pounds of food in 2019, which is enough food to create the equivalent of 49 million meals. We provide enough food to create the equivalent of 134,000 meals per day to food assistance programs across Western Washington.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
From their filing, the objective of the non-profit is stated as “Our mission is to end hunger in western washington by engaging communities and mobilizing resources. we collect and distribute the food industry's surpluses to our network of food programs that feed hungry people. our programs find creative ways to feed more families, (continued) including rescuing good food that otherwise would have gone to waste. our policy work defends the community's safety net and reduces barriers to people getting the healthy, nutritious food they need.”.
When talking about its functions, they were outlined as: “Founded in 1979, food lifeline's mission is to feed people experiencing hunger today while working to end hunger tomorrow. food lifeline is committed to increasing access to healthy food, building a movement to end hunger, strengthen the public safety net, and improving client household stability. food lifeline sourced and distributed over 58 million pounds of food in 2019, which is enough food to create the equivalent of 49 million meals. we provide enough food to create the equivalent of 134,000 meals per day to food assistance programs across western washington.”.
- The legally reported state of operation for the non-profit is WA.
- According to the filing, the non-profit's address in 2020 is 815 S 96TH ST, SEATTLE, WA, 98108.
- The non-profit organization as of 2020 has a total of 131 employees reported on their form.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $2,166,429.
- The organization has 17 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1991.
- The organization pays $6,751,785 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $2,344,690 in fundraising expenses.
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