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Youth Development

Foodwhat Incorporated

SANTA CRUZ, CA

Website

Total revenue

$1.7M

Total expenses

$1.5M

Net assets

$2.0M

Grants received

$3.3M

85 grants

EIN

812590280

Tax year

2024

Mission

FoodWhat?! is a youth empowerment and food justice organization. Here youth engage in relationships with land, food, and each other in ways that are grounded in love and justice. We provide meaningful space where youth define and cultivate their empowerment, liberation, wellbeing.

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$1.6M
Program service revenue$4K
Investment income$44K
Other revenue—
Total revenue$1.7M

Expenses

Grants paid—
Salaries & benefits$1.1M
Fundraising$180K
Other expenses$327K
Total expenses$1.5M
Total assets$2.1M
Net assets$2.0M

People

9 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Doron Comerchero

Co Exec. Dir.

Board

$138K

40 hrs/wk

Irene O'Connell

Co Exec. Dir.

Board

$125K

40 hrs/wk

Puiyee Tse

Finance Manager

Board

$49K

15 hrs/wk

Yuneisy Fincher

Treasurer

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

Paulina Moreno

Director

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

Elisa Orona

President

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

Reverend Beverly Brook

Director

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

Cesario Ruiz

Vice President

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

Tony Serrano

Director

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 85 of 85

FromAmountPurposeYear
THE SCHMIDT FAMILY FOUNDATION
$100K
FOSTERING YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP
2024
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SANTA CRUZ
$90K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT, EMERGING JEDI AWARDS
2024
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
$25K
Youth Development
2024
CAROLINE'S NONPROFIT THRIFT SHOP
$20K
—
2024
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND
$10K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2024
SUTTER BAY MEDICAL FOUNDATION
$8K
—
2024
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
$100K
Families and Communities
2023
THE SCHMIDT FAMILY FOUNDATION
$75K
FOSTERING YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP
2023
LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$50K
BUILDING CIVIC POWER
2023
DIGNITY HEALTH
$50K
COMMUNITY HEALTH
2023
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS
$49K
The Power Of Food: Fostering Youth Health, Empower
2023
MONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION
$45K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
NEWMAN'S OWN FOUNDATION
$40K
FOODWHAT, SCHOOL-BASED AFFORDABLE FARM STAND
2023
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC
$36K
HUMAN SERVICES
2023
Progressive Multiplier Fund
$35K
N2 EJ Cohort - Food What
2023
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SANTA CRUZ
$34K
FOR ANNUAL FUNDRAISER, GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
Rotary Club of SC Sunrise Foundation
$25K
General Fund
2023
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
$25K
Youth Development
2023
The Ida and Robert Gordon Family Foundation
$20K
Farm to Food Manager position fund
2023
GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND
$20K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2023
SUTTER BAY MEDICAL FOUNDATION
$10K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2023
CAROLINE'S NONPROFIT THRIFT SHOP
$10K
—
2023
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
$6K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
THE SCHMIDT FAMILY FOUNDATION
$75K
FOSTERING YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP
2022
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
$50K
ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
2022
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
$50K
Youth Development
2022
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SANTA CRUZ
$50K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
MONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION
$40K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
DIGNITY HEALTH
$35K
COMMUNITY HEALTH
2022
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC
$25K
HUMAN SERVICES
2022
UNFI Foundation
$25K
IMPROVE ACCESS TO FRESH, HEALTHY FOOD FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
2022
UNFI Foundation
$25K
IMPROVE ACCESS TO FRESH, HEALTHY FOOD FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
2022
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS
$25K
?The Power Of Food: Fostering Youth Health, Empowe
2022
LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$20K
BLDG ECONOMIC PWR
2022
NEWMAN'S OWN FOUNDATION
$20K
FOOD, WHAT?!: BUILDING YOUTH POWER THROUGH ORGANIC FARMING, NOURISHING FOOD, AND LOVING COMMUNITY
2022
WW GOOD FOUNDATION INC
$10K
General support
2022
Rotary Club of SC Sunrise Foundation
$10K
General Fund
2022
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
$9K
FRESH SUCCESS: GRANT
2022
SUTTER BAY MEDICAL FOUNDATION
$8K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2022
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
$6K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
DIGNITY HEALTH
$50K
COMMUNITY HEALTH
2021
FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
$33K
FRESH SUCCESS
2021
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC
$12K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC
$11K
HUMAN SERVICES
2021
THE NELL NEWMAN FOUNDATION INC
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
SUTTER BAY MEDICAL FOUNDATION
$8K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2021
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
$1.1M
Youth Development
2020
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
$60K
LOCAL GRANTMAKING
2020
PAJARO VALLEY COMMUNITY HEALTH TRUST
$60K
HEALTHY EATING
2020
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SANTA CRUZ
$59K
EDUCATION/YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
2020
THE SCHMIDT FAMILY FOUNDATION
$50K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
$35K
FRESH SUCCESS: FED YEAR 2020
2020
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS
$25K
FoodWhat: Youth Power, Liberation and Well-being t
2020
NEWMAN'S OWN FOUNDATION
$20K
FOOD FOR SELF, FOOD FOR FAMILY, FOOD FOR COMMUNITY: YOUTH EMPOWERMENT THROUGH SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, NOURISHING FOOD AND LOVING COMMUNITY
2020
JUSTICE OUTSIDE
$15K
GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS
2020
THE JOSEPH AND VERA LONG FOUNDATION
$15K
FOODWHAT
2020
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
$11K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
J S & S MICHAAN FOUNDATION
$10K
CHARITABLE
2020
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC
$7K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC
$6K
HUMAN SERVICES
2020
THE KENNETH T AND EILEEN L NORRIS
$5K
UNRESTRICTED/GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
AMERICAN GIFT FUND
$5K
OPERATIONS
2020
The Yelp Foundation
$550
MATCHING CONTRIBUTION MADE BY EMPLOYEE OF YELP, INC.
2020
DIGNITY HEALTH
$50K
COMMUNITY HEALTH
2019
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SANTA CRUZ
$40K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2019
FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
$31K
FRESH SUCCESS
2019
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC
$31K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2019
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC
$15K
HUMAN SERVICES
2019
THE NELL NEWMAN FOUNDATION INC
$15K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2019
PAJARO VALLEY COMMUNITY HEALTH TRUST
$15K
CHILD HEALTH
2019
JUSTICE OUTSIDE
$15K
GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS
2019
PATAGONIAORG
$10K
TO SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS.
2019
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
$6K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
THE NELL NEWMAN FOUNDATION INC
$15K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2018
GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2018
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC
$8K
HUMAN SERVICES
2018
PAJARO VALLEY COMMUNITY HEALTH TRUST
$8K
CHILD HEALTH
2018
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
$7K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
CLIF FAMILY FOUNDATION
$6K
EXPANDING ORGANIC FOOD & FARMING
2018
The Yelp Foundation
$150
MATCHING CONTRIBUTION MADE BY EMPLOYEE OF YELP, INC.
2018
THE DEAN WITTER FOUNDATION
$25K
CAPACITY BUILDING PROJECT
2017
PAJARO VALLEY COMMUNITY HEALTH TRUST
$15K
CHILD HEALTH
2017
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
$7K
FOR GRANT RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSES
2017

Funded by

$3.3M from 32 funders · 85 grants · 2017–2024

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

$1.2M · 4 grants · 2020–2024

The Schmidt Family Foundation

$300K · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Community Foundation Santa Cruz

$272K · 5 grants · 2019–2024

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

$210K · 3 grants · 2020–2023

Dignity Health

$185K · 4 grants · 2019–2023

Foundation For California Community

$108K · 4 grants · 2019–2022

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$101K · 6 grants · 2018–2023

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

$99K · 3 grants · 2020–2023

Details

EIN812590280
NTEE codeO50
Subsection03
Ruling date2016-07
Formed2017
Employees62
Volunteers6
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