City Harvest Inc

“City harvest's board of directors has assigned the audit & risk management committee the responsibility of reviewing and approving the form 990. Accordingly, after management and the audit & risk management committee have fully reviewed the form 990, it is approved by the audit & risk management committee and made available electronically to the board of directors. Any comments are reviewed by management and the audit & risk management committee, and changes are made if deemed necessary. These changes are reviewed with the audit & risk management committee after which, the chief finance and administration officer notifies the audit firm to finalize the form 990 and file it with the internal revenue service.”

“City harvest issues its conflict of interest policy along with its handbook upon employment. Additionally, each board member is required to submit a potential conflict of interest disclosure statement immediately upon election or appointment to the board, and on an annual basis thereafter. Each employee is required to place the interest of city harvest foremost and has a continuing responsibility to comply with the requirements of the conflict of interest policy. Any potential conflict of interest shall be reviewed by the executive committee of the board, which shall attempt to resolve any actual or potential conflict. Employees are required to notify their supervisors of any potential conflicts and the matter is resolved by the human resources department in consultation with the ceo.”

“The ceo's compensation is administered in accordance with an employment contract that was reviewed by an independent compensation firm that provided both benchmarking against the compensative market and an intermediate sanctions review. The new compensation study was finalized towards the end of fiscal year 2022. The contract was reviewed by the executive committee of the board and approved by the full board. Annually, the board chair convenes a committee of directors who have worked closely with the ceo. This committee discusses, independent of the ceo, the ceo's performance relative to the job description. During these deliberations, the committee may also consider input obtained from other board members, staff and professional advisors. Once a consensus is reached regarding performance, a similar discussion is held concerning compensation and annual bonus relative to annual benchmark and established objectives. Once the committee decides on an appropriate compensation level and bonus, the committee and/or board chair meets with the ceo to discuss and document strengths, weaknesses and goals for the upcoming year. Compensation for the upcoming year is also discussed and documented and maintained on file with the human resources department. Compensation for other officers and key employees are administered by the ceo or applicable direct report to the ceo along with the human resources department similar to the process for executive compensation. City harvest performs an annual review of its non-unionized employees. The ceo will conduct a written performance appraisal of other officers and key employees which will be used to determine eligibility for staff increases. In addition, human resources provide salary surveys and other independent benchmark data to ascertain if staff compensation levels are deemed appropriate. The ceo meets with other officers and key employees to discuss performance and compensation. Compensation for the upcoming year is also discussed and documented and maintained on file with the human resources department.”

“The organization makes its form 990 available to the public by retaining a copy at its place of business. The form 990 is likewise published on various third party websites such as www.guidestar.org, www.charitynavigator.org, www.ag.ny.gov and on the organization's webpage at www.cityharvest.org. The form 1023 is not available on the organization's website, but will be made available upon request at the organization's head offices. The organization's financial statements, governing documents and conflict of interest policy are not ordinarily made available to the public, but, if requested, will be provided at management's discretion.”

“City harvest helped start the food rescue movement in 1982 and, in fiscal year 2024, collected 79 million pounds of excess food to help feed the nearly 3 million new yorkers struggling to put meals on their tables. Through relationships with farms, grocers, restaurants, and manufacturers, city harvest collects nutritious food that would otherwise go to waste and delivers it, free of charge, to 400 soup kitchens, food pantries and other community food programs across the five boroughs. City harvest works alongside our community partners to build their capacity, expand nutrition education, and advocate for systems change through effective public policy. Our programs help new yorkers who are experiencing food insecurity to access, afford, and consume nutritious food.”

“Emergency food rescue: using a fleet of 23 trucks, three of which are tractor trailers, city harvest rescues and delivers excess food seven days a week. In fiscal year 2024, city harvest collected 79 million pounds of food, 74% of which was fruits and vegetables. This food was delivered, free of charge, to 400 soup kitchens, food pantries, and other community partners across new york city. Since our founding, we have rescued and delivered nearly 1.3 billion pounds of good, nutritious food for new yorkers in need. At city harvest, we recognize our responsibility to the people we serve and strive to ensure the highest food safety standards in every facet of our food rescue operations. We take careful steps to ensure that each pound of food is rescued and delivered safely. 1. Cohen community food rescue center (frc): during fiscal year 2024, city harvest fully operated in our permanent 150,000-square- foot facility in sunset park, brooklyn. The frc has a cold loading dock with seven bay doors that leads directly to our cooler and freezer spaces to safely hold perishable food without breaking the cold chain. Additionally, the frc has over 1,100 pallet positions for dry storage and an area to sort non-perishable goods, allowing us to rescue and deliver a wide variety of food. Each morning, city harvest's trucks are loaded with food at the frc and move across the city, picking up and delivering food for hundreds of community programs. The frc also accepts large donations of food directly from farms and corporations, some of which are repacked by volunteers and staff members into family-sized bags that we deliver to soup kitchens, food pantries, and other community food partners. In fiscal year 2024, city harvest sourced 79 million pounds of food, 74% of which was produce. 2. Where city harvest rescues food: city harvest collects nutritious excess food that would otherwise go to waste from approximately 1,600 food donors, including farms, grocers, restaurants, and manufacturers. City harvest also relies on new yorkers across the city who organize food drives in their schools, businesses, and places of worship. 3. Where the food goes: city harvest delivers food to 400 soup kitchens, food pantries and other community partners across new york city, helping to feed the 3 million residents who are struggling to make ends meet. These soup kitchens, food pantries, homeless shelters, and other community food programs together help feed hundreds of thousands of new yorkers each week. 4. Kosher initiative: city harvest's kosher initiative addresses the dietary needs of the half-million kosher-observant jewish individuals experiencing food insecurity in new york city. Since 1999, we have rescued and delivered 98 million pounds of food, including fresh produce and kosher meat, to kosher community food programs. We deliver food to 22 kosher feeding programs across the city.”

“As a natural extension of the anti-hunger work we began more than 40 years ago, we also work alongside our community partners to build their capacity, expand nutrition education, and advocate for systems change through effective public policy. Our programs put nutritious food on the tables of new yorkers in need and help inspire long-term change in the fight against hunger by: 1. Relieving food insecurity: city harvest provides new yorkers experiencing food insecurity with nutritious food, free of charge, to feed themselves and their families. A. Providing food: this year, city harvest delivered 79 million pounds of food across the city. Since 74% of this food was produce, soup kitchens and food pantries were then able to offer participants a variety of nutritious foods. B. Mobile markets: through free, farmers' market-style distributions of produce in low-income communities across the five boroughs, city harvest distributes an average of 3 million pounds of fruits and vegetables each year. On-site cooking demonstrations show residents how to cook with the produce and nutritious shelf-stable food. City harvest has nine mobile markets across new york city that each hold two distributions per month, for a total of 216 events per year. C. Community partner distributions: in neighborhoods without traditional food pantries, city harvest partners with local organizations to create farmers' market-style events modeled after our mobile markets. We deliver fruits and vegetables, teach the organization how to operate the market, and provide technical expertise. Through 20 community partner distributions, we delivered 4.3 million pounds of food in fiscal year 2024. D. Grants: through our agency capacity-building work, city harvest provides infrastructure support to help build the capability of emergency feeding programs to distribute food safely and efficiently to those in need. After a thorough assessment, we provide emergency feeding programs with equipment, such as refrigerators, pallet jacks, and forklifts, to help them safely distribute more food. Through our capacity-building work, we also provide emergency feeding programs with access to ongoing training and support to help them run successful organizations. Regular trainings are offered to the network, as well as one-on-one support sessions, providing assistance to organizations around a variety of topics from fundraising to volunteer recruitment and management. In addition, we provide grant opportunities to the emergency feeding programs in our network, supporting select agencies with personnel expenses and technological resources. 2. Providing nutrition and culinary education: city harvest offers free nutrition and culinary education courses and activities focused on buying, preparing, and eating healthy foods on a budget. A. Nutrition education courses and workshops: city harvest provides free nutrition classes for adults, families, teenagers, and children at participating community organizations, emergency food providers and through virtual platforms, teaching residents how to prepare healthy meals on a budget. We reached 23,724 residents through nutrition education courses, one-time workshops, and cooking demonstrations this year. We also shared nutrition resources via text messages and social media platforms resulting in 209,411 engagements. We continued to build upon our online resources including healthy recipes on our website, and nutrition focused videos. B. Cooking demonstrations: city harvest staff and volunteers demonstrate healthy, budget-conscious recipes and cooking techniques for residents at city harvest mobile markets, at emergency food providers, partner schools, and virtually.”

“Provision for uncollectible pledges -238,275.”