Long Beach Community Table

“A copy of the form 990 tax return, as prepared by an independent cpa, will be emailed by the executive director to each board member. The return will then be reviewed by the board before the return is approved for filing purposes.”

“The organization is in the process of developing its conflict of interest policy. All board members will be required to disclose any potential conflicts of interest that interesect with the organization's charitable operations and purposes.”

“The organization will make its charitable purposes documents and its form 990 available to the public on its own website and at its administrattive warehouse.”

“The organization is still in the process of developing some of its policies. The organization plans to make its governing documents available for public disclosure at its administrative warehouse”

“In 2019, the organization's services greatly expanded. At the start of operations in september 2018, it distributed approximately 50 pounds of donated food per week. By the end of 2019, that amount had grown to 600 pounds of food weekly, plus large numbers of essential hygiene items, clothing, shoes, and socks were provided directly to those in need.the organiation's resources increased dramatically as it connected and collaborated with more organizations such as food finders, food forward, city heart of harvest partners long beach, farmer's markets, food banks, schools, and other recovered food suppliers, allowing it to serve exponentially more people in need.the organization also expnanded from zero gardens to the creation of eight completed, productive urban gardens in private locations around the city.as the organization continued to attract more volunteers, it increased its capacity to do more. Its operating budget and incoming revenues greatly expanded with a growing network of individual donors, sponsorships, and grants, capped by a significant community impact grant awarded by the long beach community foundation in july 2019.”

“During the first eight months of operations (september 2018 to april 2019), all organization goods were stored at the home of its executive director, kristen cox, including canned foods, produce, perishables, clothing, and toiletries. The organization used its executive director's minivan as its distribution vehicle for food distribution for local parks and distressed neighborhoods on weekends.in may 2019, the organization acquired a used 24-foot converted passenger bus with plenty of room to hold much of the dry goods and to organize boxes and coolers for the organization's weekend distribution routes. But the organization needed to find a permanent faciliy for its storage and operations. Later that month, a local business organization donated the use of its warehouse building to long beach community table. Once long beach community table moved its administrative operations that warehouse site, the organization now had greater storage capacity, offices, and a small classroom. This allowed it to hold meetings, schedule educational workshops, and support its volunteers.”

“In-kind donated rent expense = -$50000”

“In june 2019, the organization was donated the use of a warehouse building. The value of the donated rent was $6,000 per month. For two months, the organizaiton also was donated the use of a second warehouse on the same property as the first warehouse. The value of the donated rent of the second warehouse was $4,000 per month.these donations resulted in a total of donated facilities use of $50,000 in 2019. The donated rent revenue from the donated facilities has been shown as a reconciling item on schedule xi, page 12, line 6. The donated rent expense amount has been shown as a reconiliing item on schedule xi, page 12, line 9.”