Food Lifeline

“Board members will be emailed a draft version of the 990. The audit committee of the board will review the 990 in detail with the cfo prior the the general board distribution.”

“Board members must not have a materially conflicting interest with the organization. When a member has an unavoidable conflict of interest, they will disclose it to the board, who will vote on the matter, absent the interested person. Annually, each board member will sign a conflict of interest statement to disclose in writing any such conflicts.”

“The president and ceo are appointed by and report to the board of directors. The ceo compensation committee of the board of directors evaluates the performance of the president and ceo at least once annually. Salaries are based on job descriptions, salary ranges of similar positions in other local agencies, and salary ranges at feeding america, formerly america's second harvest, affiliates. The president and ceo are in charge of determining compensation for all other top management, using the same criteria as above.”

“Our annual audit report is avaiable to the public on our website or upon request.”

“In the wake of the covid-19 pandemic and our state's statewide stay-at-home order in march, food lifeline had to quickly adapt to dramatically increased demand for food. With the economic hardship caused by the pandemic, the number of food insecure people in our state doubled to 1.6 million people with a high likelihood that it could reach more than 2 million people before the crisis begins to subside. To meet this need, food lifeline ramped up operations to provide a record number of meals to our community, actively working with our 300 partner agencies to identify safe ways to distribute food directly to them so they can continue their work of supporting those facing hunger. In addition to the increased support of our partner network, food lifeline is also serving as a lead agency in a state-wide hunger relief effort. In coordination with the governor jay inslee's office, second harvest and northwest harvest, food lifeline built and supplied emergency food boxes full of nutritious, shelf-stable food to every county in the state each week to reach those most in need.”