Harvest Pack

Harvest Pack is a non-profit organization committed to bringing healthy food to every table. We utilize volunteers to Pack meals that have been formulated by food scientists to provide a rich source of easily digestible protein, carbohydrates, and vitamins needed by a malnourished child's body and mind. Our meals offer all nine of the essential amino acids required for complete nutrition. On january 1, 2022 there were 191,928 finished meals in the warehouse. In 2022 Harvest Pack packaged 2,074,467 meals and donated 1,670,563 meals locally and 541,788 meals internationally. There were 54,044 meals in finished meals in the warehouse on december 31, 2022 scheduled to be distributed in 2023. Limited access to fresh produce is a major problem within communities suffering from food insecurity. Low- income communities living in food deserts have limited access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food. Fresh produce is a vital source of nutrients that the body needs, and Harvest Pack believes it should be within everyone's reach Harvest Pack's ratio of expenses related to program versus administrative and fundraising activities reported on form 990 is based upon its accrual basis cash revenues and expenses less cost of goods sold of 107,097. These costs are reported directly against the related receipts from sale of food inventory. Donated services are also not recognized as program expenses for form 990 reporting purposes. The financial statements functional expense breakout is reported on a gaap basis with cost of goods sold and the value of donated services factored in resulting in 91% program, 8% management and genereal, and 1% fundraising. Many organizations that had planned to host packing events in 2021 or 2022 postponed them until 2023. Management has deferred 170,020 of the income received for these events until 2023. The number of events increased by 32 events than in 2021; thus the funding for events was much higher in 2022 and is projected to exceed recent years' business levels. The organization continued to use strict cdc guidelines for community safety during meal packing events.

The 3,095 is comprised of two grants to non-profit entities that sponsor meal packing events for Hunger Ends Here, dba Harvest Pack. A grant of 2,995 was granted to the church of jesus christ of latter day saints and 100.00 was given to carolina forest community church. Both of these non- profit organizations help support the mission of Harvest Pack by hosting meal packing events. These grants were given to help offset costs of hosting the events.