EIN 91-1203572

Helping Hands Food Bank

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
37
Year formed
1985
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
Description
Helping Hands Food Bank provides food assistance to needy families in Skagit County through its weekly distribution, backpack program, mobile food, and emergency food programs. The organization's solutions program aims to help people move from surviving to thriving by connecting them with non-food resources such as property tax exemptions for seniors or work boots. With the help of 300 volunteers, Helping Hands distributed over 2.3 million pounds of nutritious food in 2022 across seven distribution locations, serving approximately 200,000 visits.
Also known as...
Helping Hands Food Bank of Sedro Woolley
Total revenues
$10,295,222
2022
Total expenses
$10,646,702
2022
Total assets
$3,010,080
2022
Num. employees
37
2022

Program areas at Helping Hands Food Bank

Weekly Food distribution: Helping Hands distributed nutritious Food to skagit county. In 2022 there were 200,000 visits to the 7 distribution locations of over 2.3 million pounds of Food. Helping Hands has 300 volunteers that have given 85,000 in 2022 to sort produce, deliver groceries to seniors and children, hand out Food at Food distribution and check in client numbers.
Kids backpack program:chow is a program that delivers 5 meals a week to over 800 kids a week to keep them nourished over the weekend. Parents sign themselves up for the program and volunteers deliver the weekly bags.
The solutions program works on getting people from surviving to thriving. They connect participants with resources that are not Food. The example of that is working with seniors to apply for the senior exemption for their property taxes, getting work boots for people to go to work, signed up for classes at goodwills, signed up for snap and they do street outreach activities to the unhoused.

Who funds Helping Hands Food Bank

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Seattle FoundationTo Provide General Support$75,000
Seattle FoundationTo Support Food and Food Distribution Expenses$75,000
Jerry H Walton FoundationTo Provide Food, Non-Food Essentials, Job-Skills Training, and Other Service Programs To People in Need.$17,500
...and 13 more grants received

Personnel at Helping Hands Food Bank

NameTitleCompensation
Rebecca SkirndeExecutive Director$133,932
Rebecca FullertonPast Executive Director / President / Administrator$95,510
Sara FishPresident$0
Brian WilliamsVice President / Director$0
Vance WhippoTreasurer$0
...and 1 more key personnel

Financials for Helping Hands Food Bank

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$10,230,819
Program services$0
Investment income and dividends$452
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$2,600
Net income from fundraising events$61,340
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$11
Total revenues$10,295,222

Form 990s for Helping Hands Food Bank

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-11-15990View PDF
2021-122022-11-15990View PDF
2020-122021-11-15990View PDF
2019-122021-02-19990View PDF
2018-122019-11-15990View PDF
...and 9 more Form 990s
Data update history
May 19, 2024
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $8,241 from American Online Giving Foundation
January 19, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
January 2, 2024
Received grants
Identified 8 new grant, including a grant for $75,000 from Seattle Foundation
October 23, 2023
Received grants
Identified 14 new grant, including a grant for $75,000 from Seattle Foundation
July 5, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Food banksFood and nutrition programsCharities
Issues
Human servicesFood and nutritionHunger
Characteristics
Operates donor advised fundsFundraising eventsState / local levelCommunity engagement / volunteeringTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
9386 Fruitdale Rd
Sedro Woolley, WA 98284
Metro area
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
County
Skagit County, WA
Website URL
helpinghandsfoodbank.org/ 
Phone
(360) 856-2211
IRS details
EIN
91-1203572
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1985
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
K31: Food Banks, Food Pantries
NAICS code, primary
624210: Community Food Services
Parent/child status
Independent
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