Cultivate Food Rescue
Standards For Charity Accountability
Governance
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Board Oversight
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Board Size
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Board Meetings
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Board Compensation
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Conflict of Interest
Measuring Effectiveness
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Effectiveness Policy
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Effectiveness Report
Finances
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Program Expenses
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Fundraising Expenses
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Accumulating Funds
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Audit Report
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Detailed Expense Breakdown
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Accurate Expense Reporting
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Budget Plan
Fundraising & Info
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Truthful Materials
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Annual Report
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Website Disclosures
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Donor Privacy
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Cause Marketing Disclosures
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Complaints
Cultivate Food Rescue does not meet the following 1 Standards for Charity Accountability:
Standard 6 (Board Policy on Effectiveness)
Have a board policy of assessing, no less than every two years, the organization's performance and effectiveness and of determining future actions required to achieve its mission.
The charity does not meet this Standard because:
The organization does not have a board policy on assessing organizational performance and effectiveness.
The BBB Wise Giving Alliance requested but did not receive complete information from the organization and is unable to verify the organization's compliance with the following Standard(s) for Charity Accountability: 7
Cultivate Food Rescue meets the remaining 18 Standards for Charity Accountability.
Stated Purpose:
"No Neighbor Hungry, No Food Wasted."
Year, State Incorporated:
2016, IN
Also Known As:
Cultivate Culinary School and Catering, Inc.
Cultivate Food Rescue rescues millions of pounds of food each year from farms, grocery stores, restaurants and dining facilities. The rescued food is then distributed to those at risk of food hunger through its Backpack Program and Cultivate Cares Food Network. The Backpack Program provides nutritious frozen meals to children who do not have adequate food resources during the weekends when school meals are not served. Cultivate is currently providing 12,000 frozen meals per week which are distributed to local schools in the northern Indiana region. The Cultivate Cares Food Network redistributes rescued food to over 200 pantries, soup kitchens and other organizations serving our neighbors with food insecurity.
For the year ended June 30, 2024, Cultivate Food Rescue's program expenses were:
| Food Rescue and Hunger Relief | $11,432,409 |
| Total Program Expenses | $11,432,409 |
Chief Executive
Jim Conklin, President/Co-Founder
Compensation*
$130,656
Chair of the Board
Grant Hellwarth
Board Size
11
Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Telephone appeals, Invitations to fund raising events, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Television, Grant proposals, Cause-related marketing (affinity credit cards, consumer product sales, etc.), Other
This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.
The following information is based on Cultivate Food Rescue's audited financial statements - consolidated for the year ended June 30, 2024.
Source of Funds
| Gifts in Kind Rescued Food Program | $8,794,677 |
| Individual Contributions | $2,096,998 |
| Corporate Contributions | $1,789,417 |
| Gifts in Kind | $800,000 |
| Other Income | $490,295 |
| Special Events | $391,432 |
| Interest Income | $35,205 |
| Total Income | $14,398,024 |
Programs: 89% Fundraising: 6% Administrative: 5%
| Total Income | $14,398,024 |
| Total expenses: | $12,800,707 |
| Program expenses | $11,432,409 |
| Fundraising expenses | $731,275 |
| Administrative expenses | $637,023 |
| Other expenses | $0 |
| Income in Excess of Expenses | $1,597,317 |
| Beginning Net Assets | $10,304,316 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets | $-412,519 |
| Ending Net Assets | $11,489,114 |
| Total Liabilities | $7,158,682 |
| Total Assets | $18,647,796 |
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Report completed by:
BBB Serving Northern Indiana