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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: February 2024 Expires: December 2025

Nourish Up

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(704) 523-4333
Post Office Box 680791
Charlotte, NC, 28216
https://nourishup.org/
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Nourish Up meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to nourish our neighbors with food and compassion."

Year, State Incorporated:
1984, NC

Also Known As:
Loaves and Fishes Friendship Trays

Nourish Up (formerly Loaves & Fishes - Friendship Trays) reports providing groceries, meals, and hope through a network of food pantries. The organization is a Meals on Wheels program for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Once clients are referred to L&F, they receive a 7-day supply of healthy groceries, up to 12 times during the calendar year. Programs include a brick and mortar pantry, grocery home delivery program, online grocery orders, mobile food pharmacy, specialty box program, and others. As reported by the organization, during 2021, Nourish Up offered a week of groceries to 76,973 neighbors, 117,539 meal deliveries, and fresh produce through Pop Up Food Shares for 48,824.

For the year ended September 30, 2021, Nourish Up's program expenses were:

Program services $5,792,632
Total Program Expenses $5,792,632

Chief Executive
Tina Postel, Chief Executive Officer

Compensation*
$162,156

Chair of the Board
Shana Plott

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Chief Executive Officer, Coleman Ley Canny Bowen

Board Size
29

Paid Staff Size
45

*2020 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals, Radio, Foundation grants, Print advertisements

Fundraising costs were 6% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $10,304,843, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

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 Nourish Up's audited financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2021.

Source of Funds
Beverly Howard Endowment Fund $1,000
Other income, net $2,507
Contributed office and warehouse space $32,700
Emergency food and shelter program grant $32,928
Contributed advertising $36,500
Special events, net $136,517
PPP loan forgiveness income $152,037
Other grants $522,405
Gain on investments, net $541,467
Contributed food $3,547,961
Individual church and other contributions $5,875,723
Total Income $10,876,745

Programs: 83% Fundraising: 9% Administrative: 7%

Total Income $10,876,745
Total expenses: $6,938,361
  Program expenses $5,792,632
  Fundraising expenses $626,869
  Administrative expenses $518,860
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $3,938,384
Beginning Net Assets $8,560,088
Other Changes In Net Assets $5,216,007
Ending Net Assets $17,714,479
Total Liabilities $154,785
Total Assets $17,869,264

Note 1: According to the Nourish Up's audited financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2021, the organization received in-kind contributions of $3,666,714 including food ($3,547,961), donated legal services ($49,553), advertisement ($36,500), and office and warehouse space ($32,700).

Note 2: In the financial summary above, “other changes in net assets” refers to gain on acquisition ($3,936,891) and gain on property ($1,279,116).

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Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance