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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: August 2025 Expires: August 2027

Kentucky Harvest

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
Accreditation seal
(502) 894-9999
PO Box 309
Fairdale, KY, 40118-0309
https://kyharvest.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

Kentucky Harvest meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:

To end local hunger by connecting with food donors and engaging volunteers to rescue excess food and move it from those who have it to those in need.

Year, State Incorporated:
1987, KY

Kentucky Harvest was founded in 1987 because food was going to waste that could be rescued and served to people that desperately need it. It rescues both perishable and non-perishable food and delivers it to those in need.

Kentucky Harvest has one program and it’s called People Helping People. It rescues leftover and surplus food from restaurants, grocery stores, bakeries, companies, schools, and food drives and then delivers it to homeless shelters, addiction recovery centers, children’s centers, churches, food pantries, and other organizations where it is needed. This is food that would otherwise go to waste. The nonprofit fills a gap in the community because unlike a food pantry, it gets perishable food to people who are hungry in the area – that same day.

Last year, Kentucky Harvest rescued and delivered over 2 million pounds of food through its fleet of vehicles and a network of over 200 active volunteers. Using its Food Rescue Hero app. The nonprofit fed over 250,000 people through over 80 nonprofits partners and saved those organizations over $4 million that they can use to strengthen their programs which makes the community a better place to live, work, and play.

For the year ended June 30, 2024, Kentucky Harvest's program expenses were:

Program services $3,759,416
Total Program Expenses $3,759,416

Chief Executive
Heather Suell Stewart, Executive Director

Chair of the Board
Mr. Jerry Gobb

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
nSight Medical

Board Size
13

Paid Staff Size
5

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Invitations to fund raising events, Television, Radio, Grant proposals, Internet, Cause-related marketing (affinity credit cards, consumer product sales, etc.), Membership appeals, Appeals via Social Media (Facebook, etc.)

% of Related Contributions on Fundraising: 1.45%

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 Kentucky Harvest's IRS Form 990 for the year ended June 30, 2024.

Source of Funds
Noncash contributions $3,552,962
All other contributions, gifts, grants $270,344
Fundraising events $70,035
Turkey Stock $15,795
Other fundraising events, net $-4,433
Total Income $3,904,703

Programs: 98% Fundraising: 1% Administrative: 1%

Total Income $3,904,703
Total expenses: $3,853,120
  Program expenses $3,759,416
  Fundraising expenses $56,552
  Administrative expenses $37,152
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $51,583
Beginning Net Assets $349,795
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $401,378
Total Liabilities $1,606
Total Assets $402,984
Ending net assets as reported as reported above are unrestricted net assets. 

Total assets as reported above include $21,295 in property and equipment, net.

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