Public Charity

GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC

GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC, of BOSTON, MA, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $179.2M in revenue, $169.4M in expenses, $85.2M in total assets. 416 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $115.9M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 042717782 BOSTON, MA Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$179.2M
Total Expenses$169.4M
Total Assets$85.2M
Grant Records416
Funding Total$115.9M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

OUR COSTS CONSIST OF ACQUIRING, SORTING AND DISTRIBUTING FOOD TO 617 MEMBER AGENCIES, TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO 69 DIRECT DISTRIBUTION SITES SUCH AS GBFB MOBILE MARKETS, AND FEDERAL DISTRIBUTIONS FOR LOW INCOME SENIORS. LAST YEAR, WE DISTRIBUTED OVER 109 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD, THE EQUIVALENT OF OVER 90.9 MILLION MEALS. WE ARE COMMITTED TO INCREASING OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTION TO PROVIDE AT LEAST THREE MEALS A DAY TO EVERY PERSON IN NEED IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.

Where $100 goes at Greater Boston Food Bank Inc

How Greater Boston Food Bank Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$93 Programs the work itself
$4 Management running the organization
$3 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $93 for programs

$93
Gbfb acquires food through food industry product donations, food drives, and financial contributions that enable us to purchase additional high-nutrient quality food
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 18,000 volunteers
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Allen Hamdan
EVP OF HUMAN RESOURCES Aprylle Wallace
TREASURER Carl Paratore
PRESIDENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Catherine D'amato
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Cheryl Anne Oldfield Schondek
DIRECTOR Debbie Amaral

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$80,858,302 256 grants
Food Assistance & Nutrition
$23,085,490 64 grants
Health & Medicine
$6,660,797 17 grants
Human & Social Services
$3,434,019 22 grants
Youth Development
$118,400 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $179.2M $169.4M $85.2M
2024 $173.4M $165.8M $75.5M
2023 $153.3M $160.4M $70.0M
2022 $157.6M $161.7M $73.4M
2021 $188.0M $166.6M $80.5M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $188.0M to $179.2M (-5%), with total assets most recently reported at $85.2M.

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