Public Charity

FoodWhat Incorporated

FoodWhat Incorporated, of Santa Cruz, CA, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $4.4M in revenue, $1.9M in expenses, $4.7M in total assets. 78 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $3.2M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 812590280 Santa Cruz, CA Youth Development Programs NTEE: O50 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$4.4M
Total Expenses$1.9M
Total Assets$4.7M
Grant Records78
Funding Total$3.2M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

FoodWhat?! is a youth empowerment and food justice organization. Youth engage with land, food, and each other in ways that are grounded in love and justice. We provide space where youth define and cultivate their empowerment, liberation, wellbeing.

Where $100 goes at FoodWhat Incorporated

How FoodWhat Incorporated divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$72 Programs the work itself
$15 Management running the organization
$13 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $72 for programs

$36
Santa Cruz County youth joined FoodWhat through our Spring Internship, Summer Job Training, Fall Project Management and second-year programs
50% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 78 youth; 35 youth; 27 youth
$36
After many years of dreaming and diligently searching, at the close of 2025, FoodWhat found and secured a 5.25-acre piece of land in the Pajaro Valley to create…
About 50% (cost not reported)
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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 Brendan Quirk
Co Exec. Dir. Doron Comerchero
Co Exec. Dir. Irene O'connell
Vice President Paulina Moreno
Finance Manager Puiyee Tse
Director Reverend Beverly Brook

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Youth Development
$1,758,315 11 grants
General Support
$699,361 37 grants
Health & Medicine
$352,369 11 grants
Human & Social Services
$143,700 9 grants
Food Assistance & Nutrition
$35,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $4.4M $1.9M $4.7M
2024 $1.7M $1.5M $2.1M
2023 $1.8M $1.2M $1.8M
2022 $1.2M $993K $1.3M
2021 $1.2M $836K $1.1M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.2M to $4.4M (+277%), with total assets most recently reported at $4.7M.

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