2026-08-12T16:39:22-07:00 2025-12-31 260614120 Lance W Gurel CPA 423 N FARR RD SPOKANE VALLEY WA 99206 990EZ 2025-01-01 994964300 Verde Vida VERD 9172886995 4580 Broadway Apt 1G New York NY 10040 George Espinal President 2026-08-12 true Lance Gurel P00544179 5095992268 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X www.verdevidany.org X X 175130 X 175124 6 0 0 0 0 175130 679 50 163244 163973 11157 11157 11157 0 11157 0 11157 Verde Vida is a charitable organization dedicated to reducing food insecurity and improving equitable access to fresh, nutritious, and culturally relevant food in underserved communities. The organization operates community-based food access programs, including client-choice produce distributions, food rescue initiatives, nutrition and culinary education, and community outreach. Verde Vida works primarily in communities experiencing persistent barriers to affordable healthy food and partners with schools, nonprofit organizations, food businesses, volunteers, and community stakeholders to recover and distribute nutritious food that might otherwise go to waste. Its programs are designed to preserve dignity by allowing participants to select foods that meet their household needs and cultural preferences without unnecessary administrative barriers. Verde Vida also promotes education, community engagement, and advocacy around hunger, food waste, nutrition, and equitable food systems. Community Food Access During 2025, Verde Vida expanded access to fresh and nutritious food for families experiencing food insecurity in Northern Manhattan, Harlem, the Bronx, and surrounding communities. Through recurring client-choice food distributions, the organization distributed approximately 84,300 pounds of food, with an emphasis on fresh produce and culturally relevant ingredients. Verde Vida's client-choice model allows participants to select the foods that best meet the needs of their households rather than receiving predetermined packages. Programs were designed to reduce barriers to accessing nutritious food while maintaining dignity, choice, and respect. Distributions were conducted in partnership with community organizations, schools, food rescue partners, volunteers, and other local stakeholders, allowing Verde Vida to reach families in trusted and accessible community settings. 160410 Food Rescue and Waste Reduction Verde Vida strengthened its food rescue activities during 2025 by recovering fresh produce and other nutritious food from food businesses, suppliers, and community partners and redirecting those products to families instead of allowing usable food to go to waste. The organization coordinated transportation, volunteers, food handling, and community distribution to efficiently move recovered food from donors and suppliers into neighborhoods experiencing food insecurity. Food rescue supported Verde Vida's charitable food access programs while advancing the organization's environmental goal of reducing unnecessary food waste. Recovered products were incorporated into client-choice distributions so community members could select fresh items based on household preferences and needs. These activities allowed Verde Vida to simultaneously address hunger, food waste, and inequities in access to nutritious food. 100 Education and Community Engagement During 2025, Verde Vida continued developing community-centered programming designed to address food insecurity beyond emergency food distribution. The organization engaged residents, volunteers, schools, nonprofit partners, and other community stakeholders around nutrition, healthy food access, food rescue, and the needs of families experiencing food insecurity. Verde Vida used its food distribution activities as opportunities to strengthen relationships with residents, identify community needs, connect participants with available resources, and build greater awareness of hunger and food waste. The organization also continued developing educational, culinary, and advocacy initiatives intended to complement its direct food access work and support a longer-term approach to improving community food security. Volunteer engagement remained an important component of these activities and helped increase community participation in Verde Vida's charitable mission. 3453 163963 George Espinal President 0 0 Miladis Flores Vice President 0 0 Nelson German Treasurer 0 0 false false false false false false false 0 0 0 false 0 0 false Nelson German 4580 Broadway New York NY 10040 9172886995 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 14714 14714 0 0 14714 14714 0 14714 0 0 160416 160416 175130 X 0.00000 Other Expenses.1001 Advertising and Promotion $190 Other Expenses.1003 Information Technology $332 Other Expenses.1005 Travel $10 Other Expenses.1 In-kind goods distributed $160410 Other Expenses.2 Produce/food purchases $2077 Other Expenses.3 Dues & subscriptions $225