Nonprofit · EIN 27-1764219
COMMUNITY FOOD ADVOCATES INC
Tax-exempt · NEW YORK, NY 10005
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 (amended) | $921,725 | $1,233,655 | -$311,930 | $1,354,655 | $76,328 | $1,278,327 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 (amended) | $1,659,066 | $1,246,209 | $412,857 | $1,702,846 | $112,589 | $1,590,257 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $724,042 | $1,188,258 | -$464,216 | $1,386,270 | $208,870 | $1,177,400 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $903,765
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $17,960
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $75,000
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $149,178
- Other salaries and wages
- $455,853
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $793,237
- Professional fundraising fees
- $68,100
- Accounting fees
- $40,480
- Occupancy
- $57,286
- Travel
- $15,894
- Program services (functional)
- $992,548
- Management and general (functional)
- $102,301
- Fundraising (functional)
- $138,806
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,702,846
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,354,655
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $76,328
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,278,327
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $480,549
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $797,778
- Gross receipts
- $921,725
- Employees
- 7
- Year formed
- 2010
- State of legal domicile
- NY
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Accles | Executive Diretor Trustee or director, Officer | 35 | $148,648 | $19,055 |
| Tamara Missick | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Antoinette Emers | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Marissa Finn - Hersh | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Monique Lindsay | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jan Poppendieck | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Nina Guercio | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Tina Stinson-DaCruz | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Amy Rosenthal | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Dominic Sanchez | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Minerva Delgado | Chairperson Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Robyn Furman | Vice Chairperson Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Mercedes Turner | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Claudia Dymond | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Accles | Executive Director Officer | 35 | $134,795 | $18,225 |
| Nina Guercio | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jan Poppendieck | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Tina Stinson-DaCruz | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DOMINIC SANCHEZ | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| AMY ROSENTHAL | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Monique Lindsay | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Antoinette Emers | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Claudia Dymond | Treasurer Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Marissa Finn - Hersh | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Minerva Delgado | Board President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Robyn Furman | Board Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Mercedes Turner | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monique Lindsay | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Marissa Finn - Hersh | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Jan Poppendieck | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Tina Stinson-DaCruz | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Nina Guercio | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Claudia Dymond | Treasurer Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Dara Kagen | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Antoinette Emers | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Minerva Delgado | Chairperson Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Robyn Furman | Vice Chairperson Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Mercedes Turner | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 55 EXCHANGE PL STE 405, NEW YORK, NY 10005-2036
- In care of
- % ELIZABETH ACCLES
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Minerva Delgado, 55 Exchange Place, New York, NY 10005
- Signed the 990
- ELIZABETH ACCLES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (917) 751-8721
- Return prepared by
- Valles Vendiola LLP
Mission
Community Food Advocates, Inc. (CFA) mission is to utilize high-impact public policy that ensures all New Yorkers have access to healthy, affordable, culturally affirming foods within a sustainable and equity-centered food system.
Program accomplishments
- Lunch 4 Learning - CFA has built a uniquely diverse coalition representing young people, public school parents, unions, academics, and grassroots, anti-hunger, public health, and education groups.Expenses $527,654 · revenue $598,839
- Good Food Purchasing Program - CFA leads the New York State Good Food Purchasing Program (NYS GFPP) Campaign, to expand the impact of values-based food procurement across new York State. We have built a coalition of organizations that represent and seek to transform the food system through the lens of the five GFPP values to improve institutional procurement in municipalities throught New York.Expenses $395,480 · revenue $114,410
- Supermarket Access - CFA researches supermarket access in NYC with the goal of bringing together key partners to identify a bold comprehensive approach to address this long entrenched problem of lack of supermarket access in low income communities.Expenses $46,604
- Community Food Advocates has a youth leadership development internship program Youth Food Advocates where NYC high school students learn the essential skills to develop into informed and powerful advocates.Expenses $22,810 · revenue $50,000
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 27-1764219
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2010
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Food, agriculture and nutrition (K30)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,354,655
- Income (IRS master file)
- $921,725
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $921,725 | $1,233,655 | $1,354,655 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $1,659,066 | $1,246,209 | $1,702,846 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $724,042 | $1,188,258 | $1,386,270 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $842,471 | $866,154 | $1,705,590 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 27-1764219).
Questions about COMMUNITY FOOD ADVOCATES INC
- What is the EIN of COMMUNITY FOOD ADVOCATES INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of COMMUNITY FOOD ADVOCATES INC is 27-1764219.
- Is COMMUNITY FOOD ADVOCATES INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2010.
- Are donations to COMMUNITY FOOD ADVOCATES INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does COMMUNITY FOOD ADVOCATES INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of COMMUNITY FOOD ADVOCATES INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did COMMUNITY FOOD ADVOCATES INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of COMMUNITY FOOD ADVOCATES INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names Minerva Delgado.
- Who are the officers and directors of COMMUNITY FOOD ADVOCATES INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 14 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $148,648 (Elizabeth Accles, Executive Diretor).
- How much revenue does COMMUNITY FOOD ADVOCATES INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $921,725, expenses of $1,233,655 and total assets of $1,354,655 at year end.
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