EIN 57-0751835

Lowcountry Food Bank

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
105
Year formed
1983
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
Description
Lowcountry Food Bank is a premier hunger-relief organization in the 10 coastal counties of South Carolina. Since 1983, it has been committed to leading the fight against hunger in its community. The organization provides Child and Senior Hunger-Relief programs to combat childhood hunger by regularly serving food-insecure children through partnerships with schools, summer meal sites, afterschool programs and senior centers. It also works to increase access to nutritious foods by making food distribution accessible throughout the community. Lowcountry Food Bank is located in Charleston, SC.
Total revenues
$79,157,001
2022
Total expenses
$76,952,006
2022
Total assets
$28,776,345
2022
Num. employees
105
2022

Program areas at Lowcountry Food Bank

Food distribution: the Lowcountry Food Bank's (lcfb) mission is to lead the fight against hunger in our community. Since 1983, we have been the premier hunger-relief organization in the 10 coastal counties of south carolina (beaufort, berkeley, charleston, colleton, dorchester, georgetown, hampton, horry, jasper and williamsburg). In 2022, the lcfb distributed, in partnership with approximately 300 partners, over 39.7 million pounds, including over 16.6 million pounds of fresh produce to over 200,200 food-insecure children, seniors and families across coastal south carolina. The commodity supplemental Food program (csfp) served approximately 3,000 seniors monthly.
Child and senior hunger-relief programs: Lowcountry Food Bank reaches children and seniors through multiple programs. Through our backpack buddies program, we reached over 3,000 children a week during the school year, distributing more than 105,000 backpack buddies bags. We partnered with 38 schools to reach students and their families through either pre-packed boxes or an onsite market, distributing over 106,000 pounds of Food. Through our kids caf program, we work with afterschool program partners to provide supper meals and/or snacks to over 900 children daily at 25 sites. During the summer months, we worked with summer camps to distribute over 20,000 meals to 18 sites. Our fresh for kids program included 72 pop-up produce events, distributing more than 79,000 pounds of fresh produce to students and their families. The seniors and veterans in our community continued to be fed through our partnerships with meals on wheels and other organizations reaching seniors and other homebound adults; more than 141,000 prepared meals delivered to seniors and 4,600 meals to our veterans.

Grants made by Lowcountry Food Bank

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Abiding Word Family MinistriesDistribution of Food and Grocery Products$0
Turner Chapel African Methodist EpiscopalDistribution of Food and Grocery Products$0
General Council on Finance and Admins of the United Methodist ChurchDistribution of Food and Grocery Products$0
...and 227 more grants made totalling $0

Who funds Lowcountry Food Bank

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Feeding AmericaFight Hunger$1,601,219
Trident United Way (TUW)Grantee$204,342
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$198,335
...and 138 more grants received totalling $4,088,061

Personnel at Lowcountry Food Bank

NameTitleCompensation
Nicholas OsbornePresident and Chief Executive Officer$232,650
Jordan RussoChief Operating Officer$114,400
Denise HinesChief Financial Officer$6,635
Brenda ShawChief Development Officer$142,698
Jennifer DewittChief Community Program Officer$98,499
...and 28 more key personnel

Financials for Lowcountry Food Bank

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$75,110,066
Program services$3,702,365
Investment income and dividends$32,825
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$144,800
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$49,001
Net income from fundraising events$30,894
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$87,050
Total revenues$79,157,001

Form 990s for Lowcountry Food Bank

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-10-13990View PDF
2021-122022-11-14990View PDF
2020-122021-11-12990View PDF
2019-122020-11-02990View PDF
2018-122019-12-06990View PDF
...and 8 more Form 990s

Organizations like Lowcountry Food Bank

OrganizationLocationRevenue
Atlanta Community Food BankAtlanta, GA$194,337,596
Connecticut Foodshare (CFB)Wallingford, CT$99,948,243
Community Food Bank of So AZTucson, AZ$127,317,393
FoodshareBloomfield, CT$52,446,003
Sacramento Food Bank and Family ServicesSacramento, CA$63,440,108
Utah Food BankSalt Lake City, UT$155,085,048
Emergency Food Network (EFN)Lakewood, WA$28,832,570
Food Bank of Central and Eastern NCRaleigh, NC$232,338,914
Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and AcadianaNew Orleans, LA$115,175,910
Southeast Missouri Food BankSikeston, MO$24,149,310
Data update history
February 4, 2024
Received grants
Identified 36 new grant, including a grant for $132,100 from Bishop Gadsden Episcopal Retirement Community
December 1, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
November 30, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 5 new personnel
October 26, 2023
Received grants
Identified 11 new grant, including a grant for $57,372 from The Blackbaud Giving Fund
August 19, 2023
Received grants
Identified 91 new grant, including a grant for $1,601,219 from Feeding America
Nonprofit Types
Food banksFood and nutrition programsCharities
Issues
Human servicesCommunity improvementFood and nutritionHunger
Characteristics
Provides grantsFundraising eventsPeer-to-peer fundraisingState / local levelReceives government fundingCommunity engagement / volunteeringFundraising races, competitions, and tournamentsTax deductible donations
General information
Address
2864 Azalea Dr
Charleston, SC 29405
Metro area
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
County
Charleston County, SC
Website URL
lowcountryfoodbank.org/ 
Phone
(843) 747-8146
IRS details
EIN
57-0751835
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1983
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
K31: Food Banks, Food Pantries
NAICS code, primary
624210: Community Food Services
Parent/child status
Independent
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