2021-10-27T15:20:55-07:00 2020-12-31 Crosby & Kaneda CPAs LLP 1970 Broadway STE 930 Oakland CA 94612 990 2020-01-01 453059509 18 Reasons 18RE 4159942164 3674 18th St San Francisco CA 94110 Sarah Nelson Executive Dir. 2021-10-27 true Sarah Nelson 999009999 Felix Gorrindo P01658413 5108352727 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Sarah Nelson 3674 18th St San Francisco CA 94110 1808679 false X www.18reasons.org X 2011 CA The mission of 18 Reasons is to empower our community with the confidence and creativity needed to buy, cook, and eat good food every day. 12 10 10 300 0 715114 1509887 524004 261530 279 0 6177 30914 1245574 1802331 35455 0 557857 729935 0 61595 586758 641744 1144615 1407134 100959 395197 698962 1105420 141224 152485 557738 952935 The mission of 18 Reasons is to empower our community with the confidence and creativity needed to buy, cook, and eat good food every day. Our vision is to create equity and belonging through the transformative and healing power of home cooking. false false 630790 51706 Our largest program, Cooking Matters, offers free cooking and nutrition classes to low-income adults, children, and families. During COVID, our classes met online in a program we called "Cooking Matters at Home." Each series of classes meet once a week for six weeks. Each class is two hours long, and is taught by a volunteer team consisting of a chef, a nutrition instructor, and a class assistant. We seek out volunteers with skills in cooking and nutrition to teach these classes. Cooking Matters classes are held at locations that offer other services to low-income families, such as shelters, schools, clinics, community centers, and subsidized housing sites. These agencies and organizations recruit participants for the classes, and we bring the volunteers, food, curricula, and cooking equipment. At the end of each six-week series, we conduct an evaluation that measures positive behavior changes including increased consumption of fruits and vegetables, and an increased use of nutrition skills and knowledge when making decisions about food. In 2019, we conducted 110 six-week series of classes, taught by approximately 300 volunteers, at 51 different locations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, reaching over 2,500 people. Each Cooking Matters graduate takes a validated test at the beginning and end of their series to measure their food insecurity score and their behaviors and attitudes related to healthy eating. 18 Reasons effects all of the below changes in participants' lives in only 6 weeks. In our most recent data, our graduates report increased consumption of healthy foods, with 74% of graduates eating more vegetables, 78% eating more fruit, and 88% are prepping healthy meals more often at home. Graduates report a 52% decrease in consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and an 85% increase in drinking water. Graduates are able to access more healthy food by learning to stretch their food dollars; 68% plan meals ahead of time and shop with a grocery list more often to save money at the store, 97% use the nutrition facts label more often, and 74% feel they can afford to buy more fruits and vegetables with their existing food budget as a result of the shopping skills we teach. Food insecurity in the Bay Area drops by 1% each year as the wealth in our area grows, whereas 18 Reasons is able to reduce food insecurity among our low-income participants by 12% in just 6 weeks because of the food resource management skills we teach. In 2020, we distributed over 85,000 pounds of groceries through our Cooking Matters classes, and we are on track to significantly increase that number with each year that passes. We also collect surveys and student feedback in our 18th Street Kitchen fee-for-service program, which guides our programmatic offerings and provides valuable feedback for our teachers and staff. We receive about 5 new partner applications for Cooking Matters each month, and 95% of our 18th Street Kitchen offerings sell out, meaning that demand for our programs is high. We are glad to be a local leader in food education, and the demand for our services shows us we are offering the community programs they want. Our data show us we are offering evidence-based programs proven to create lasting behavior change. We are proud of our work to continue serving our community during COVID by providing free at-home programming and increased food distribution. 353086 209824 Our second largest program is our Community Cooking School, where community residents can take basic cooking classes, attend community dinners, and learn about food, cooking, and social issues surrounding food. Over 2,000 people attended classes and programming at our Community Cooking School in 2017. Classes are offered on a fee-for-service basis, with scholarships and sliding scale fees offered for each class. All proceeds from the classes benefit the Cooking Matters Program. 205645 28364 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and wildfires in California, we were asked to serve as a fiscal sponsor for several emergency projects. 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Sam Mogannam Board member 34093 Commercial lease false Schedule L, Part V Supplemental Information 18 Reasons leases a commercial space from board member Sam Mogannam for 2,841.09/month. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process The finance committee reviews the 990, then presents it to the entire board for a vote. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts Review at the January meeting annually. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management The board reviews comparable compensation data from the Northern California Nonprofit Compensation & Benefits Survey and documents the decision process in the minutes. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Upon request.