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Farestart

FARESTART transforms lives, disrupts poverty and nourishes communities through food, life skills and job training.

$2.9M
Granted FY2022
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Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$30k
Largest
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02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.

Food & Nutrition$1.2MHousing & Shelter$209kEmployment$180kYouth Development$74kHuman Services$53kEnvironment$20k
02FY2022 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $30,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,933,260 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,903,260 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$30,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$22M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MISSION EDGE SAN DIEGO$30,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–22, $212k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%APPETITE FOR CHANGE: $18k → 11%HOT BREAD KITCHEN LTD: $20k → 13%STONE SOUP PDX: $20k → 12%TELAMON CORPORATION: $20k → 8%INSPIRATION CORPORATION: $23k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE: $20k → 15%BREAKING BREAD FOODS INC: $12k → 11%EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES: $29k → 10%MISSION EDGE SAN DIEGO: $30k → 11%COMMON POINT QUEENS: $20k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Good Food Works Inc
Human Services
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The Light House Inc

To rebuild the lives of people in need in anne arundel county through service and compassion by providing shelter, preventing homelessness, and empowering individuals as they work toward self-sufficiency.

Housing & Shelter
3
Work Options for Women Dba Work Options

Work options for women helps people overcome barriers to sustainable employment by building confidence while providing resources and culinary training.

Religion
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Culinary Hospitality Opportunities Program
Employment
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San Francisco Food Bank

To end hunger in san francisco and marin counties by soliciting food donations nationally, distributing this food to qualifying public service agencies and neighborhood pantries, advocating for improved government food programs, and…

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Community Kitchens Inc

We are a food justice organization that prioritizes dignity, access and connection with our community meal program.Our community meal program supports our door front outreach, community based partner meal distribution programs and youth…

Food & Nutrition
7
Community Kitchen

Providing food for people who are hungry, conversation for people who are lonely, rest for people who are struggling, and a voice for people in need.

Food & Nutrition
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Forge City Works Inc

Forge city works uses the power of food to transform people, neighborhoods, and our city by creating food-based career pathways, providing equitable, affordable food access, and operating food-based social enterprise businesses.

Community Improvement
9
City Harvest Inc

To end hunger in communities throughout new york city. (see schedule o)to end hunger in communities throughout new york city. we do this through food rescue and distribution, education, and other practical, innovative solutions.

Food & Nutrition
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360 Eats

We strive to end hunger and food waste in the Tampa Bay community through innovative solutions that rescue and redistribute fresh, healthy surplus food, while also providing job training for those facing employment barriers.

Food & Nutrition
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Billings Food Bank Inc

To assume a leadership role in feeding the hungry by recovering, securing, purchasing, and delivering (both through other agencies and directly) quality food and other products while playing a strong education and advocacy role in…

Food & Nutrition
12
Food Bank for New York City

Food bank for nyc has been the city's major hunger-relief organization driven by our mission to empower every new yorker to achieve food security for good. we harness the collective power of our network of food providers, partners, and…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Dc Central Kitchen Inc; the most unlike its peers is Food Jobs Work Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

50 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 50 of the 53 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
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Grantees still filing
37/50
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $100,000 · OtherTHE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INCSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $81,000 · OtherSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANKKITCHENS FOR GOOD: $48,500 · OtherKITCHENS FOR GOODKitchen of Grace Inc: $30,000 · OtherKitchen of Grace IncWILLIAMSBURG AREA MEALS ON WHEELS: $30,000 · OtherWILLIAMSBURG AREA MEALS ON WHEELSTHE LIGHT HOUSE BISTRO: $30,000 · OtherTHE LIGHT HOUSE BISTROFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF ABILENE: $26,000 · OtherTHE BREAD LINE INC: $22,400 · OtherMANNA ON MAIN STREET: $21,900 · OtherMENDOCINO COAST HOSPITALITY CENTER: $20,000 · OtherSTONESOUP COMMUNITY VENTURE INC: $20,000 · OtherThe Houston Food Bank: $20,000 · OtherEarth Island Institute Inc: $20,000 · OtherGrand Avenue Economic Community Dev: $20,000 · OtherPROJECT RENEWAL INC: $20,000 · OtherFOODLINK INC: $100,000 · Food & NutritionFOODLINK INCSECOND HELPINGS INC: $100,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HELPINGS INCTASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc: $50,000 · Food & NutritionTASK Inc Trenton Area Soup K…COMMUNITY KITCHEN PITTSBURGH: $38,000 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY KITCHEN PITTSBURGHPhilabundance: $34,000 · Food & NutritionPhilabundanceCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK: $24,600 · Food & NutritionCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANKCommunity Food Bank Inc: $21,150 · Food & NutritionCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $20,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $20,000 · Food & NutritionREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis: $36,000 · Human ServicesCatholic Chariti…MISSION EDGE SAN DIEGO: $30,000 · Human ServicesMISSION EDGE SAN…APPETITE FOR CHANGE INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesAPPETITE FOR CHA…EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SAN FRANCISCO: $29,000 · Human ServicesEPISCOPAL COMMUN…Inspiration Corporation: $23,000 · Human ServicesInspiration Corp…COMMONPOINT NY INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesCOMMONPOINT NY I…TELAMON CORPORATION: $20,000 · Human ServicesTELAMON CORPORAT…STONE SOUP PDX: $20,000 · Human ServicesSTONE SOUP PDXHOT BREAD KITCHEN LTD: $20,000 · Human ServicesHOT BREAD KITCHE…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITI…TCK PROVIDENCE INC: $100,000 · EmploymentTCK PROVIDEN…FARMING HOPE: $30,000 · EmploymentFARMING HOPEFOOD JOBS WORK FOUNDATION: $21,000 · EmploymentFOOD JOBS WO…THE BREAD PROJECT: $20,000 · EmploymentTHE BREAD PR…HOPEWORKS SOCIAL ENTERPRISES: $20,000 · EmploymentHOPEWORKS SO…UMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC: $43,000 · Housing & ShelterUMOM NEW DA…KNOX AREA RESCUE MINISTRIES INC: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterKNOX AREA R…Homeward Bound of Marin: $27,000 · Housing & ShelterHomeward Bo…HALEY HOUSE INC & AFFILIATES: $23,500 · Housing & ShelterHALEY HOUSE…ST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $23,500 · Housing & ShelterST MATTHEWS…One-Eighty Place: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterOne-Eighty …YOUTHWORKS: $44,000 · Youth DevelopmentRECONCILE NEW ORLEANS INC: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentUTEC Inc: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentHeat of the Kitchen: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentLIFES KITCHEN INC: $21,300 · EducationFOOD EDUCATION FUND INC: $20,000 · EducationF BITES INC: $20,000 · Education
Other$509,800Food & Nutrition$427,750Human Services$248,000Employment$191,000Housing & Shelter$167,000Youth Development$114,000Education$61,300

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFOODLINK INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSECOND HELPINGS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTCK PROVIDENCE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $81,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetKITCHENS FOR GOOD: $48,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetYOUTHWORKS: $44,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetUMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC: $43,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY KITCHEN PITTSBURGH: $38,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis: $36,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPhilabundance: $34,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKitchen of Grace Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetMISSION EDGE SAN DIEGO: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFARMING HOPE: $30,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetWILLIAMSBURG AREA MEALS ON WHEELS: $30,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetAPPETITE FOR CHANGE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetKNOX AREA RESCUE MINISTRIES INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRECONCILE NEW ORLEANS INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetEPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SAN FRANCISCO: $29,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHomeward Bound of Marin: $27,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK: $24,600 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHALEY HOUSE INC & AFFILIATES: $23,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $23,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInspiration Corporation: $23,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE BREAD LINE INC: $22,400 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetMANNA ON MAIN STREET: $21,900 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLIFES KITCHEN INC: $21,300 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Inc: $21,150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMENDOCINO COAST HOSPITALITY CENTER: $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGrand Avenue Economic Community Dev: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPROJECT RENEWAL INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMONPOINT NY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUTEC Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BREAD PROJECT: $20,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetFOOD EDUCATION FUND INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetOne-Eighty Place: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTELAMON CORPORATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTONE SOUP PDX: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetF BITES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetHOT BREAD KITCHEN LTD: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Jacques Pepin Foundat…RedfThe National Restaura…McNabb FoundationThe San Francisco Fou…Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Mightycause Charitabl…The Bank of America C…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…
Jacques Pepin Foundation TheRI28.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jacques Pepin Foundation The · Redf · The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation · McNabb Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Farestart funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Farestart. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 46%
  • Utec Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Stone Soup Pdx: 20% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
23report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 53 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $934k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home