Skip to content
Feeding Pennsylvania at a glanceAlso receives grants: funding profile →

· Public charity

Feeding Pennsylvania

FEEDING PENNSYLVANIA is the partner state association of feeding america food banks.

$36M
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$6.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$83M
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $27,805,006, the rows itemized in this filing. The $35,774,552 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $7,969,546 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.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $139k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $483k
  • $250k+11 grants · $27M
$661,366
Median grant
1
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SHARE FOOD PROGRAM$6,074,041
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK$4,140,521
PHILABUNDANCE$4,006,802
GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$3,195,850
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA$2,318,729
HELPING HARVEST$2,106,922
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY$1,851,980
WEINBERG NORTHEAST REGIONAL FOOD BANK$1,674,052
BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL$661,366
WESTMORELAND COUNTY FOOD BANK$636,599
CHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK$516,195
MERCER COUNTY FOOD BANK$220,065
FOOD HELPERS$166,994
FOOD FOR FAMILIES$96,155
PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT CORPORATION$44,700
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $2.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 15% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $661k → 6%INDIANA COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $265k → 14%FAYETTE COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC: $130k → 17%ISLAND HARVEST: $81k → 6%NEW HAMPSHIRE CATHOLIC CHARITIES NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK: $105k → 7%BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $550k → 6%ISLAND HARVEST: $41k → 6%NEW HAMPSHIRE CATHOLIC CHARITIES NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK: $51k → 7%BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $466k → 6%NEW HAMPSHIRE CATHOLIC CHARITIES NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK: $27k → 7%BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $185k → 6%BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $73k → 6%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

ME
NH
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
WV
VA
MD
DE
DC
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$82M · 34 repeat orgs$529k to everyone else

34 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
6

Total granted

$82M
$433k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+15%

Still filing today

91%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
Food & NutritionHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CP
    CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK
    8× · 2017–2025 · $15M · revenue +59%
  • GP
    GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
    8× · 2017–2025 · $13M · revenue +91%
  • Philabundance
    8× · 2017–2025 · $10M · revenue +101%

Funded once

  • IC
    INDIANA COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM
    one grant, 2023 · $265k · revenue -63%
  • FC
    FAYETTE COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC
    one grant, 2024 · $130k · revenue +7%
  • FO
    FOODBANK OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIAgraduated
    3× · 2023–2025 · $20k · revenue +32%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its 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.

1
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…

—
2
The Food Bank for Larimer County

To provide food to all in need through community partnerships and hunger relief programs. Our vision is a hunger-free Larimer County.

Food & Nutrition
3
Food Bank of Eastern Michigan

The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan's mission is to be the Food Source for people in need. Partnering with organizations to feed the hungry, we advocate and build a community solution to a community problem. By leveraging an abundance of…

Food & Nutrition
4
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc

To end hunger and transform the health of our community by providing nourishment to those in need by acquiring and distributing safe nutritious food via local agencies and by providing education to solve hunger and nutritional problems in…

Food & Nutrition
5
Harvest Hope Food Bank

Harvest hope is on a mission to eliminate hunger and food insecurity in south carolina. we rescue nutritious food from stores throughout the state and distribute it to food pantries, shelters, and soup kitchens. we operate programs that…

Food & Nutrition
6
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley

To realize our vision of a hunger free community we will provide more food, healthy food and better access to food. we will leverage our own resources and also work with partners in the community.

Food & Nutrition
7
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank

The organization's mission is to mobilize resources to fight hunger in our community. to fulfill its mission, the food bank:* sources and acquires nutritious food and other products and distribute them to people experiencing nutrition…

—
8
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan

We exist to provide households with access to sufficient, nutritious food and related resources. we accomplish this through collaboration, efficient operations, education, and innovative solutions to achieve a hunger-free community in…

Food & Nutrition
9
The Foodbank of Staten Island Limited

Suppling local food banks

Food & Nutrition
10
Food Bank for Monterey County

To distribute food to alleviate hunger, provide emergency food services during a natural disaster, and conduct educational awareness programs relating to hunger issues in monterey county.

Unclassified
11
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano

The food bank of contra costa and solano (food bank) was incorporated on july 28, 1975. the food bank was established in order to efficiently gather, warehouse, and distribute food products to contra costa county charities meeting…

Food & Nutrition
12
The Houston Food Bank

Houston food bank's mission is to provide food for better lives. last year we provided access to 136 million nutritious meals in 18 counties in southeast texas through our 1,600 community partners which includes food pantries, soup…

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank; the most unlike its peers is Public Health Management Services Corporation. 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

60 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.

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

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
58/60
Grantees still filing
34/60
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK: $15,269,085 · Food & NutritionCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANKGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $13,067,084 · Food & NutritionGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANKPhilabundance: $10,434,516 · Food & NutritionPhilabundanceSHARE FOOD PROGRAM: $10,232,908 · Food & NutritionSHARE FOOD PROGRAMSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NW PA INC: $4,840,349 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NW PA INC+17 more: $10,562,571 · Food & Nutrition+17 moreCOMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY INC: $4,493,784 · OtherCOMMUNITY ACTION C…HELPING HARVEST FRESH FOOD BANK: $3,887,235 · OtherHELPING HARVEST FR…WEINBERG NORTHEAST REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $2,819,093 · OtherWEINBERG NORTHEAST…THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $979,116 · OtherTHE MARYLAND FOOD …FOODSHARE INC: $569,921 · Other+9 more: $864,538 · Other+9 moreBUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $1,935,735 · Human ServicesINDIANA COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $265,000 · Human ServicesNew Hampshire Catholic Charities: $182,617 · Human ServicesFAYETTE COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC: $130,000 · Human ServicesISLAND HARVEST LTD: $121,864 · Human ServicesCOMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY OF LUZERNE COUNTY: $2,078,050 · Housing & ShelterPUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT SERVICES CORPORATION: $44,700 · Health
Food & Nutrition$64,406,513Other$13,613,687Human Services$2,635,216Housing & Shelter$2,078,050Health$44,700

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK: $15,269,085 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $13,067,084 over 8y, 4.2% of budgetPhilabundance: $10,434,516 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetSHARE FOOD PROGRAM: $10,232,908 over 5y, 15% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NW PA INC: $4,840,349 over 7y, 10% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY INC: $4,493,784 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetHELPING HARVEST FRESH FOOD BANK: $3,887,235 over 6y, 8.1% of budgetCOMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY OF LUZERNE COUNTY: $2,078,050 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK: $1,946,103 over 5y, 6.7% of budgetBUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $1,935,735 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetWESTMORELAND COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $1,622,810 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $1,317,763 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $1,248,604 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $979,116 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $966,696 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD WAREHOUSE OF MERCER COUNTY: $938,082 over 6y, 8.8% of budgetFOOD HELPERS: $867,780 over 5y, 13% of budgetFOODSHARE INC: $569,921 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC: $475,521 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetBLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK INC: $394,876 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD FOR FAMILIES INC: $320,000 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetFEED MORE INC: $269,210 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetINDIANA COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $265,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetVIRGINIA PENINSULA FOODBANK: $249,212 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetNew Hampshire Catholic Charities: $182,617 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMOUNTAINEER FOOD BANK INC: $163,554 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetYORK COUNTY FOOD BANK: $150,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetFAYETTE COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC: $130,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFREDERICKSBURG REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $127,152 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetISLAND HARVEST LTD: $121,864 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION OF REGIONAL FOOD BANKS: $121,287 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $57,792 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank: $22,415 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF SOUTH JERSEY INC: $20,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOODBANK OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA: $19,832 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOOD BANK OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $10,801 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL NEW YORK: $2,277 over 2y, 0.0% 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.

Feeding AmericaPennsylvania Associat…Central Pennsylvania …Farmlink ProjectAmerican Water Charit…Tuscarora Wayne Mutua…PhilabundanceEnterprise Holdings F…Geisinger Health PlanFirstenergy FoundationNisource Charitable F…The Pittsburgh Founda…
Feeding AmericaIL34.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Feeding America · Pennsylvania Association of Regional Food Banks · Central Pennsylvania Food Bank · Farmlink Project · American Water Charitable Foundationinc · Tuscarora Wayne Mutual Foundation · Philabundance · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Geisinger Health Plan · Firstenergy Foundation · Nisource Charitable Foundation · The Pittsburgh 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 Feeding Pennsylvania funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Feeding Pennsylvania. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 26%
  • Food Bank of South Jersey Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Food Bank of Delaware Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
19report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 43 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Feeding Pennsylvania’s filings →

More from the funding graph

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