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Food Bank Association of New York State

The mission of feeding new york state is to lead a unified effort for a hunger-free state of new york.

$1.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$239k
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$8.5MHuman Services$36k
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$159,492
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LONG ISLAND CARES$239,050
REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NENY$224,685
FEEDING WESTCHESTER$212,603
FOODLINK$168,356
FOOD BANK OF WESTERN NEW YORK$159,492
FOOD BANK OF THE SOUTHERN TIER$145,876
ISLAND HARVEST FOOD BANK$133,496
FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL NEW YORK$122,610
CITY HARVEST$58,480
FOOD BANK OF NEW YORK CITY$58,416
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $1.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ISLAND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $221k → 6%ISLAND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $318k → 7%VENISON DONATION COALITION: $10k → 13%BROOME COUNTY AREA COUNCIL OF CHURCHES COMMUNITY HUNGER OUTREACH WAREHOUSE: $35k → 20%ISLAND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $30k → 6%ISLAND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $168k → 7%VENISON DONATION COALITION: $9k → 13%ISLAND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $14k → 6%ISLAND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $133k → 7%VENISON DONATION COALITION: $8k → 13%ISLAND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $11k → 6%ISLAND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $129k → 7%VENISON DONATION COALITION: $8k → 13%ISLAND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $47k → 7%VENISON DONATION COALITION: $6k → 13%LONG ISLAND CARES: $239k → 7%VENISON DONATION COALITION: $6k → 13%LONG ISLAND CARES: $206k → 7%LONG ISLAND CARES: $85k → 7%LONG ISLAND CARES: $79k → 7%LONG ISLAND CARES: $49k → 7%LONG ISLAND CARES: $40k → 7%LONG ISLAND CARES: $35k → 7%LONG ISLAND CARES: $31k → 7%LONG ISLAND CARES: $21k → 7%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.
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.3M · 12 repeat orgs$161k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +80% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
4

Total granted

$8.3M
$161k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+80%
+2%

Still filing today

75%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Food & NutritionHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalOther
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

  • IH
    ISLAND HARVEST LTD
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +110%
  • RF
    REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +613%
  • FW
    FEEDING WESTCHESTER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $911k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • WS
    WEST SIDE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY LIFE
    one grant, 2022 · $70k · revenue +2%
  • HC
    HOPE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC
    one grant, 2022 · $36k · revenue -29%
  • BC
    Broome County Council of Churchesgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $35k · revenue +89%
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.

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Food Bank Association of New York State

The mission of feeding new york state is to lead a unified effort for a hunger-free state of new york. the mission of food banking is to obtain food and deliver it to emergency food programs. feeding new york state works to end hunger by…

Food & Nutrition
2
The Foodbank of Staten Island Limited

Suppling local food banks

Food & Nutrition
3
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
4
Community Food Bank of New Jersey Inc

We serve as a champion for addressing the root causes of hunger, delivering neighbor-centric solutions, and fostering collaborative partnerships across all sectors of society for New Jersey.

Food & Nutrition
5
The Maryland Food Bank Inc

The maryland food bank is a nonprofit hunger-relief organization dedicated to feeding people, strengthening communities, and ending hunger for more marylanders.

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6
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc

Nourish people. build solutions. empower communities. no one goes hungry.

Food & Nutrition
7
Food Connect Co

At food connect, we're dedicated to bridging the gaps in our food system, working to end hunger and fostering healthier communities through our innovative initiatives and programs. we build scalable technologies that support last-mile…

Food & Nutrition
8
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
9
Second Harvest Heartland

Second harvest heartland's mission is to end hunger together. in partnership with more than 1,000 food shelves and hunger-relief programs in minnesota and western wisconsin, we provided 143 million meals to neighbors last year.

Food & Nutrition
10
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
11
Comfort Food of Washington County Inc

The mission of Comfort Food Community is to fight rural hunger with innovative programming that expands access to healthy food and builds community partnerships for lasting change.

Food & Nutrition
12
New York Common Pantry

New york common pantry reduces hunger while promoting dignity, health and self-sufficiency.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food Bank for New York City; the most unlike its peers is Venison Donation Coalition. 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

13 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. 13 of the 16 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
11/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $1,049,733 · Food & NutritionREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INCFEEDMORE WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $886,392 · Food & NutritionFEEDMORE WESTERN NEW YORK INCFOODLINK INC: $844,829 · Food & NutritionFOODLINK INCCITY HARVEST INC: $750,339 · Food & NutritionCITY HARVEST INCFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL NEW YORK: $647,815 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL NEW YORKISLAND HARVEST LTD: $1,071,535 · Human ServicesISLAND HARVEST LTDLong Island Cares Inc: $784,971 · Human ServicesLong Island Cares Inc+2 more: $82,698 · Human ServicesFEEDING WESTCHESTER INC: $911,456 · OtherFEEDING WESTCHESTER IN…FOOD BANK OF THE SOUTHERN TIER: $495,362 · OtherFOOD BANK OF THE SOUTH…THE CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOOD BANK OF THE SOUTHERN TIER: $259,937 · OtherTHE CATHOLIC CHARITIES…+1 more: $19,773 · OtherFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $585,794 · Community ImprovementWEST SIDE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY LIFE: $70,172 · Youth DevelopmentHOPE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $35,684 · Crime & Legal
Food & Nutrition$4,179,108Human Services$1,939,204Other$1,686,528Community Improvement$585,794Youth Development$70,172Crime & Legal$35,684

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetISLAND HARVEST LTD: $1,071,535 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $1,049,733 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetFEEDING WESTCHESTER INC: $911,456 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetFEEDMORE WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $886,392 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetFOODLINK INC: $844,829 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetLong Island Cares Inc: $784,971 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $750,339 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL NEW YORK: $647,815 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $585,794 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWEST SIDE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY LIFE: $70,172 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetVENISON DONATION COALITION: $47,612 over 6y, 33% of budgetHOPE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $35,684 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBroome County Council of Churches: $35,086 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

  • Who funds ISLAND HARVEST LTD ↗
  • Who funds REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING WESTCHESTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FEEDMORE WESTERN NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds FOODLINK INC ↗
  • Who funds Long Island Cares Inc ↗
  • Who funds CITY HARVEST INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY ↗
  • Who funds WEST SIDE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY LIFE ↗
  • Who funds VENISON DONATION COALITION ↗
  • Who funds HOPE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Broome County Council of Churches ↗

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.

Charities Aid Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Charities Aid Foundation AmericaVA12.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Food Bank Association of New York State funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Food Bank Association of New York State. 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 16 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.

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