California · Public charity
Food Share Inc
For over 40 years food share has been feeding the hungry in ventura county. It all began when eight friends banded together to provide food to those in need under a bridge in ventura, ca. The early philanthropic movement started in a family garage, quickly outgrew an unused fire station in saticoy and now operates in oxnard, ca with…
- $39M
- Granted FY2021
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2021
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2021
- Itemized, FY2021
- $219k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2021
- $10,318
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $20,000
- States reached, FY2021
- 1
- Total assets, FY2021
- $41M
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucha Inc | $31,520 | 1 | 11% |
| Ruben Castro Charities | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Action of Ventura Countyinc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Spirit of Santa Paula | $18,738 | 1 | 1% |
| Simi Valley Second Missionary Baptist Church | $18,547 | 1 | n/a |
| Morrpark Vineyard | $15,345 | 1 | n/a |
| California Southern Baptist Convention | $12,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Seventh Day Adventist Thousand Oaks | $10,318 | 1 | n/a |
| Safe Passage Youth Foundation | $9,866 | 1 | 2% |
| Adelante Comunidad Conejo Inc | $9,328 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucha Inc | $31,520 | 1 | 11% |
| Ruben Castro Charities | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Action of Ventura Countyinc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Spirit of Santa Paula | $18,738 | 1 | 1% |
| Simi Valley Second Missionary Baptist Church | $18,547 | 1 | n/a |
| Morrpark Vineyard | $15,345 | 1 | n/a |
| California Southern Baptist Convention | $12,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Seventh Day Adventist Thousand Oaks | $10,318 | 1 | n/a |
| Safe Passage Youth Foundation | $9,866 | 1 | 2% |
| Adelante Comunidad Conejo Inc | $9,328 | 1 | 2% |
| Saint Paul Baptist Church | $9,187 | 1 | n/a |
| Project Understanding | $8,863 | 1 | 1% |
| Calvary Chapel of the Ojai Valley Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Channel Islands Vineyard Christian Fellowship | $7,392 | 1 | n/a |
| Embrace Church | $6,815 | 1 | n/a |
| California Works Foundation | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| St John's Healthcare Foundation | $6,471 | 1 | 0% |
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.
Open a dossier: Food Forward Inc · Ventura County Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Food Share Inc
- How much does Food Share Inc give?
- Food Share Inc reported 18 itemized grants totaling $219,090, out of $38,797,829 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing.
- What does Food Share Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2021, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (53%), Religion (28%), Food & Nutrition (8%).
- Who are Food Share Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2021: Lucha Inc ($32k), Ruben Castro Charities ($20k), Community Action of Ventura Countyinc ($20k).
- Which funders back the same organizations as Food Share Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Food Forward Inc, Ventura County Community Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Food Share Inc based?
- Food Share Inc is based in CA.
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