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Organizations missionThrough our platform, we connect organizations with surplus food to communities in need, championing sustainability by diverting edible food away from landfills.

$160M
Granted FY2024still arriving
108
Grants FY2024still arriving
33
States reached
$27M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$83MEducation$12MHuman Services$9.1MInternational$4.3MReligion$3.9MHousing & Shelter$846kRecreation & Sports$80kPhilanthropy$68kOther$0
02FY2024 · 108 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 108 grants below total $113,534,540, the rows itemized in this filing. The $160,331,172 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $46,796,632 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $491k
  • $50k–250k37 grants · $4.0M
  • $250k+47 grants · $109M
$169,554
Median grant
33
States reached
$832k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Farm Share$26,670,327
Hands of Hope$11,771,179
El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Ban$7,864,514
Freedom Tour$6,873,943
Feed the Children$5,396,653
World Emergency Relief$4,276,058
Northwest Harvest$3,430,387
Arm Full of Help$2,910,957
Inspired Vision Compassion Center$2,894,259
Goodness Project$2,868,905
Caywood Ministries$2,299,630
Palm Beach County Food Bank$2,129,286
Illinois Partners in Hope$2,110,254
Feed America First$1,951,973
Food Forward$1,928,088
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 (FY24–24, $8.5M) 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%Garden of Health: $93k → 7%Trybe Oakland: $104k → 10%Community Action San Bernardino: $62k → 14%Kings Community Action Organization: $18k → 18%Compassion Coalition: $102k → 12%Community Mission: $10k → 14%Goodness Project: $2.9M → 11%The Food Depot: $461k → 12%Elisha Project: $38k → 14%Community Action Services: $477k → 8%Humble Love Community Distribution: $11k → 16%Loaves and Fishes Aurora: $185k → 7%Farmlink Project: $377k → 17%Restoration Bridge International I: $1.7M → 11%Birch Community Services: $110k → 12%Farmlink Project: $377k → 17%Midnight Mission: $12k → 14%Helping Hands Society of Los Angele: $1.5M → 14%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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ID
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
OR
WY
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NM
AR
TN
SC
OK
GA
TX
FL
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.

1
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
2
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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3
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
4
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
5
Feeding Charlotte Inc

Feeding Charlotte rescues surplus, freshly prepared meals to reduce food waste and feed the hungry. We believe no food should be wasted while people go hungry in our community. To make this possible, we pickup unused, excess freshly…

Food & Nutrition
6
Yolo Food Bank

The mission of yolo food bank is to make yolo county a thriving community where everyone has the resources they need to experience health, prosperity, and a high quality of life. Yolo Food bank durably increases food and nutrition security…

Food & Nutrition
7
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc

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

Food & Nutrition
8
Coralville Community Food Pantry

We believe that food is a human right and that food has the power to bring people together. Our vision is to build a stronger, healthier, and hunger-free Coralville community. Powered by community support, the Coralville Community Food…

Food & Nutrition
9
Foothills Food Bank

The Foothills Food Bank works to ensure access to quality, nutritious food to community members in need, and deliver services with respect and dignity.

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10
Feeding America

Our mission is to advance change in America by ensuring equitable access to nutritious food for all in partnership with partner food banks, policymakers, supporters, and the communities we serve.

Food & Nutrition
11
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
12
Urban Bicycle Food Ministry
Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northern Illinois Food Bank; the most unlike its peers is Jee Foods. 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

126 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
121/126
Grantees still filing
71/126
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FARM SHARE INC: $26,670,327 · Food & NutritionFARM SHARE INCEL PASOANS FIGHTING HUNGER: $7,864,514 · Food & NutritionEL PASOANS FIGHTING HUNGERPalm Beach County Food Bank Inc: $2,129,286 · Food & NutritionILLINOIS PARTNERS IN HOPE NFP: $2,110,254 · Food & NutritionFEED AMERICA FIRST OF TENNESSEE: $1,951,973 · Food & NutritionFOOD FORWARD INC: $1,928,088 · Food & Nutrition+35 more: $10,957,925 · Food & Nutrition+35 moreNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $3,430,387 · OtherNORTHWEST HARVE…Arm Full of Help: $2,910,957 · OtherArm Full of Hel…Agape Distribution: $1,790,389 · OtherAgape Distribut…Mid-Ohio Foodbank: $1,760,016 · OtherMid-Ohio Foodba…UTAH FOOD BANK: $959,808 · OtherUTAH FOOD BANKBLESSINGS OF HOPE: $663,610 · OtherAN END TO IGNORANCE INC: $624,206 · Other+31 more: $3,702,332 · Other+31 moreFEED THE CHILDREN INC: $5,396,653 · InternationalFEED THE CHI…WORLD EMERGENCY RELIEF: $4,276,058 · InternationalWORLD EMERGE…RICK CAYWOOD MINISTRIES: $3,026,718 · InternationalRICK CAYWOOD…+2 more: $56,079 · InternationalHANDS OF HOPE ILLINOIS: $11,771,179 · EducationHANDS OF HO…THE FREEDOM TOUR INC: $6,873,943 · ReligionTHE FREEDO…Belknap Ministries Inc: $2,894,259 · ReligionBelknap Mi…Monte Sion Center: $886,819 · ReligionMonte Sion…+1 more: $28,539 · ReligionGOODNESS OUTREACH DEPOT: $2,868,905 · Human ServicesRestoration Bridge International Inc: $1,672,136 · Human ServicesHelping Hands Society of Los Angeles: $1,507,147 · Human ServicesFARMLINK PROJECT: $754,684 · Human ServicesCommunity Action Services and Food Bank: $476,933 · Human ServicesTHE FOOD DEPOT: $460,690 · Human Services+11 more: $743,950 · Human ServicesEPIC CURE INC: $395,970 · Youth Development
Food & Nutrition$53,612,367Other$15,841,705International$12,755,508Education$11,771,179Religion$10,683,560Human Services$8,484,445Youth Development$395,970

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 budgetFARM SHARE INC: $26,670,327 over 2y, 12% of budgetEL PASOANS FIGHTING HUNGER: $7,864,514 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetFEED THE CHILDREN INC: $5,396,653 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetWORLD EMERGENCY RELIEF: $4,276,058 over 2y, 21% of budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $3,430,387 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetRICK CAYWOOD MINISTRIES: $3,026,718 over 2y, 78% of budgetBelknap Ministries Inc: $2,894,259 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetGOODNESS OUTREACH DEPOT: $2,868,905 over 2y, 65% of budgetPalm Beach County Food Bank Inc: $2,129,286 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetFEED AMERICA FIRST OF TENNESSEE: $1,951,973 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetFOOD FORWARD INC: $1,928,088 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMid-Ohio Foodbank: $1,760,016 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetRestoration Bridge International Inc: $1,672,136 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetSHARING EXCESS: $1,211,948 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $959,808 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $954,410 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMonte Sion Center: $886,819 over 1y, 63% of budgetFARMLINK PROJECT: $754,684 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $718,467 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetOPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC: $563,731 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD SHARE INC: $556,326 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetVOLUNTEERS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE INC: $540,052 over 2y, 11% of budgetALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $509,600 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCommunity Action Services and Food Bank: $476,933 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetTHE FOOD DEPOT: $460,690 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $417,908 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMOVE FOR HUNGER INC: $409,622 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetEPIC CURE INC: $395,970 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $395,058 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTABLE TO TABLE INC: $330,213 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHARVEST AGAINST HUNGER: $328,188 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetCALIFORNIA EMERGENCY FOODLINK: $306,857 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetTHE SOCIETY OF ST ANDREW INC: $268,401 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetIDAHO FOODBANK WAREHOUSE: $248,411 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHUNGRY FOR CHRIST: $237,484 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetTHE CONSCIOUS ALLIANCE: $233,514 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $211,184 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLOAVES & FISHES COMMUNITY SERVICES: $184,689 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSECOND HARVEST INLAND NORTHWEST: $173,724 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMadera County Food Bank: $164,442 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetEMERGENCY FOOD BANK: $132,323 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetST ANNE'S CENTER: $132,155 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetWESTERN EAGLE FOUNDATION: $125,477 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetBirch Community Services Inc: $110,113 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTRYBE INC: $103,683 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetCOMPASSION COALITION INC: $101,646 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGarden of Health Inc: $92,590 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF ORANGE COUNTY: $90,967 over 2y, 0.2% 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.

Farmlink ProjectFeed the Children IncLesea Global Feed the…The Society of St And…Lineage Foundation fo…Food Finders IncChildren's Hunger FundCalifornia Foundation…The Kroger Co Foundat…The Kroger Co Zero Hu…Good360The Gap Foundation
Farmlink ProjectCA65.4× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Farmlink Project · Feed the Children Inc · Lesea Global Feed the Hungry Inc · The Society of St Andrew Inc · Lineage Foundation for Good · Food Finders Inc · Children's Hunger Fund · California Foundation for Stronger Communities · The Kroger Co Foundation · The Kroger Co Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation · Good360 · The Gap 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 Means Database Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Means Database Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • First Fruits Farm Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • Farm Share Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Meals On Wheels Plus of Manatee Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
32report 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.
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How do I get to Means Database Inc?

Find your warmest path to Means Database Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 107 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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