Illinois · Public charity
Refed Inc
Refed catalyzes the food system toward evidence-based action to stop wasting food for the climate, environment, people, and the economy.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 36
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $15M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Refed Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $767k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $1.0M | 83% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $767k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $265k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 36 | $3.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Rescue US Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Afterlife Ag | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Ecotechnology Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Transparent Path Spc | $187,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Wisely | $160,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Spoonfuls | $151,250 | 1 | 2% |
| University of California Davis | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Food Finders Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City Harvest Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Heartland | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Rescue US Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Afterlife Ag | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Ecotechnology Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Transparent Path Spc | $187,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Wisely | $160,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Spoonfuls | $151,250 | 1 | 2% |
| University of California Davis | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Food Finders Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City Harvest Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Heartland | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Growing Places Garden Project Inc | $119,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Partnership for a Healthier America Inc | $103,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Treasure8 LLC | $102,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Table to Table Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Goodr Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Re-Plate Inc DBA Replate | $100,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Blue Earth Compost | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Full Harvest Technologies Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Pennsylvania Food Bank | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Connectedfresh Company | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 412 Food Rescue Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Boulder Food Rescue | $100,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Aloha Harvest | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Brighter Bites Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Upcycled Food Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 39% |
| Vermont Foodbank | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Seashare | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Second Servings of Houston | $100,000 | 1 | 8% |
| White Pony Express | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Food Forward Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Louis Earth Day | $100,000 | 1 | 13% |
| The Wave Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Boston Area Gleaners Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Move for Hunger Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Dreaming Out Loud Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The DC Central Kitchen Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bluecart Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Harvest Against Hunger | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Food Recovery Network Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Food Connect Co | $75,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Forager1 Inc | $64,287 | 1 | n/a |
| Prism | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Against Poverty Inc | $59,916 | 1 | 1% |
| Natural Upcycling | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hidden Gems Beverage Company | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oakland Unified School District | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Earth Island Institute Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| L&M Companies | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bitwise Industries | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cava Mezze Grill | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| FarmDrop | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Refed Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 31 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Claneil Foundation Inc · The Kroger Co Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation · Clif Family Foundation · Means Database Inc · Farmlink Project · The Kroger Co Foundation · The Betsy and Jesse Fink Family Foundation · Impactassetsinc · The Chicago Community Trust · Share Our Strength · Silicon Valley Community Foundation
How this is measured
About Refed Inc
- How much does Refed Inc give?
- Refed Inc reported 6 itemized grants totaling $1,010,000, out of $1,236,346 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 36 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Refed Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (84%), Environment (11%), Public Safety & Disaster (3%).
- Who are Refed Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Food Rescue US Inc ($300k), Afterlife Ag ($300k), Center for Ecotechnology Inc ($250k).
- Does Refed Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Refed Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Albertsons Companies Foundation, Claneil Foundation Inc, The Kroger Co Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation.
- Where is Refed Inc based?
- Refed Inc is based in IL.
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