Illinois · Public charity
The Food Shippers of America Inc
Improve service in the transportation industry.
- $85k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2026
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Itemized, FY2026
- $62k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2026
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $17,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 6
- Total assets, FY2026
- $1.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 43% of the organizations The Food Shippers of America Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 7 | $62k | 43% |
| FY2025 | 7 | $85k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $70k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $130k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $90k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $45k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $85k | 60% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Logistics Aid Network | $145,300 | 9 | 8% |
| Feeding America | $120,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Food in Need of Distribution Inc | $82,500 | 5 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| United Foundation of Central Florida Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Meals on Wheels America | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Society of St Andrew Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| United Against Poverty Inc | $17,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Westside Food Bank | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Food Shippers of America Inc supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus
How do I get to The Food Shippers of America Inc?
Find your warmest path to The Food Shippers of America 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.
About The Food Shippers of America Inc
- How much does The Food Shippers of America Inc give?
- The Food Shippers of America Inc reported 7 itemized grants totaling $61,500, out of $84,727 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2025.
- What does The Food Shippers of America Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (48%), International (24%), Public Safety & Disaster (11%).
- Who are The Food Shippers of America Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: American Logistics Aid Network ($145k), Feeding America ($120k), Food in Need of Distribution Inc ($83k).
- Does The Food Shippers of America Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Food Shippers of America Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Network for Good, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Food Shippers of America Inc based?
- The Food Shippers of America Inc is based in IL.
Play a game based on Food Shippers of America’s filings →