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The Kroger Co Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation

The foundation aims to help end hunger and waste in communities across the u.s.

$6.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
141
Grants FY2025still arriving
29
States reached
$433k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$44MEnvironment$5.5MHuman Services$3.2MHealth$3.1MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.8MPhilanthropy$1.3MHousing & Shelter$1.3MEducation$1.2MOther$0
02FY2025 · 141 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 141 grants below total $6,148,836, the rows itemized in this filing. The $6,363,984 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $215,148 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k37 grants · $250k
  • $10k–50k65 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k34 grants · $3.1M
  • $250k+5 grants · $1.6M
$15,000
Median grant
29
States reached
$22M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FEEDING AMERICA$432,910
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC$390,932
THE MILKEN INSTITUTE$300,000
THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC$250,000
CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER$250,000
US HUNGER$200,000
SUNSHINE DIVISION$170,000
CENTER FOR CIRCULAR ECONOMY LLC$167,000
FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES$152,637
FOOD LIFELINE$150,000
OREGON FOOD BANK$150,000
MRELIEF$150,000
ALPENGLOW IMPACT$149,625
ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$147,456
REPLATE$100,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $5.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE FARMLINK PROJECT: $500k → 17%GALVESTON COUNTY FOOD BANK: $90k → 14%SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOOD BANK: $45k → 19%OREGON TRAIL OF HOPE: $250k → 12%ST VINCENT DE PAUL GEORGIA: $77k → 14%PUYALLUP FOOD BANK: $50k → 9%MIDWEST FOOD BANK - INDIANA DIVISION: $45k → 11%NATIONAL COMPASSION FUND LLC: $26k → 9%PARK VIEW COMMUNITY MISSION INC: $25k → 13%HEALTHY COMMUNITIES COALITION OF LYON AND STOREY COUNTIES: $25k → 11%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $75k → 14%GALVESTON COUNTY FOOD BANK: $50k → 14%TARGET HUNGER: $43k → 16%SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOOD BANK: $42k → 19%PUYALLUP FOOD BANK: $50k → 9%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK LOUISVILLE CHAPTER: $50k → 15%GALVESTON COUNTY FOOD BANK: $34k → 14%MUST MINISTRIES: $240k → 8%LEAD INC: $25k → 13%MRELIEF: $250k → 14%STILLAGUAMISH SENIOR CENTER: $35k → 9%MRELIEF: $150k → 14%GIG HARBOR PENINSULA FISH FOOD BANK: $25k → 9%SAN DIEGO YOUTH SERVICES: $50k → 11%SAN DIEGO YOUTH SERVICES: $40k → 11%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $25k → 14%EQUITABLE FOOD INITIATIVE: $100k → 14%EQUITABLE FOOD INITIATIVE: $100k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $322k → 14%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA: $250k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $162k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $67k → 14%STORE TO DOOR: $60k → 12%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $32k → 14%STORE TO DOOR: $60k → 12%STORE TO DOOR: $40k → 12%STORE TO DOOR: $25k → 12%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $75k → 14%ST JOSEPH CENTER: $45k → 14%ST JOSEPH CENTER: $35k → 14%MRELIEF: $250k → 16%OREGON TRAIL OF HOPE: $101k → 16%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $72k → 16%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CINCINNATI: $55k → 16%CATERINAS CLUB: $50k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $43k → 16%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ORANGE COUNTY: $40k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC: $25k → 16%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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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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$53M · 222 repeat orgs$13M to everyone else

222 repeat relationships: 86 still active in FY2025, 136 since wound down; 28 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

222
352

Total granted

$53M
$13M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+18%

Still filing today

94%
84%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $933k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Food & NutritionHuman ServicesEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentOther
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

  • Feeding America
    5× · 2021–2025 · $5.6M · revenue +23%
  • WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $2.7M · revenue +28%
  • RI
    REFED INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +55% · 33% of their budget

Funded once

  • Colorado Healing Fund
    one grant, 2022 · $1.2M · revenue -93% · 41% of their budget
  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH
    one grant, 2021 · $1.0M · revenue -54%
  • FP
    FARMLINK PROJECTgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $500k · revenue +248%
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.

1
Port Angeles Food Bank

Nourishing our community. the port angeles food bank is the main food bank in clallam county, providing food to 13 other area pantries and meal programs as well as providing food to over 5,000 individuals per month.

Food & Nutrition
2
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc

To end hunger and transform the health of our community by providing nourishment to those in need by acquiring and distributing safe nutritious food via local agencies and by providing education to solve hunger and nutritional problems in…

Food & Nutrition
3
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc

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

Food & Nutrition
4
America's Second Harvest of the Big Bend Inc

To advance change by feeding the hungry and educating and engaging the community in the fight to end hunger.

Food & Nutrition
5
Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County

Second harvest food bank's mission is to end hunger and malnutrition by educating and involving the community.

Food & Nutrition
6
Central California Food Bank

Ccfb is dedicated to ending hunger, working with over 200 partner agencies to provide food to those experiencing hunger. our mission: transforming lives together, in the passionate pursuit to end hunger in central ca - one meal, one…

Food & Nutrition
7
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
8
Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma Inc

The mission of the regional food bank of oklahoma is to lead a network that provides nutritious food and pathways to self-sufficiency for people facing hunger. our vision is an oklahoma where no one goes hungry.

Food & Nutrition
9
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
10
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
11
Ozarks Food Harvest Inc

Ozarks food harvest's mission is to transform hunger into hope.

Food & Nutrition
12
The Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas

The food bank of northeast arkansas provides hunger relief to people in need in twelve counties in northeast arkansas by raising awareness, securing resources, and distributing food through a network of non-profit agencies and programs.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Montgomery County Food Bank Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Scripps Howard Foundation. 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

545 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. 545 of the 610 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
83
Early backer (in before they grew)
536/545
Grantees still filing
360/545
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Feeding America: $5,640,108 · Food & NutritionFeeding AmericaREFED INC: $2,287,500 · Food & NutritionREFED INCFOOD LIFELINE: $1,761,047 · Food & NutritionFOOD LIFELINEFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $1,173,082 · Food & NutritionFOUNDATION FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH: $1,000,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD FINDERS INC: $912,500 · Food & NutritionIDAHO FOODBANK WAREHOUSE: $845,226 · Food & Nutrition+68 more: $10,585,227 · Food & Nutrition+68 moreSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $3,725,000 · OtherSHARE OUR STRENGTHMid-Ohio Foodbank: $2,165,000 · OtherMid-Ohio FoodbankOREGON FOOD BANK: $1,622,241 · OtherOREGON FOOD BANKThe Houston Food Bank: $1,114,601 · OtherTarrant Area Food Bank: $1,071,647 · OtherMATRIARK FOODS: $935,000 · OtherColorado Healing Fund: $1,158,348 · Other+68 more: $10,779,521 · Other+68 moreWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $2,670,747 · EnvironmentTHE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC: $1,010,000 · EnvironmentKEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL INC: $299,159 · EnvironmentURBAN GREEN LAB: $280,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $165,000 · Environment+1 more: $50,000 · EnvironmentmRelief: $650,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $649,256 · Human ServicesFARMLINK PROJECT: $500,000 · Human ServicesMust Ministries Inc: $410,000 · Human ServicesOREGON TRAIL OF HOPE: $351,490 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $250,000 · Human ServicesEquitable Food Initiative: $200,000 · Human ServicesSTORE TO DOOR: $185,000 · Human ServicesGALVESTON COUNTY FOOD BANK: $173,760 · Human Services+15 more: $1,089,640 · Human ServicesAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,171,207 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $1,049,460 · HealthOLIVE CREST: $168,661 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $150,000 · HealthPROJECT ANGEL FOOD: $92,500 · Health+2 more: $110,000 · HealthJames Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association: $360,328 · PhilanthropyGenYOUTH Incorporated: $324,000 · PhilanthropyPORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $299,288 · PhilanthropyTHE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $250,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC: $110,678 · PhilanthropyWorld Food Prize Foundation: $90,000 · Philanthropy+5 more: $229,809 · PhilanthropySUNSHINE DIVISION INC: $1,333,466 · Crime & LegalNOMI NETWORK INC: $50,000 · Crime & Legal
Food & Nutrition$24,204,690Other$22,571,358Environment$4,474,906Human Services$4,459,146Health$2,741,828Philanthropy$1,664,103Crime & Legal$1,383,466

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetFeeding America: $5,640,108 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $3,725,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $2,670,747 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetREFED INC: $2,287,500 over 5y, 33% of budgetMid-Ohio Foodbank: $2,165,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetFOOD LIFELINE: $1,761,047 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK: $1,622,241 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSUNSHINE DIVISION INC: $1,333,466 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $1,173,082 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,171,207 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetColorado Healing Fund: $1,158,348 over 1y, 41% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $1,114,601 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTarrant Area Food Bank: $1,071,647 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $1,049,460 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC: $1,010,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFOOD FINDERS INC: $912,500 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetIDAHO FOODBANK WAREHOUSE: $845,226 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $672,147 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $652,770 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetmRelief: $650,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $649,256 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLA SOUPE INC: $585,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $577,355 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Food Bank: $500,373 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFARMLINK PROJECT: $500,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetRe-Plate Inc DBA Replate: $425,000 over 4y, 9.6% of budgetNourish Pierce County: $410,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetMust Ministries Inc: $410,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetJames Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association: $360,328 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetOREGON TRAIL OF HOPE: $351,490 over 2y, 54% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $350,640 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $331,244 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFood Bank of Alaska: $330,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $325,513 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGenYOUTH Incorporated: $324,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $321,851 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE PHOENIX: $308,220 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $300,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $299,288 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetKEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL INC: $299,159 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetSECOND HARVEST INLAND NORTHWEST: $287,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $281,405 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN GREEN LAB: $280,000 over 6y, 20% of budgetFEED MORE INC: $267,636 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFEEDING SAN DIEGO: $265,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA: $258,526 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 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.

The Kroger Co Foundat…Feeding AmericaThe Albertsons Compan…Food LifelineNorthwest Harvest EmmPuget Sound Energy Fo…Washington Federal Fo…The Woodforest Charit…Farmlink ProjectFranz Bakery Foundati…Employees Community F…Windermere Foundation
The Kroger Co FoundationOH201.9× affinity154 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Kroger Co Foundation · Feeding America · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Food Lifeline · Northwest Harvest Emm · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Washington Federal Foundation · The Woodforest Charitable Foundation · Farmlink Project · Franz Bakery Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Windermere 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 The Kroger Co Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kroger Co Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • Community Development Corporation of Oregon: 7% of income from government
  • Portland Community College Foundation Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
107report 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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Find your warmest path to The Kroger Co Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation 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 610 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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