New York · Private foundation
The Yum-O Organization Inc
YUM-O IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT EMPOWERS KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO DEVELOP HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS WITH FOOD AND COOKING BY TEACHING FAMILIES TO COOK, FEEDING HUNGRY KIDS, AND FUNDING COOKING EDUCATION. Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's…
- $50k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $127k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Yum-O Organization Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $200k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $250k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $360k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $800k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $462k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $329k | 69% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation | $482,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Feeding America | $200,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Congress of Parents & Teachers | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $175,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Foodcorps Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Wellness in the Schools Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 5% |
| City Harvest Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Move for Hunger Inc | $117,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Hunger Free America Inc | $110,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Share Our Strength | $106,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 33 grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($75k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Yum-O Organization Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 28 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 Rachael Ray Foundation · Share Our Strength · The Chicago Community Trust · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · New York State Health Fdn D/B/A New York Health Foundation · Builders Vision Foundation · Newman's Own Foundation · The Rockefeller Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jewish Communal Fund
How this is measured
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About The Yum-O Organization Inc
- How much does The Yum-O Organization Inc give?
- The Yum-O Organization Inc reported 1 grants totaling $50,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Yum-O Organization Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (80%), Education (10%), International (4%).
- Who are The Yum-O Organization Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation ($482k), Feeding America ($200k), National Congress of Parents & Teachers ($200k).
- Does The Yum-O Organization Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Yum-O Organization Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Yum-O Organization Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Rachael Ray Foundation, Share Our Strength, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is The Yum-O Organization Inc based?
- The Yum-O Organization Inc is based in NY.
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