Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
ALLENTOWN AREA ECUMENICAL FOOD BANK
ALLENTOWN AREA ECUMENICAL FOOD BANK (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,257,458 to it, the largest being HARRY C TREXLER ESTATE ($440,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Allentown Area Ecumenical Food Bank does
Mission
The organization provides relief in the form of food distribution to food insecure families and individuals in lehigh county.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
A client choice pantry allows clients to select their own food instead of receiving prepacked bags of groceries. With this method, clients do not have to take items they already have, do not like, or cannot eat for health or personal reasons and instead they choose items that are most needed in their home. Our pantry offers shelf-stable foods such as canned vegetables and beans, pasta and rice, pasta sauce and soups. There are also refrigerators and freezers loaded with fresh and frozen produce, meats, and dairy products. Additionally, we offer clients personal care items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap and shampoo when available. Historically, approximately, 60% of these products are supplied by the federally funded the emergency food assistance program (tefap).
$547,316 spent91% of program spendingThe elderly food program is an initiative dedicated to delivering nutritious food directly to residents of senior housing units in allentown. Launched in spring 2024, the program served 319 seniors in its first year. By the end of fy 2025, that number had grown significantly, with 1,816 seniors receiving food through the program.through the efp, each delivery includes fresh fruits and vegetables, milk, meat, bread, and eggs, as well as canned and packaged foods to help ensure balanced, reliable nutrition.
$24,058 spent4% of program spendingThe summer kids program offers a diverse selection of nutritious foods for families, aiming to bridge the gap during the summer months when children no longer have access to regular school meals. By providing essential groceries and kid-friendly snacks, the program helps ensure that children continue to receive the nourishment they need to stay healthy, active, and ready to learn even when school is out.
$30,072 spent5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $601,446.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $1.2M to $1.7M (+44%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
98% of ALLENTOWN AREA ECUMENICAL FOOD BANK’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Anne Egan
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $39k → $133k.
8 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ALLENTOWN AREA ECUMENICAL FOOD BANK’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ALLENTOWN AREA ECUMENICAL FOOD BANK has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 35% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
40% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ALLENTOWN AREA ECUMENICAL FOOD BANK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 71% · 2019 75% · 2020 58% · 2021 48% · 2022 44% · 2023 49% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
54% of ALLENTOWN AREA ECUMENICAL FOOD BANK's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
77% of ALLENTOWN AREA ECUMENICAL FOOD BANK's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $269k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ALLENTOWN AREA ECUMENICAL FOOD BANK runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 655 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 655 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ALLENTOWN AREA ECUMENICAL FOOD BANK
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ALLENTOWN AREA ECUMENICAL FOOD BANK?
- ALLENTOWN AREA ECUMENICAL FOOD BANK (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,257,458 to it, the largest being HARRY C TREXLER ESTATE ($440,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALLENTOWN AREA ECUMENICAL FOOD BANK have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $1,257,458 in grants to ALLENTOWN AREA ECUMENICAL FOOD BANK, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALLENTOWN AREA ECUMENICAL FOOD BANK?
- HARRY C TREXLER ESTATE is the largest funder on record, with $440,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALLENTOWN AREA ECUMENICAL FOOD BANK find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 31 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing