Arizona · Nonprofit
FEEDING MATTERS INC
FEEDING MATTERS INC (Arizona) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,462,326 to it, the largest being The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation ($600,000). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $821k
- Funders on record
- 47
- Grants received
- $3.5M
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Feeding Matters Inc does
Mission
Furthering advances in pediatric feeding disorders by accelerating identification, igniting research, and promoting collaborative care for children and families. Feeding matters' vision is a world in which children with pediatric feeding disorders will thrive.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Conference - feeding matters delivers interdisciplinary education through its annual conference and summit programming, including the international pediatric feeding disorder conference and the feeding and eating psychology summit. These programs provide training for healthcare professionals and caregivers on the evaluation and treatment of pediatric feeding disorder (pfd) and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (arfid). Content includes current research, clinical approaches, and lived experience perspectives, supporting improved identification, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and care for children with feeding disorders and differences.
$319,962 spent$281,533 earned by the program30% of program spendingAwareness & outreach - awareness and outreach efforts focus on increasing public and professional understanding of pediatric feeding disorder (pfd) and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (arfid), including distinctions from typical feeding development. Initiatives include the its not picky eating awareness initiative, which provides accessible education to families and the broader community, as well as professional presentations, digital resources, and national outreach activities. These efforts aim to reduce stigma, promote early recognition, and connect individuals to appropriate support and care.
$226,138 spent21% of program spendingFamily support - family support programs provide education, connection, and resources to caregivers of children with pediatric feeding disorder (pfd) and related feeding challenges, including arfid. Services include peer and professional-informed coaching, a virtual provider directory and resource library, educational programming, and limited financial assistance to reduce barriers to care. These programs aim to increase caregiver confidence, reduce isolation, and support families in navigating complex feeding needs.
$185,910 spent18% of program spendingSystem change initiatives - feeding matters leads systems-change initiatives to improve early identification and care for pediatric feeding disorder (pfd) and its intersection with arfid. Activities include development and dissemination of consensus-based publications, collaboration with clinical and research partners, and efforts to integrate feeding into healthcare, early childhood, and public health frameworks. This work supports alignment across disciplines, informs clinical practice, and advances recognition of feeding as an important component of child development.
$325,918 spentof which $9,000 as grants31% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,057,928.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2022 to 2023, from $1.4M to $3.0M (+113%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 23% · 2021 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
64% of FEEDING MATTERS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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
Jaclyn Pederson
CEO
Board chair
Bucky Slomski
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 15 funders, grant income fell $695k → $244k.
8 of 47 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 FEEDING MATTERS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 47 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
FEEDING MATTERS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
39% 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 FEEDING MATTERS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 30% · 2019 21% · 2020 23% · 2021 28% · 2022 25% · 2023 21% — 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
25% of FEEDING MATTERS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
84% of FEEDING MATTERS INC's grant income comes from Arizona funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $389k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
FEEDING MATTERS INC is better cushioned than half of the 8,464 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,464 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding FEEDING MATTERS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $225 on record.
- Registration for Meetings&Conf$225
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like FEEDING MATTERS INC
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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FEEDING MATTERS INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FEEDING MATTERS INC?
- FEEDING MATTERS INC (Arizona) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,462,326 to it, the largest being The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation ($600,000). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FEEDING MATTERS INC have?
- IRS filings report 47 organizations giving $3,462,326 in grants to FEEDING MATTERS INC, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FEEDING MATTERS INC?
- The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $600,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FEEDING MATTERS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 47 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