Illinois · Nonprofit
FEEDING PEOPLE THROUGH PLANTS NFP
FEEDING PEOPLE THROUGH PLANTS NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $157,103 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($75,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $256k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $157k
- Net assets
- $112k
What Feeding People Through Plants Nfp does
Mission
The orange tent project is showing up for our neighbors experiencing homelessness with hope, human connection, and empowerment one tent, meal, and person at a time.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The organization received funding from the chicago coalition to end homelessness to support its orange tent project, a program designed to assist individuals experiencing homelessness by providing temporary shelter, emergency supplies, and outreach services. Grant funds were used to purchase tents, weather-resistant materials, and other essential items that helped create safer living conditions for vulnerable individuals lacking stable housing. Through the orange tent project, the organization worked to address immediate housing insecurity while connecting participants with community resources, support services, and pathways toward long-term stability. The funding received directly supported the organization's charitable mission of serving homeless and at-risk populations by providing critical emergency assistance and improving access to basic necessities.
$20,000 earned by the programFunding received from chicago professional women for good was used to strengthen the organization's homeless outreach and support initiatives. The grant assisted with providing essential resources to individuals experiencing homelessness, including emergency supplies, basic living necessities, and materials used to support community-based outreach efforts. The contribution enabled the organization to expand its reach into underserved communities by providing direct assistance to those facing housing insecurity. Through these efforts, the organization advanced its mission of providing relief, support, and hope to vulnerable individuals while promoting greater access to resources that improve overall well-being and stability.
$3,400 earned by the program
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $61k to $112k (+84%).
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.
100% of FEEDING PEOPLE THROUGH PLANTS NFP’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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
Morgan Mcluckie
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $16k → $7k.
6 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 92% 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 PEOPLE THROUGH PLANTS NFP’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 11 of 12 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 PEOPLE THROUGH PLANTS NFP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
97% 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 PEOPLE THROUGH PLANTS NFP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 43% · 2023 83% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
Where its funders are
92% of FEEDING PEOPLE THROUGH PLANTS NFP's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $13k that is directly attributable, 91% of it comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $144k 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 PEOPLE THROUGH PLANTS NFP runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FEEDING PEOPLE THROUGH PLANTS NFP
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
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 FEEDING PEOPLE THROUGH PLANTS NFP?
- FEEDING PEOPLE THROUGH PLANTS NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $157,103 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($75,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FEEDING PEOPLE THROUGH PLANTS NFP have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $157,103 in grants to FEEDING PEOPLE THROUGH PLANTS NFP, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FEEDING PEOPLE THROUGH PLANTS NFP?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FEEDING PEOPLE THROUGH PLANTS NFP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 12 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing