New York · Nonprofit
FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY
FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY (New York) receives grants from 838 organizations whose IRS filings report $117,986,869 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($13,433,415). 463 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $174M
- Funders on record
- 838
- Grants received
- $118M
- Net assets
- $39M
What Food Bank for New York City does
Mission
Food bank for nyc has been the city's major hunger-relief organization driven by our mission to empower every new yorker to achieve food security for good. We harness the collective power of our network of food providers, partners, and volunteers to activate the right resources, supports, and expertise across the five boroughs. Our work with 800+ soup kitchens, food pantries, and campus partners provides immediate and reliable access to food and nutrition education, while our economic empowerment programs give people the tools and know-how to improve their financial wellness.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Food distribution: in fy25, food bank distributed 103.9 million pounds equivalent to 87 million meals, exceeding the distribution goal by 18 million pounds. This was accomplished through its network of 800+ organizations consisting of soup kitchens, food pantries, k-12 schools and college partners, healthcare partners, and its own pantry and soup kitchen programs.
$147,152,017 spentof which $126,716,828 as grants$35,384,065 earned by the program95% of program spendingNutrition education: food bank for nyc provides nutrition education for children, teens and adults, encourages the development and adoption of healthy diets and promotes healthy eating in communities throughout new york city. In fy25, over 21,000 participants were engaged in nutrition education workshops and most significantly through its cookshop program in schools.
$2,226,733 spentof which $23,100 as grants1% of program spendingCommunity kitchen and food pantry. Opened in 1984, the community kitchen and food pantry of west harlem (the "kitchen") is a resource and service center for the community of west harlem. The kitchen operates a congregate meal program; a consumer-choice food pantry and, as well as free tax preparation services and supplemental nutrition assistance program enrollment.
$2,141,549 spentof which $295,254 as grants1% of program spendingDuring fiscal year 2025, fbnyc transitioned its free tax preparation program to an external nonprofit provider. While the program provided meaningful community benefit, management determined that service delivery could continue more effectively through a specialized partner. This transition allows fbnyc to focus resources on its core food access and nutrition mission while maintaining access to tax preparation services for low-income households. In fy25, over 10,000 returns were prepared and filed under its free tax preparation services and financial workshops.
$1,557,442 spentof which $43,658 as grants1% of program spendingFbnyc provides workshops to inform and educate low-income new yorkers and community-based organizations on government food assistance programs and provide access to resources to help communities move toward more sustainable strategies for combatting food insecurity. Food bank for nyc conducts snap training and provides technical assistance on eligibility screenings for community-based organizations and provides also provides direct client services as well. In fy25, food bank for nyc provided services that resulted in over 10,100 enrollments for snap benefits, 8% higher than the previous year.
$1,955,229 spentof which $160,148 as grants1% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $155,032,970.
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 2019 to 2020, from $20M to $57M (+191%).
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: 2017 25% · 2018 26% · 2019 38% · 2020 17% · 2021 22% · 2022 31% · 2023 24% · 2024 57% · 2025 35%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
80% of FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (9% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
Leslie Gordon
President and CEO
Board chair
Seraina Macia
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 116 funders to 292 funders, grant income rose $4.5M → $17M.
66 of 838 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $586k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Food Bank Association of New York State). These are real filings, and they are not money FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY raised.
From the IRS filings of FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 838 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
FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% of grant income, and it takes 12 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 12 funders to its left
58% 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 FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 22% · 2018 17% · 2019 13% · 2020 10% · 2021 17% · 2022 19% · 2023 14% — 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
37% of FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
56% of FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $45M arriving through sponsors registered in 24 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
FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY has grown faster than half of the 24 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 24 community improvement nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.0M on record.
- Department of the Treasury$2.0M
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 FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Community Food Resources Center Property · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: 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 FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY?
- FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY (New York) receives grants from 838 organizations whose IRS filings report $117,986,869 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($13,433,415). 463 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY have?
- IRS filings report 838 organizations giving $117,986,869 in grants to FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY, 463 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $13,433,415 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 838 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