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FOOD CONNECT CO

FOOD CONNECT CO (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,541,221 to it, the largest being JHC Foundation ($2,030,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$2.3M
Funders on record
31
Grants received
$5.5M
Net assets
$1.1M
14/31 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 79%
01What it does

What Food Connect Co does

Mission

At food connect, we're dedicated to bridging the gaps in our food system, working to end hunger and fostering healthier communities through our innovative initiatives and programs. We build scalable technologies that support last-mile logistics so that people can get the right food at the right time in times of need. Our aim is to promote sustainable and equitable food practices while reducing the environmental footprint of food waste in our community.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Program management, delivery & logistics: we build innovative technology to support customized matching and distribution of food to those in need. We ensure that critical feedback loops between recipients to food providers are captured which furthers food sovereignty and efficiency within the food system. We build thoughtful "food is medicine and food rescue programs so that when vulnerable populations receive critical food assistance, they are also simultaneously improving health outcomes and eliminating food waste.

    $1,973,528 spent$992,987 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,973,528.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($217k) Expenses 100 ($197k) Net assets 100 ($65k)2020 Revenue 313 ($678k) Expenses 266 ($522k) Net assets 310 ($200k)2021 Revenue 683 ($1.5M) Expenses 693 ($1.4M) Net assets 610 ($394k)2022 Revenue 692 ($1.5M) Expenses 667 ($1.3M) Net assets 1245 ($805k)2023 Revenue 1070 ($2.3M) Expenses 1005 ($2.0M) Net assets 1777 ($1.1M)2024 Revenue 1068 ($2.3M) Expenses 1214 ($2.4M) Net assets 1662 ($1.1M)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (1068)Expenses (1214)Net assets (1662)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $435k to $904k (+108%).

$74k
$227k
$435k
$904k
$1.3M
$1.1M
201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

57% of FOOD CONNECT CO’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,195 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$20k
’19
$156k
’20
$118k
’21
$190k
’22
$344k
’23
−$71k
’24
3.1
months of
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

Megha Kulshreshtha

Executive director

Board chair

Richard Vezina

Chairperson

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

201920202021202220232024
Listed536669
Joined·+2+4+0+0+3
No longer listed·41000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $55k → $1.6M.

8 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 FOOD CONNECT CO’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

FOOD CONNECT CO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

33% 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 CONNECT CO.

37%
largest funder
68%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 100% · 2019 71% · 2020 48% · 2021 68% · 2022 55% · 2023 31% — 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

56% of FOOD CONNECT CO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

FOOD CONNECT CO draws 76% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 12 states in all.

VT
IL
MA
PA
NJ
CA
MO
MD
DE
NC
DC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $321k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FOOD CONNECT CO has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,130 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−3% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve3.1mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)61% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,130 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like FOOD CONNECT CO

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

83% of spending goes to programs.

Program 83%Management 11%Fundraising 7%

Governance

9
board members
89%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

70%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

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Questions and answers

Who funds FOOD CONNECT CO?
FOOD CONNECT CO (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,541,221 to it, the largest being JHC Foundation ($2,030,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FOOD CONNECT CO have?
IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $5,541,221 in grants to FOOD CONNECT CO, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FOOD CONNECT CO?
JHC Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $2,030,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FOOD CONNECT CO 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing