Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
Jenkintown Food Cupboard Inc
Jenkintown Food Cupboard Inc (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $420,214 to it, the largest being Charles H and Mildred E Speece Foundation ($115,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $420k
- Net assets
- $359k
What Jenkintown Food Cupboard Inc does
Mission
Jenkintown Food Cupboard combats food insecurity in Montgomery County Pennsylvania by distributing food and essential household items to people in need and by distributing food to countywide organizations that serve people who need food.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Jenkintown Food Cupboard operated a no-cost dignity-centered food pantry for residents of Montgomery County experiencing food insecurity. Through weekly distributions the organization provided food hygiene products household essentials and community-based information to regular and new patrons in a respectful and non-judgmental environment. The pantry served individuals and families facing limited means helping them access nutritious food and essential supplies without charge. Expenses: $802,580
$888,721 spent96% of program spendingJenkintown Food Cupboard distributed food to partner organizations throughout Montgomery County Pennsylvania that serve individuals and families experiencing food insecurity. Through food sourcing storage transportation and distribution partnerships the organization helped strengthen the regional charitable food network and expand access to food beyond its own pantry site. This work supported smaller and partner pantries by improving access to donated and purchased food coordinating shared distribution and helping move food more efficiently to communities in need. The program reflects the organizations countywide role in building food access infrastructure while remaining focused on direct relief for people experiencing food insecurity.
$41,216 spent4% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $929,937.
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
Nicolino Ellis
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $5k → $70k.
4 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 Jenkintown Food Cupboard Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 15 of 16 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
Jenkintown Food Cupboard Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
50% 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 Jenkintown Food Cupboard Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 80% · 2021 50% · 2022 29% · 2023 71% — 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
43% of Jenkintown Food Cupboard Inc's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 63% 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
86% of Jenkintown Food Cupboard Inc's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $209k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
Jenkintown Food Cupboard Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 605 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 605 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Jenkintown Food Cupboard 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Jenkintown Food Cupboard 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 Jenkintown Food Cupboard Inc?
- Jenkintown Food Cupboard Inc (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $420,214 to it, the largest being Charles H and Mildred E Speece Foundation ($115,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Jenkintown Food Cupboard Inc have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $420,214 in grants to Jenkintown Food Cupboard Inc, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Jenkintown Food Cupboard Inc?
- Charles H and Mildred E Speece Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $115,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Jenkintown Food Cupboard Inc 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 16 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