New York · Nonprofit
NEW YORK COMMON PANTRY
NEW YORK COMMON PANTRY (New York) receives grants from 282 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,007,889 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,833,131). 156 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $24M
- Funders on record
- 282
- Grants received
- $31M
- Net assets
- $18M
What New York Common Pantry does
Mission
New York Common Pantry reduces hunger while promoting dignity, health and self-sufficiency.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Program one: nourish (commodity supplemental food program)a commodity supplemental food program, nourish is nycp's largest program service by expense and is funded by usda and new york state. The program helps distribute large nutritious food packages to low-income seniors from a home office in the bronx and over 125 sites throughout new york city and some parts of westchester county. Nourish serves five days a week, one day during early morning extended hours, and once a month on the weekend at the home site. In fy25, these monthly packages served 207,784 visitors and distributed 4,779,032 meals. The cost per meal in the nourish program in fy25 was $1.72 (down 1 cent per meal from fy24). Nourish's primary enrollment and the home office is at 788 southern boulevard in the bronx, although the program also operates across four boroughs and lower westchester.
$8,227,560 spent44% of program spendingProgram two: choice pantry manhattanchoice pantry manhattan distributes a variety of wholesome and healthy foods via 'pantry packages' available to any low-income new yorker. These foods are accessed through bulk purchasing, large-scale food donations by food banks, and nycp's food rescue team, which picks up from wholesalers and warehouses, restaurants, supermarkets, and our food drive partners across the city. Pantry screening, enrollment, and emergency food provision are open seven days a week, 365 days a year, with shortened hours on sundays and holidays. Regular choice pantry manhattan distribution days are wednesday through saturday. The program served 2,824,138 meals (10% increase vs. Fy24) to 180,996 visitors in fy25. The choice pantry program is integrated with the help 365 resource screening program, which facilitates and accesses other resources (tax assistance, snap, and health benefits) to reduce food insecurity. The cost per meal at choice pantry manhattan was $1.09 in fy25. Choice pantry manhattan is located at 8 east 109th street, new york, ny 10029.
$3,406,724 spent18% of program spendingProgram three: mobile pantry the mobile pantry program distributes food across nyc to over 75 regular locations each month, often more than once. In addition, the program served over 100 pop-up sites. The program utilizes a 'trusted partner' model, and each program is vetted and screened. Depending on the ability of the site, nycp will also provide other services like help 365 case management and live healthy (nutrition education) services. The program served 2,279,050 meals (11% increase vs. Fy24) to 151,135 visitors in fy25. The cost per meal was $0.93 in the mobile pantry program.
$2,113,888 spent11% of program spendingChoice pantry bronx:choice pantry bronx distributes a variety of wholesome and healthy foods via 'pantry packages' to any low-income new yorker, emphasizing those residing in the bronx. In fy25, the program operated on a tuesday-to-saturday schedule for enrollment and emergency packages and distributed regular pantry packages from thursday to saturday. In fy25, the program served 1,759,692 meals (a 12% increase from fy24) to 127,078 visitors (an increase of 7% from fy24). The cost per meal at choice pantry bronx was $0.90.total expenses: $1,580,964help 365:helped 365 bronx, manhattan, and mobile programs screened and accessed resources for 61,155 low-income new yorkers in fy25. The program comprises help 365 bronx, help 365 manhattan, and the help 365 mobile team. The mobile team focuses on snap benefits and travels to communities where data indicates there is underutilization of the benefit. Together, these three help 365 programs cost $1,556,411 and directly accessed $10,148,290 for those served, a return on investment (roi) of $6.52 for every dollar spent.total expenses: $1,556,411live healthy!:the live healthy! Delivers nutrition education and food equity interventions to…
$5,135,124 spent27% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $18,883,296.
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 $17M to $25M (+46%).
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 29% · 2018 29% · 2019 30% · 2020 22% · 2021 22% · 2022 28% · 2023 26% · 2024 26% · 2025 27%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of NEW YORK COMMON PANTRY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Grimaldi Stephen
Executive director
Board chair
Sung Margie
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 37 funders to 102 funders, grant income rose $878k → $4.6M.
32 of 282 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.
From the IRS filings of NEW YORK COMMON PANTRY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 282 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
NEW YORK COMMON PANTRY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
66% 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 NEW YORK COMMON PANTRY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 38% · 2019 36% · 2020 16% · 2021 14% · 2022 16% · 2023 18% — 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
40% of NEW YORK COMMON PANTRY'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
83% of NEW YORK COMMON PANTRY'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. $12M arriving through sponsors registered in 17 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
NEW YORK COMMON PANTRY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 201 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 201 food & nutrition nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding NEW YORK COMMON PANTRY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $500k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$500k
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 NEW YORK COMMON PANTRY
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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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
- Oak Point Hub LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NEW YORK COMMON PANTRY?
- NEW YORK COMMON PANTRY (New York) receives grants from 282 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,007,889 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,833,131). 156 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEW YORK COMMON PANTRY have?
- IRS filings report 282 organizations giving $31,007,889 in grants to NEW YORK COMMON PANTRY, 156 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEW YORK COMMON PANTRY?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $3,833,131 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEW YORK COMMON PANTRY 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.
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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 282 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