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NORTHEAST WHOLESALE FOOD DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION INC

NORTHEAST WHOLESALE FOOD DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $14,699,750 to it, the largest being EASTERN BANK FOUNDATION ($14,699,750). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$528k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$15M
Net assets
$310k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Northeast Wholesale Food Distributors Association Inc does

Mission

Provide value to the food industry community through communication, education, and networking.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Hosting a northeastern convention and auction, with speakers and other events, to bring awareness regarding the food industry and to raise proceeds for the development of the program and scholarships.

    $196,506 spent
    49% of program spending
  2. Hosting a golf tournament to raise proceeds for the development of the program and scholarships.

    $54,584 spent
    14% of program spending
  3. Membership and sponsorpship programs

    $147,218 spent
    37% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $398,308.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($418k) Expenses 100 ($335k) Net assets 100 ($96k)2018 Revenue 84 ($350k) Expenses 87 ($292k) Net assets 142 ($135k)2019 Revenue 134 ($559k) Expenses 143 ($480k) Net assets 219 ($209k)2020 Revenue 37 ($155k) Expenses 62 ($207k) Net assets 146 ($140k)2021 Revenue 53 ($223k) Expenses 64 ($216k) Net assets 150 ($144k)2022 Revenue 50 ($208k) Expenses 95 ($319k) Net assets 24 ($23k)2023 Revenue 117 ($489k) Expenses 97 ($324k) Net assets 196 ($188k)2024 Revenue 129 ($539k) Expenses 163 ($546k) Net assets 188 ($180k)2025 Revenue 126 ($528k) Expenses 119 ($398k) Net assets 324 ($310k)
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Revenue (126)Expenses (119)Net assets (324)

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 $182k to $321k (+76%).

$200k
$140k
$209k
$140k
$144k
$275k
$215k
$182k
$321k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$83k
’17
$58k
’18
$79k
’19
−$52k
’20
$7k
’21
−$111k
’22
$164k
’23
−$8k
’24
$130k
’25
7.8
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

Kevin Griffin

Executive director

Board chair

Dan Fudger

Chairperson

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed201920202016161619
Joined·+3+1+0+0+0+1+0+14
No longer listed·400041011
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of NORTHEAST WHOLESALE FOOD DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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.

Where its funders are

100% of NORTHEAST WHOLESALE FOOD DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

Organizations like NORTHEAST WHOLESALE FOOD DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION 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 Massachusetts

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

19
board members
95%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds NORTHEAST WHOLESALE FOOD DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION INC?
NORTHEAST WHOLESALE FOOD DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $14,699,750 to it, the largest being EASTERN BANK FOUNDATION ($14,699,750). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NORTHEAST WHOLESALE FOOD DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $14,699,750 in grants to NORTHEAST WHOLESALE FOOD DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION INC.
Who is the largest funder of NORTHEAST WHOLESALE FOOD DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION INC?
EASTERN BANK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $14,699,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NORTHEAST WHOLESALE FOOD DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 1 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