Massachusetts · Nonprofit
PROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC
PROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 262 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,606,824 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,070,478). 162 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 262
- Grants received
- $23M
- Net assets
- $11M
What Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc does
Mission
Project bread integrates expertise earned through directly serving individuals, research, advocacy, and community engagement for a comprehensive approach that achieves large scale, sustainable impact to prevent hunger.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Direct serviceproject bread provides direct service to >30,000 households a year: trained counselors provide free, confidential, compassionate support in 180 languages by phone & live chat. >5,000 people experiencing food insecurity improve their health because of one-on-one case management services including funds for food, basic kitchen equipment, nutrition education & cooking classes. The bulk of project bread's healthcare system work is in partnership with select accountable care organizations and masshealth. These programs, the expertise of people with lived experience of food insecurity and project bread's research dept inform policy & advocacy initiatives to advance permanent systemic change.
$8,982,658 spentof which $4,599,461 as grants$3,866,410 earned by the program62% of program spendingFeeding kidsproject bread ensures ma kids learn & grow unencumbered by hunger; increasing participation in free school and summer meal programs so all kids can eat without stigma. In partnership with the ma dept of elementary & secondary education, project bread collaborates with schools/ communities to eliminate barriers to meals, providing school/district specific support through technical assistance, guidance on meal program design, procurement, & grants for needs such as equipment, packaging, and staffing. Nutrition staff earn professional development hours from project bread's school food fellowship education program (>1,000 hours/credits awarded in fy25).
$1,580,564 spentof which $322,952 as grants$6,500 earned by the program11% of program spendingFood resource outreach and awarenessproject bread leads statewide, multi-channel public service campaigns in several languages to destigmatize assistance and to raise awareness about food insecurity programs. Through grassroots outreach, activation of community partners, paid media and pr, engagement with elected officials and thousands of project bread supporters and participants in the walk for hunger, project bread promotes resources such as our foodsource hotline to address the food insecurity of individuals and families. Project bread provides health centers with grants to support snap training and provide promotional materials to supplement other awareness activities.
$1,559,140 spent11% of program spendingProject bread catalyzes systemic change through advocacy, community engagement, and research & evaluation. Funds are granted to community organizations in support of local solutions. Learnings from partners, individuals, and internal research & evaluation support community & legislator engagement. Project bread effectively advocates for policy solutions, including filing legislation, leading the make hunger history coalition, and mobilizing grassroots advocates. All ma residents can join the movement to fight hunger through the annual walk for hunger, a community event that increases awareness and raises money to fight hunger.
$2,396,368 spentof which $286,969 as grants$48,143 earned by the program17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,518,730.
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 $4.7M to $10.0M (+113%).
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 14% · 2018 18% · 2019 19% · 2020 9% · 2021 18% · 2022 13% · 2023 14% · 2024 14% · 2025 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
76% of PROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Erin Mcaleer Crowley
President and CEO
Board chair
Peter Levangie
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 45 funders to 107 funders, grant income rose $628k → $3.2M.
29 of 262 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 PROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 262 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
PROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
55% 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 PROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 37% · 2019 29% · 2020 15% · 2021 20% · 2022 22% · 2023 21% — 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
47% of PROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
66% of PROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 19 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
PROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC is better cushioned 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
Organizations like PROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER 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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% 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 16 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC?
- PROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 262 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,606,824 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,070,478). 162 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC have?
- IRS filings report 262 organizations giving $22,606,824 in grants to PROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC, 162 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $5,070,478 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER 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 262 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