North Carolina · Nonprofit
Share Thy Bread
Share Thy Bread (North Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $150,000 to it, the largest being THE CANNON FOUNDATION INC ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $654k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $150k
- Net assets
- $456k
What Share Thy Bread does
Mission
Share Thy Bread is a nonprofit organization committed to alleviating food insecurity and meeting essential needs by providing food resources and compassionate support to individuals and families throughout Polk County and Western North Carolina.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.
During the year the organization completed construction of a new pantry facility and introduced a client-choice shopping model allowing individuals and families to select food items based on their needs.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
The organization transitioned from a traditional food distribution model to a client-choice pantry model enhancing service delivery by improving access efficiency and dignity for those served.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
During the Year Share Thy Bread expanded its food assistance program by completing construction of a new pantry facility and transitioning to a client-choice shipping model. This enhanced approach allows individuals and families to select food items based on their needs promoting dignity and improving access to nutritious food. The organization continued to provide food and essential resources to the community throughout Polk County and Western North Carolina.
$334,505 spent$354,442 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $334,505.
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.
Board chair
Joe Primous
Chairman of the Board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 Share Thy Bread’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 3 of 4 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
Share Thy Bread leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 Share Thy Bread.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of Share Thy Bread's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
Share Thy Bread runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Share Thy Bread
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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Share Thy Bread: 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 Share Thy Bread?
- Share Thy Bread (North Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $150,000 to it, the largest being THE CANNON FOUNDATION INC ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Share Thy Bread have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $150,000 in grants to Share Thy Bread, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Share Thy Bread?
- THE CANNON FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Share Thy Bread find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 4 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