Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
THE FOOD TRUST
THE FOOD TRUST (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 77 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,655,416 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($4,643,248). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 77
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What The Food Trust does
Mission
The Food Trust (tft), a nonprofit founded in philadelphia in 1992, strives to make healthy food available to all.continued on schedule otft is a regional and national leader in developing new strategies to prevent childhood obesity and other diet-related diseases through innovative programs to increase access to fresh food and provide nutrition education in underserved communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Nutrition education - The Food Trust (tft) provides nutrition education to children and families. The Food Trust's team of educators conducts the school nutrition education program in nearly 40 elementary schools in low-income neighborhoods of philadelphia, norristown and reading, pa, as well as camden, nj. The program's goal is to engage and collaborate with school communities to support their vision of a healthy environment and to increase access to affordable, fresh fruits & vegetables at an existing community hub.the program includes in-classroom nutrition education, school farm stands, adult/caregiver cooking workshops, financial incentive programs, school gardens, school wellness programs, and resources for teachers, parents and students.in addition, tft provides adaptable, community-level nutrition education and food access for adults in low-income communities of philadelphia, norristown and reading, pa, as well as camden, nj. Held in churches, libraries, food stores, and other community sites, these adult nutrition education lessons and workshops introduce participants to new fruits and vegetables, taught them how to prepare healthy meals, and provided educational tours of…
$4,542,275 spent50% of program spendingFarmers market and healthy corner store initiative - to increase healthy food access in southeastern pennsylvania, tft works in collaboration with local farmers, community organizations, schools and community members to operate a network of over 20 farmers markets and farm stands in underserved communities across philadelphia. Many of these markets are located in lower income neighborhoods with low access to healthy, affordable food. The farmers market program continued its outreach efforts to promote the consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables by providing on-site nutrition education and cooking demonstrations at a number of markets in underserved communities in philadelphia. The healthy corner store initiative (hcsi) increases the availability of nutritious food in underserved neighborhoods that lack supermarkets or other fresh-food retailers. Tft works in partnership with local public health departments, commerce departments, community and economic development departments, healthcare partners, and community-based partners and residents to develop healthy corner store networks in both rural and urban communities. Food trust staff currently lead direct programming in over…
$1,884,959 spent$546,556 earned by the program21% of program spendingNutrition incentives - tft's food bucks program, a coupon incentive program that provides market customers with a $2 coupon for free fruits and vegetables each time they spend $5 at the market using their snap (food stamp) benefits. Based on the success of the food bucks coupon program, tft continued expanding its healthy food incentive work across pennsylvania and camden, new jersey, to make healthy food more affordable for people using snap benefits. Food bucks are now accepted at 10 supermarkets across in philadelphia and one in pittsburgh. The organization has also continued to implement food bucks rx, a fruit and vegetable prescription program targeting low-income pediatric patients and their families, in partnership with cooper university hospital in camden.
$1,789,725 spent20% of program spendingHealthy food financing initiative - tft invests in new or expanding grocery stores and other fresh food retail outlets in low-access, low- to moderate-income communities throughout the united states
$817,167 spentof which $850,000 as grants9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,034,126.
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 $2.9M to $6.2M (+109%).
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 42% · 2018 45% · 2019 48% · 2020 58% · 2021 66% · 2022 70% · 2023 73% · 2024 75%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of THE FOOD TRUST’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 8 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
Mark Edwards
President & CEO
Board chair
Angel Rodriguez
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 20 funders to 27 funders, grant income fell $2.8M → $644k.
12 of 77 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 THE FOOD TRUST’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 77 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
THE FOOD TRUST has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 40% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
32% 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 THE FOOD TRUST.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 53% · 2019 42% · 2020 52% · 2021 30% · 2022 16% · 2023 17% — 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
35% of THE FOOD TRUST's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
THE FOOD TRUST draws 81% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 19 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
THE FOOD TRUST receives grants from 77 organizations whose IRS filings report $12M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 268 food & nutrition nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding THE FOOD TRUST receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $15.0M on record — $7.0M federal, $8.0M state.
- Department of Agriculture$7.0M
- Department of Health and Human Services$1
- NJ$8.0M
- FL$25
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 THE FOOD TRUST
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
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 4 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE FOOD TRUST: 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 THE FOOD TRUST?
- THE FOOD TRUST (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 77 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,655,416 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($4,643,248). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FOOD TRUST have?
- IRS filings report 77 organizations giving $11,655,416 in grants to THE FOOD TRUST, 45 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FOOD TRUST?
- THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,643,248 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FOOD TRUST 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 77 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