Ohio · Nonprofit
THE KROGER CO ZERO HUNGER ZERO WASTE FOUNDATION
THE KROGER CO ZERO HUNGER ZERO WASTE FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,500 to it, the largest being REPUBLIC NATIONAL DISTRIBUTING COMPANY FOUNDATION INC ($7,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $8.5M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $14k
- Net assets
- $22M
What The Kroger Co Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation does
Mission
The foundation aims to help end hunger and waste in communities across the u.s.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
The foundation grants support causes and programs that provide meals for families struggling with hunger or improve access to fresh, healthy food in local communities. Grants also advance sustainability and support programs and solutions that reduce waste and food waste.
$8,464,635 spentof which $8,464,635 as grants$8,541,313 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2026 Form 990. Program spending in total: $8,464,635.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $2.8M to $15M (+425%).
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.
93% of THE KROGER CO ZERO HUNGER ZERO WASTE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $1k → $2k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $9.0M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Kroger Co Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money THE KROGER CO ZERO HUNGER ZERO WASTE FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of THE KROGER CO ZERO HUNGER ZERO WASTE FOUNDATION’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.
How concentrated its funding is
THE KROGER CO ZERO HUNGER ZERO WASTE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
THE KROGER CO ZERO HUNGER ZERO WASTE FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
THE KROGER CO ZERO HUNGER ZERO WASTE FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 19 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 19 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2026
Organizations like THE KROGER CO ZERO HUNGER ZERO WASTE FOUNDATION
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 32 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- The Kroger Co Foundation · exempt
- The Kroger Co · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE KROGER CO ZERO HUNGER ZERO WASTE FOUNDATION: 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 KROGER CO ZERO HUNGER ZERO WASTE FOUNDATION?
- THE KROGER CO ZERO HUNGER ZERO WASTE FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,500 to it, the largest being REPUBLIC NATIONAL DISTRIBUTING COMPANY FOUNDATION INC ($7,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE KROGER CO ZERO HUNGER ZERO WASTE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $13,500 in grants to THE KROGER CO ZERO HUNGER ZERO WASTE FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE KROGER CO ZERO HUNGER ZERO WASTE FOUNDATION?
- REPUBLIC NATIONAL DISTRIBUTING COMPANY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $7,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE KROGER CO ZERO HUNGER ZERO WASTE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2020–2026), and the filings of 3 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