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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by FEEDING AMERICA.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2022 , filed 30 June 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Both are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,916,912,461
Total expenses
$4,933,690,967
Contributions and grants received
$4,752,844,795
Grants paid
$4,669,283,868
Program service revenue
$101,808,893
Investment income
$4,023,000
Other revenue
$58,235,773
Total assets, end of year
$626,129,732
Total liabilities, end of year
$62,229,963
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$563,899,769
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,850,044,833
Management and general expenses
$19,468,316
Fundraising expenses
$64,177,818
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,850,044,833

Program services were 98.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,752,844,795

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $4,426,553,512

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Food Procurement Rev.

    total $95,730,013 · related or exempt $95,730,013

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Member Fees

    total $4,925,547 · related or exempt $4,925,547

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Conference Revenue

    total $1,153,333 · related or exempt $1,153,333

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,023,114 · excluded $5,023,114

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $55,007,782 · excluded $55,007,782

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $193,852

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $318,528

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$124,676

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$124,676 · excluded -$124,676

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,000,114

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$1,000,114

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$1,000,114 · excluded -$1,000,114

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $139,375,959

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $137,963,535

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $1,412,424 · related or exempt $1,412,424

  • 11a · Other revenue: Pub. & Materials Fee

    total $259,004 · related or exempt $259,004

  • 11b · Other revenue: Legal Settlements

    total $81,782 · excluded $81,782

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $1,599,457 · related or exempt $1,599,457

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,940,243

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $4,669,265,698 · program services $4,669,265,698

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $18,170 · program services $18,170

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $7,068,165 · program services $3,009,433 · management and general $2,822,681 · fundraising $1,236,051

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $42,446,480 · program services $25,057,184 · management and general $6,415,962 · fundraising $10,973,334

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,339,993 · program services $1,266,360 · management and general $604,068 · fundraising $469,565

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,336,014 · program services $2,805,990 · management and general $203,741 · fundraising $1,326,283

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $3,519,394 · program services $2,030,745 · management and general $606,862 · fundraising $881,787

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $60,456 · management and general $60,456

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $100,513 · management and general $100,513

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $1,085,096 · program services $1,085,096

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $1,609,306 · fundraising $1,609,306

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $169,161 · management and general $169,161

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $32,006,517 · program services $16,168,158 · management and general $4,297,563 · fundraising $11,540,796

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $16,312,875 · program services $4,940,442 · fundraising $11,372,433

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $329,237 · program services $216,084 · management and general $49,611 · fundraising $63,542

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $9,763,492 · program services $6,263,334 · management and general $1,260,876 · fundraising $2,239,282

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,375,396 · program services $1,889,585 · management and general $729,115 · fundraising $756,696

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,044,554 · program services $2,196,447 · management and general $528,606 · fundraising $319,501

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,115,454 · program services $1,848,452 · management and general $215,221 · fundraising $51,781

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,141,564 · program services $6,450,711 · management and general $679,569 · fundraising $1,011,284

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $263,599 · program services $140,369 · management and general $67,542 · fundraising $55,688

  • 24a · Other expenses: Produce

    total $99,299,792 · program services $99,299,639 · fundraising $153

  • 24b · Other expenses: Postage & Printing

    total $23,500,731 · program services $3,307,161 · management and general $19,885 · fundraising $20,173,685

  • 24c · Other expenses: Disaster Purchases & Tr

    total $2,217,104 · program services $2,217,104

  • 24d · Other expenses: Professional Developmen

    total $342,440 · program services $105,790 · management and general $187,001 · fundraising $49,649

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $959,766 · program services $462,881 · management and general $449,883 · fundraising $47,002

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $484,580,091 · end of year $425,662,124

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $54,604,342 · end of year $57,817,338

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $14,279,307 · end of year $24,600,521

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $331,619 · end of year $425,811

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,707,482 · end of year $3,036,959

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $56,471,654

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $20,643,262

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $23,166,906 · end of year $35,828,392

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $65,021,710 · end of year $78,626,531

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $38,676 · end of year $38,676

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $93,380 · end of year $93,380

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $26,919,565 · end of year $21,517,261

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $21,814,860 · end of year $13,675,080

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $6,583,495 · end of year $3,899,208

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $1,685,507 · end of year $2,071,908

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $9,459,414 · end of year $21,066,506

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $394,661,918 · end of year $366,405,193

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $183,698,754 · end of year $197,494,576

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Our mission is to advance change in America by ensuring equitable access to nutritious food for all in partnership with partner food banks, policymakers, supporters, and the communities we serve.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Our mission is to advance change in America by ensuring equitable access to nutritious food for all in collaboration with partner food banks, policymakers, supporters, and the communities we serve.

  • Food Procurement - See Schedule O

    Expenses $4,607,043,224 · Grants $4,490,813,821 · Revenue $95,730,013

  • Member Services - See Schedule O

    Expenses $133,209,088 · Grants $111,071,795 · Revenue $6,078,880

  • Public Awareness and Education - See Schedule O

    Expenses $10,815,769

  • Our Research and Evaluation Team spearheads critical research initiatives to better understand hunger and to continually improve our strategies to end it. We analyze the dynamics at play among the Nation's food insecure individuals and families, the patterns surrounding their use of our services, and endeavor to utilize this data to ultimately create better local feeding programs. Additionally, we investigate our own Organizational operations as a network, identifying opportunities for continual growth and refinement.During fiscal year 2023, we released the thirteenth consecutive edition of Map the Meal Gap, our signature study on overall and child food insecurity in every county and congressional district in the United States. Not only does this study allow our partners, policy makers, donors and the public to understand the picture of hunger in their communities, it provides our food banks with data that enables them to target their services to people most in need. Feeding America also released county-level food insecurity estimates for Black and Latino households, providing new insights into racial inequities at the local level. Feeding America produced The State of Senior Hunger in America in 2021 which documents the prevalence of food insecurity among the senior population age 60 and older in the United States, and older adults age 50-59. In order to best use our resources as a network and work toward meeting our collective needs of having more timely neighbor insights now and into the future, Feeding America is scaling no-cost data collection platform to support neighbor intake at partner agencies across the country. This platform is a preferred provider for food banks implementing Service Insights, a network-wide approach to electronically collect consistent administrative intake data from and about the people who access the Feeding America network. Collecting this data electronically, using a common framework, will enable us to have a complete and up-to-date understanding of who we are serving locally and nationally. Feeding America launched a new initiative, the Network Measurement, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Approach, aimed at creating a common and consistent approach to program evaluation, using a shared language, in order to better understand the effectiveness of food bank programs across the network. We hosted our first ever evaluation grant to support local communities to assess and improve their programs.

    Expenses $98,976,752 · Grants $67,398,251 · Revenue $3,270,885

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kelvin Taketa

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gary Rodkin

    Immediate Past Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anne Alonzo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rahsaan G Bernard

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelvin Buncum

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Cooper

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elizabeth Dennis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jim Kallman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kate Maehr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bruce McPheron

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lisa Mensah

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Sayles

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Toni Stanger-McLaughin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Young

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paris Watts-Stanfield

    Director (Until 09/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Claire Babineaux-Fontenot

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $1,139,494
    From this org
    $904,012
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $235,482
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $699,574
    Bonus
    $200,000
    Other
    $4,438
    Deferred
    $205,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,682
    Filer's total
    $1,139,494

  • Paul Henrys

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $438,483
    From this org
    $418,943
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,540
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $366,355
    Bonus
    $50,470
    Other
    $2,118
    Deferred
    $15,061
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,479
    Filer's total
    $438,483

  • Claire Wellington

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $286,248
    From this org
    $252,030
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,218
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $225,224
    Bonus
    $12,478
    Other
    $14,328
    Deferred
    $10,465
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,753
    Filer's total
    $286,248

  • Katherine Fitzgerald

    President & COO until 2/23

    Total calculated
    $534,035
    From this org
    $489,891
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,144
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $414,244
    Bonus
    $73,529
    Other
    $2,118
    Deferred
    $18,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,844
    Filer's total
    $534,035

  • Kathryn Strickland

    Chief Network Officer

    Total calculated
    $383,324
    From this org
    $353,891
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,433
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $312,164
    Bonus
    $39,609
    Other
    $2,118
    Deferred
    $18,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,133
    Filer's total
    $383,324

  • Jennifer Polk

    Chief Marketing & Comm. Officer

    Total calculated
    $308,659
    From this org
    $262,487
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,172
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $249,288
    Bonus
    $12,201
    Other
    $998
    Deferred
    $15,866
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,306
    Filer's total
    $308,659

  • Matt Hayes

    Chief HR Officer

    Total calculated
    $342,965
    From this org
    $294,205
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,760
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $256,930
    Bonus
    $33,197
    Other
    $4,078
    Deferred
    $17,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,360
    Filer's total
    $342,965

  • Erika Thiem

    Chief Supply Chain Officer

    Total calculated
    $326,920
    From this org
    $299,591
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,329
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $256,831
    Bonus
    $40,359
    Other
    $2,401
    Deferred
    $14,726
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,603
    Filer's total
    $326,920

  • Casey Marsh

    Chief Development Officer

    Total calculated
    $381,011
    From this org
    $332,886
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,125
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $292,310
    Bonus
    $39,073
    Other
    $1,503
    Deferred
    $16,608
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,517
    Filer's total
    $381,011

  • Maryann Byrdak

    Chief Information Officer

    Total calculated
    $397,991
    From this org
    $346,395
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,596
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $305,341
    Bonus
    $39,536
    Other
    $1,518
    Deferred
    $18,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,296
    Filer's total
    $397,991

  • Ami McReynolds

    Chief Equity & Programs Officer

    Total calculated
    $342,812
    From this org
    $316,061
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,751
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $277,566
    Bonus
    $36,497
    Other
    $1,998
    Deferred
    $14,680
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,071
    Filer's total
    $342,812

  • Vincent Hall

    Chief Gov Relations Officer

    Total calculated
    $333,968
    From this org
    $304,766
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,202
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $266,695
    Bonus
    $34,425
    Other
    $3,646
    Deferred
    $15,563
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,639
    Filer's total
    $333,968

  • William Summerfelt

    Chief Research Officer until 6/23

    Total calculated
    $270,927
    From this org
    $252,733
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,194
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $222,300
    Bonus
    $28,376
    Other
    $2,057
    Deferred
    $14,060
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,134
    Filer's total
    $270,927

  • Elizabeth Nielsen

    SVP Digital and Direct Marketing

    Total calculated
    $316,888
    From this org
    $304,669
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,219
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,416
    Bonus
    $11,835
    Other
    $142,418
    Deferred
    $10,872
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,347
    Filer's total
    $316,888

  • Nancy Curby

    EVP, Enterprise Effectiveness

    Total calculated
    $320,966
    From this org
    $299,357
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,609
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $118,818
    Bonus
    $30,546
    Other
    $149,993
    Deferred
    $16,121
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,488
    Filer's total
    $320,966

  • Angela DePaul

    VP, Communication

    Total calculated
    $303,783
    From this org
    $284,414
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,369
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,344
    Bonus
    $10,763
    Other
    $126,307
    Deferred
    $10,427
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,942
    Filer's total
    $303,783

  • Daniel Nisbet

    VP of Development

    Total calculated
    $295,679
    From this org
    $259,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,629
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $235,810
    Bonus
    $12,983
    Other
    $10,257
    Deferred
    $14,017
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,612
    Filer's total
    $295,679

  • Matthew Hackler

    VP, Strategy Capacity Development

    Total calculated
    $276,755
    From this org
    $247,510
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,245
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $234,880
    Bonus
    $11,351
    Other
    $1,279
    Deferred
    $15,067
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,178
    Filer's total
    $276,755

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 4a
Elizabeth Nielsen, Nancy Curby, and Angela DePaul received a severance payment during the calendar year. The payment is included in Part VII, Column D and Schedule J, Part II, Column B-iii. The terms and conditions of the confidential severance agreement is available to the Internal Revenue Service upon request.
Part I, Line 7
Feeding America may provide executives with lump-sum bonuses based on Executive's performance against pre-established goals, retention criteria during a major organizational transition, and the results achieved by the Organization. Bonuses are reviewed and approved by the Executive Compensation Committee of the Board. The indicia used in this performance-based compensation plan include revenue, pounds/meals provided, and other "non-revenue" related goals and metrics of the Organization that are linked to Feeding America's Strategic and fiscal year business planning process.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • Feeding America Grantor Trust

    Investing · IL · income $1,969,989 · assets $65,809,603

    Directly controlled by Feeding America

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
16 April 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202421219349301757

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