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WHOLESOME WAVE INC

EIN 26-0352899 BRIDGEPORT, CT

Largest nonprofits in Connecticut

Revenue 2023
$2,347,863
Expenses 2023
$1,978,160

Program services were 80.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C02
Classification
1000
Street
2929 FAIRFIELD AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WHOLESOME WAVE, INC. INSPIRES UNDERSERVED CONSUMERS TO MAKE HEALTHIER FOOD CHOICES BY INCREASING AFFORDABLE ACCESS TO FRESH, LOCAL AND REGIONAL FOOD.

  • WHOLESOME WAVE PROGRAMS ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY NUTRITION INSECURITY AND DIET-RELATED DISEASES. WE PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO DEVELOP SOLUTIONS THAT INCREASE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE, CULTURALLY RELEVANT FRESH FOODS. OUR EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH IS BASED ON A WELL-DESIGNED, ROBUST PROGRAM LOGIC MODEL THAT HAS BEEN TESTED AND VERIFIED IN NUMEROUS POPULATIONS THROUGHOUT THE NATION. OUR MODEL POSITS THAT PROVIDING INCENTIVES FOR ACCESS TO CULTURALLY RELEVANT FRUIT AND VEGETABLES COUPLED WITH CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE NUTRITION EDUCATION LEADS TO INCREASED KNOWLEDGE; SELF-EFFICACY; CONSUMPTION OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES; AND FOOD SECURITY.

    Expenses $1,085,801 · Grants $244,681

  • WHOLESOME WAVE MANAGES THE NATIONAL PRODUCE PRESCRIPTION COLLABORATIVE, A PROGRAM WHICH WORKS TO CURB THE INEQUITABLE AND NATIONAL BURDEN OF DIET-RELATED DISEASES BY INTEGRATING PRODUCE PRESCRIPTIONS AS PREVENTION AND TREATMENT FOR DIET-RELATED DISEASE INTO STANDARD CLINICAL PRACTICE THROUGH ENGAGEMENT WITH POLICY AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL.WHOLESOME WAVE CONDUCTS OBJECTIVE POLICY ANALYSIS THROUGH END-USER DIRECTED RESEARCH ON ISSUES PERTAINING TO PRODUCE CONSUMPTION FOR SHOPPERS WITH LOW INCOMES; AND WORKS TO SHARE THOSE ANALYSES WITH POLICYMAKERS AND ADVOCATES AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL.

    Expenses $462,300 · Grants $10,750

  • ONEKITCHEN IS A WHOLESOME WAVE INITIATIVE BUILT TO ENSURE EVERY CHEF IN AMERICA HAS ACCESS TO THE SKILLS AND RESOURCES NEEDED TO ADDRESS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD SYSTEMS ISSUES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. FROM SOCIAL TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AREAS RELATED TO FOOD, WE SUPPORT CHEFS IN FACILITATING NATIONAL SYSTEMS CHANGE AT THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL LEVEL. ONEKITCHEN ORGANIZES, EDUCATES, AND MOBILIZES CHEFS AS EFFECTIVE FOOD SYSTEM CHANGEMAKERS IN THE COMMUNITIES THEY CALL HOME. ONEKITCHEN ACHIEVES THIS BY PROVIDING CHEF MEMBERS WITH VARIOUS TOOLS, TRAININGS, CONNECTIONS, AND MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH OUR NATIONAL ONEKITCHEN NETWORK. CHEFS ARE THEN ACTIVATED IN GATHERING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND STAKEHOLDERS AROUND ONE TABLE WITH ONE VISION: TO CREATE A BETTER WORLD THROUGH FOOD.

    Expenses $36,698

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Michel Nischan

    CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $363,988
    From this org
    $164,904
    From related orgs
    $199,084
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,904 + $199,084 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $164,904 + $199,084 related
  • Ed Kelly

    MARCOM COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ellen O'Connor

    FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Benjamin Perkins

    FED COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $84,122
    From this org
    $84,122
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Johanna Deans Martell

    GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dipa Shah Patel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mariel Pica

    WW JUNIOR BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Ross

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $155,833
    From this org
    $155,833
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,833
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $155,833
  • Natalia Feinstein

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $154,719
    From this org
    $136,011
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,708
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,011
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,708
    Filer's total
    $154,719
  • Stacy Hicks Herr

    DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $123,472
    From this org
    $105,881
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,591
    Hours/week
    40
  • Brent Ling

    DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $127,193
    From this org
    $120,809
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,384
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,347,863
    Expenses
    $1,978,160
    Contributions
    $2,181,391
    Grants paid
    $255,431
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,621,720
    Expenses
    $1,863,688
    Contributions
    $1,494,916
    Grants paid
    $154,733

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,012,524
    Expenses
    $2,652,397
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,309,591
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,106,512
    Expenses
    $4,792,411
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,210,973
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,004,541
    Expenses
    $5,877,729
    Assets (EOY)
    $997,586
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,046,591
    Expenses
    $5,082,973
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,675,785
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,294,007
    Expenses
    $6,237,349
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,267,046
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,600,609
    Expenses
    $6,605,884
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,279,628
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,120,851
    Expenses
    $5,240,436
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,128,847
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,590,294
    Expenses
    $4,483,451
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,861,592
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,743,306
    Expenses
    $3,851,844
    Assets (EOY)
    $925,760
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,216,632
    Assets (EOY)
    $918,731

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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Grants received

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2023 return

  • WHOLESOME CRAVE LLC

    C · PROVIDING FRESH HEALTHY FOOD · DE · 3% owned

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.