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FOOD ACCESS PROJECT

EIN 86-2508030 CHICAGO, IL

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Revenue 2025
$1,423,947
Expenses 2025
$1,380,894

Program services were 66.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
K99
Classification
1000
Street
351 W HUBBARD ST STE 709

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

This address is a suite or unit (STE 709). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

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 · 2025

Mission

FOOD ACCESS PROJECT, DBA VIVERY COMMUNITY NFP, IS A PUBLIC CHARITY THAT LEVERAGES TECHNOLOGY, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD. WE FUNDRAISE TO PROVIDE VIVERY LIVE FIND FOOD MAPS AND RELATED TECHNOLOGY TO FOOD BANKS AND PANTRIES AT NO COST. IN ADDITION, WE PARTNER WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO DELIVER FOOD IS MEDICINE PROGRAMS THAT CONNECT INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD, RESOURCES, AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FOOD ACCESS PROJECT LEVERAGES TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD.

  • FOOD ACCESS TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM. THE ORGANIZATION EXPANDS ACCESS TO FOOD BY PROVIDING THE VIVERY "LIVE FIND FOOD MAP," A TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM THAT ENABLES REAL-TIME, LOCATION-BASED SEARCHES FOR AVAILABLE FOOD AND PROGRAMS. OFFERED AT NO COST TO FOOD BANKS AND THEIR PARTNER NETWORKS. THE PLATFORM IMPROVES VISIBILITY AND COORDINATION ACROSS LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS. IN 2025, THE ORGANIZATION DEPLOYED THE PLATFORM TO 36 ADDITIONAL FOOD BANKS, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO 100 ACTIVE PARTNERS ACROSS 35 STATES. THE PLATFORM INCLUDES OVER 20,000 FOOD PANTRIES AND PROGRAM SITES, REACHING APPROXIMATELY 13.9 MILLION PEOPLE. USERS CONDUCTED MORE THAN 458,000 SEARCHES PER MONTH TO FIND AVAILABLE FOOD RESOURCES. BY PROVIDING REAL-TIME ACCESS TO FOOD AVAILABILITY, THE PLATFORM INCREASES UTILIZATION OF EXISTING RESOURCES AND HELPS CONNECT INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO FOOD AND PROGRAMS MORE QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY.

    Expenses $524,813

  • FOOD IS MEDICINE PROGRAM. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES A TECHNOLOGY-ENABLED FOOD DELIVERY PROGRAM THAT COORDINATES SERVICES ACROSS MULTIPLE PARTNERS TO PROVIDE MEDICALLY SUPPORTIVE AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD TO FOOD-INSECURE INDIVIDUALS. PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE REGULAR HOME DELIVERIES OF GROCERIES AND FRESH PRODUCE, TYPICALLY TWICE MONTHLY, TO SUPPORT IMPROVED HEALTH OUTCOMES AND REDUCE FOOD INSECURITY. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES MULTIPLE IMPLEMENTATION MODELS TAILORED TO SPECIFIC POPULATIONS, INCLUDING COMMUNITY-BASED DELIVERY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND MEDICALLY TAILORED GROCERY PROGRAMS FOR PATIENTS MANAGING CHRONIC DISEASE. IN 2025, THE PROGRAM SERVED 355 HOUSEHOLDS, PROVIDING 7295 HOME DELIVERIES AND APPROXIMATELY 136,234 MEALS, HELPING REDUCE FOOD INSECURITY AND SUPPORT BETTER HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.

    Expenses $390,880 · Grants $35,000

  • STATEWIDE FOOD ACCESS MAP SERVICES. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES THE VIVERY "LIVE FIND FOOD MAP," INCLUDING ONGOING SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE, TO STATE AND REGIONAL ASSOCIATIONS TO ENABLE A SINGLE, UNIFIED, STATEWIDE MAP OF FOOD RESOURCES. THESE IMPLEMENTATIONS AGGREGATE DATA FROM MULTIPLE FOOD BANKS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS INTO ONE CENTRALIZED, REAL-TIME TOOL. THIS PROGRAM ADVANCES THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION BY IMPROVING COORDINATION ACROSS LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS AND EXPANDING PUBLIC ACCESS TO TIMELY INFORMATION ABOUT AVAILABLE FOOD SERVICES, HELPING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES MORE EASILY LOCATE AND ACCESS FOOD.

    Expenses $3,311 · Revenue $3,500

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Jonathan Phillips

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lorry Carlson

    TREASURER/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Nasrin Thierer

    PRESIDENT/CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Meghan Zimmerman

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $176,793
    From this org
    $148,860
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,933
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $1,423,947
    Expenses
    $1,380,894
    Contributions
    $1,211,907
    Grants paid
    $35,000
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,264,104
    Expenses
    $1,017,049
    Contributions
    $1,212,043
    Grants paid
    $71,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $841,426
    Expenses
    $483,425
    Contributions
    $835,193
    Grants paid
    $22,432
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $266,838
    Expenses
    $42,067
    Contributions
    $266,838
    Grants paid
    $0

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2021

Tax period
1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021
Principal officer
Lorry Carlson
Mailing address
351 W Hubbard St STE 709Chicago IL 60654

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

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

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Grants received

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

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.