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FEEDMORE WNY FOUNDATION INC

EIN 16-1475486 BUFFALO, NY

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Revenue 2025
$10,626,241
Expenses 2025
$3,462,616

Program services were 18.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P80
Classification
1000
Street
100 JAMES E CASEY DR

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

3 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list 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 · 2025

Mission

To support FeedMore WNY & Hearty Helpings Inc. which offers dignity, hope, and a brighter future by providing nutritious food, friendship and skills training to our Western New York neighbors in need.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To support FeedMore WNY and Hearty Helpings which offers dignity, hope, and a brighter future by providing food, friendship, and skills training to our Western New York neighbors in need.

  • FeedMore WNY's Foundation's owns the buildings that oversee our Prepared meal programs, RISE, and Farm Market clients, and our food bank programs. In 2025, these programs served 170,948 individuals in Erie, Niagara, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus. The upkeep of these facilities is the responsibility of FeedMore WNY Foundation.

    Expenses $636,317 · Revenue $22,729

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.

  • Tara A Ellis

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $294,301
    From this org
    $87,576
    From related orgs
    $175,152
    Other
    $31,573
    Hours/week
    12.5 + 25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $82,247 + $164,493 related
    Bonus
    $3,729 + $7,459 related
    Other
    $1,600 + $3,200 related
    Deferred
    $5,244 + $5,244 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,280 + $5,280 related
    Filer's total
    $98,100 + $185,676 related
  • Heidi G Cheston

    EVP Finance & People / CFO

    Total calculated
    $170,448
    From this org
    $49,759
    From related orgs
    $99,518
    Other
    $21,171
    Hours/week
    12 + 25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $48,159 + $96,318 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,600 + $3,200 related
    Deferred
    $2,977 + $5,953 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,080 + $8,161 related
    Filer's total
    $56,816 + $113,632 related
  • Lisa Woodring

    EVP External Affairs

    Total calculated
    $169,092
    From this org
    $133,850
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,242
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,850
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,377
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,865
    Filer's total
    $169,092
  • Rachel Leidenfrost

    EVP People & Projects

    Total calculated
    $151,888
    From this org
    $60,280
    From related orgs
    $73,675
    Other
    $17,933
    Hours/week
    17 + 20.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $58,120 + $71,035 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,160 + $2,640 related
    Deferred
    $3,059 + $3,739 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,011 + $6,124 related
    Filer's total
    $68,350 + $83,538 related
  • Tami Bartels

    Chief Operations Officer

    Total calculated
    $134,538
    From this org
    $37,053
    From related orgs
    $74,106
    Other
    $23,379
    Hours/week
    12.5 + 25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $35,453 + $70,906 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,600 + $3,200 related
    Deferred
    $2,579 + $5,157 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,214 + $10,429 related
    Filer's total
    $44,846 + $89,692 related
  • Eric Decker

    Board Member / Immediate Past Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 5.5 related
  • Lamont Williams

    Board Member / Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 5.5 related
  • Michele Mehaffy

    Board Member / First Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 5.5 related
  • Dominic Eusanio

    Board Member / Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 5.5 related
  • Matt Cohen

    Board Member/CAC Co-Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 5.5 related
  • Donna Kahm

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 5.5 related
  • Lou Jacobs

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 5.5 related
  • Matt Jones

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 5.5 related
  • Kimberly Lamendola

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 5.5 related
  • Sheila McCartan

    Board Member / Second Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 5.5 related
  • Rosa Alina Pizzi

    Board Member / Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 5.5 related
  • Jen Regan

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 5.5 related
  • John Waterman Jr

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 5.5 related
  • Barrie Yochim

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 5.5 related
  • Amber Boll

    Board Memebr

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 5.5 related
  • John McCaffrey

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 5.5 related
  • Jamel Perkins

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 5.5 related

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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $10,626,241
    Expenses
    $3,462,616
    Contributions
    $8,123,987
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2025
    Revenue
    $10,626,241
    Expenses
    $3,462,616
    Contributions
    $8,123,987
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $10,676,974
    Expenses
    $2,934,399
    Contributions
    $7,135,784
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $12,718,036
    Expenses
    $3,012,275
    Contributions
    $10,028,324
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $26,320,260
    Expenses
    $3,261,355
    Contributions
    $25,644,201
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $26,320,260
    Expenses
    $3,261,355
    Contributions
    $25,644,201
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $26,320,260
    Expenses
    $3,261,355
    Contributions
    $25,644,201
    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.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,736,940
    Expenses
    $2,411,251
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,516,161
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,882,856
    Expenses
    $2,264,962
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,693,816
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,703,301
    Expenses
    $1,471,762
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,179,258
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,703,301
    Expenses
    $1,471,762
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,179,258
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,667,867
    Expenses
    $1,464,706
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,061,858
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,014,061
    Expenses
    $1,421,737
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,771,238
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,704,029
    Expenses
    $1,617,105
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,360,299
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,699,117
    Expenses
    $1,325,512
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,524,846
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,397,493
    Expenses
    $1,082,835
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,524,377
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,423,362
    Expenses
    $1,044,163
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,491,889

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2025 return

Declared as related by

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 11 November 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.