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MAD FOUNDATION INC

EIN 47-4561918 NEW YORK, NY

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Revenue 2024
$1,425,628
Expenses 2024
$1,421,231

Program services were 69.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B90
Classification
2000
Street
228 PARK AVE S

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

32 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 · 2024

Mission

THE MAD FOUNDATION, INC. SUPPORTS KOMITEEN FOR MAD SYMPOSIYM("MAD"), A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION IN DENMARK, THROUGH VARIOUS GRANTS. THE GRANTS PROVIDED MAD TO OPERATE AND DRIVE CHANGE IN FOOD SYSTEMS, TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE HEALTH OF THE PLANET, AND TO THE LIVES OF THOSE WORKING IN FOOD. MAD HAS CREATED AN ACADEMY TO TEACH ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, LEADERSHIP AND BUSINESS PRACTICES FOR LEADERS IN HOSPITALITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO BRING TOGETHER A GLOBAL COOKING COMMUNITY WITH A SOCIAL CONSCIENCE, SENSE OF CURIOSITY, AND AN APPETITE FOR CHANGE. MAD EMPOWERS CHEFS AND FOOD SYSTEM LEADERS TO ADDRESS THE WORLD'S MOST PRESSING ISSUES FROM CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENT, AND HEALTH THROUGH A DYNAMIC NETWORK, EVENTS, AND PUBLICATIONS.

  • MAD:(TAKEN FROM THE DANISH WORD FOR "FOOD") IS A NONPROFIT-ORGANIZATION THAT INSPIRES AND EMPOWERS COOKS, SERVERS, AND EATERS TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE CHANGE. FROM LUMINARIES IN THE FIELD TO YOUNG APPRENTICES, MAD CONNECTS INDIVIDUALS AND EQUIPS THEM TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR RESTAURANTS AND THE WORLD.

    Expenses $985,000 · Grants $985,000 · Revenue $107,950

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Kelli Hayes

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dwayne Sye

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Barber

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Kaufman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erica Helms

    DIRECTOR OF PHILANTHROPY

    Total calculated
    $198,625
    From this org
    $198,625
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,625
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $198,625

  • Jessica Koslow

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christine Lippert

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cindy Rachofsky

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Roger Stein

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tatiana Levha

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Helen Wechsler To Dec 2024

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melina Shannon-Dipietro

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,425,628
    Expenses
    $1,421,231
    Contributions
    $1,298,899
    Grants paid
    $985,000
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,425,628
    Expenses
    $1,421,231
    Contributions
    $1,298,899
    Grants paid
    $985,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,093,555
    Expenses
    $1,014,303
    Contributions
    $1,079,523
    Grants paid
    $650,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,030,932
    Expenses
    $789,133
    Contributions
    $1,030,932
    Grants paid
    $573,654
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,030,932
    Expenses
    $789,133
    Contributions
    $1,030,932
    Grants paid
    $573,654

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
    $707,926
    Expenses
    $832,177
    Assets (EOY)
    $724,123

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $436,467
    Expenses
    $684,689
    Assets (EOY)
    $805,035

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,345,721
    Expenses
    $670,089
    Assets (EOY)
    $950,380

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $934,954
    Expenses
    $926,200
    Assets (EOY)
    $161,143

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.

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.

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.