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MEANS DATABASE INC

EIN 47-4262060 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$161,641,196
Expenses 2024
$161,561,055

Program services were 99.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
K30
Classification
1000
Street
4410 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW 397

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

See Schedule O.

  • Core Food Recovery Program - Our core program at FoodRecovery.org is our food recovery program, where food businesses with extra food can post a donation, and our system automatically emails and texts nearby emergency food providers. Our goal is to connect surplus and need in communities across the country. Our outreach team works to grow our network of donors and recipients, and our tech team works to maintain our website, expand its functionality, and improve accessibility features to best serve our users. This program is completely free for both food donors and recipient organizations to use. In 2024, FoodRecovery.org recovered 81,386,380 pounds of food, drinks, and other essential items. This product ranged from extra catered meals in Philadelphia, to school lunches in Orlando, and palletized loads of yogurt in Salt Lake City. We split our operations into two groups: small donations (less than 1000 lbs, fits into a standard car or van) and large donations (often palletized, coming from a warehouse or farm, requires a specialized truck for pickup), because the partners, process, and logistics for each donation type is different. FoodRecovery.org does not purchase recovered food, but funding is used to provide transportation of the product. Small donations- We partner with a variety of food businesses, including restaurants, grocery stores, caterers, venues, and schools, to recover their extra product. We work nationwide, and have partners in every state, and our most robust programs are in Florida, New Jersey, New England, California, and New York. Large donations- Our team works to reroute truckloads of extra food from warehouses to nonprofits across the country. We use our connections to donate millions of pounds of food, such as meat, yogurt, milk, and produce, to organizations fighting food insecurity across the country. This year, we were able to step in to support disaster relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton. Since moving semi-truck loads of produce is not always a feasible option for our partners, we spent funds towards transportation. By working with a Third-Party Logistics (3PL) company, we paid for drivers to pick up these palletized donations and deliver them to food banks and community organizations across the country. We continued our massive growth from food industry donations (i.e. warehouses, rejected truckloads, and other corporate partnerships)! All donation weights are verified by our nonprofit partners. Emissions estimates are calculated by separating donations into one of sixteen categories, and using the guidelines set by Food Loss and Waste Protocol (FLWP), developed by the World Resources Institute, Food and Agriculture Association, and the United Nations Environment Programme. Water Waste Prevented is a simple conversion of pounds of bottled drinks to gallons of water. Finally, donation values are derived from the $1.97 per pound standard set by Feeding America. Community Meal Program - In 2024, FoodRecovery.org continued our Community Meal Program thanks to our partnership with the Grubhub Community Fund! Through this program, we purchase catered meals from small and medium sized businesses, and donate those meals to nearby nonprofits serving their neighbors. These events happened across the country, from Florida to California, and many places in between! We hosted an awesome Community Meal Program event in December with La Casa Norte in Chicago! 150 delicious meals of chicken, collard greens, green beans, yams, mac n cheese, and cornbread were catered by Grubhub business 6978 Soul Food, and distributed to community members during an event. Alina from La Casa Norte said, We were able to have this donation coincide with our Winter Wellness event... We had about 10-12 vendors who provided resources for our clients. Everyone LOVED the food. Our Programs staff had an arts and craft station, open mic, raffle and gifts for our clients. One quote from a client: It feels like the Thanksgiving dinner youd have at home.

    Expenses $161,375,888 · Grants $160,331,172 · Revenue $65,422

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.

  • Samantha Paul

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $71,389
    From this org
    $69,932
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,457
    Hours/week
    36

  • Grant Nelson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Maria Rose Belding

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Julia Shullman

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $161,641,196
    Expenses
    $161,561,055
    Contributions
    $161,629,329
    Grants paid
    $160,331,172
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $102,268,690
    Expenses
    $102,096,988
    Contributions
    $102,259,167
    Grants paid
    $100,833,977
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,013,026
    Expenses
    $668,990
    Contributions
    $1,012,880
    Grants paid
    $200

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
    $395,546
    Expenses
    $3,390,118
    Assets (EOY)
    $202,250

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,746,007
    Expenses
    $1,691,415
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,231,898

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $272,229
    Expenses
    $201,006
    Assets (EOY)
    $91,957

  • 2018 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $164,174
    Expenses
    $132,001
    Assets (EOY)
    $63,418

  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $81,553
    Expenses
    $69,601
    Assets (EOY)
    $31,245

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

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

Where these grants went next →

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 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.