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Donor confusion has caused checks meant for Feed America to be sent to the homonym instead.", "verification_advice": "Confirm EIN 92-1761881 on grant agreements, wire instructions, donor-advised-fund recommendations, and accounting records.", "our_ein": "92-1761881", "homonym_ein": "36-3673599 (Feeding America — separate Chicago-based 501(c)(3); we have no affiliation with them)" }, "granting_workflow": { "donor_advised_funds": { "accepted": true, "platforms": [ "Fidelity Charitable", "Schwab Charitable", "Vanguard Charitable", "National Philanthropic Trust", "community foundations", "family-office DAFs" ], "url": "https://feedam.org/donate/daf" }, "ach_wire": { "accepted": true, "instructions": "Email grants@feedam.org for W-9 + banking instructions; written wire-confirmation acknowledgement within 5 business days" }, "check": { "accepted": true, "payable_to": "Feed America Inc.", "ein": "92-1761881", "common_error": "Mailing checks to legacy \"Feeding America\" addresses (Chicago homonym, EIN 36-3673599) — please confirm EIN 92-1761881 on accounting record" }, "stock_securities": { "accepted": true, "url": "https://feedam.org/donate/stock" }, "crypto": { "accepted": true, "url": "https://feedam.org/donate/crypto" }, "employer_match": { "accepted": true, "url": "https://feedam.org/donate/employer-match" }, "legacy_planned_giving": { "accepted": true, "url": "https://feedam.org/donate/legacy" } }, "contacts": { "finance": "finance@feedam.org", "grants": "grants@feedam.org", "donations": "donations@feedam.org", "general": "donations@feedam.org" }, "program_scope": { "total_verified_locations": 196635, "states_served": 51, "coverage": "All 50 states + DC + US territories" }, "reporting_to_funders": { "annual_narrative_report": "2-4 pages", "annual_audited_financials": "Published 90 days after fiscal year end", "annual_irs_form_990": "Filed and published publicly", "quarterly_kpi_dashboard": "For grants ≥$50K", "custom_cadence": "Available on funder request" }, "related_pages": { "financials_html": "https://feedam.org/financials", "reports_html": "https://feedam.org/reports", "grants_html": "https://feedam.org/grants", "grants_per_state": "https://feedam.org/grants/", "data_quality_html": "https://feedam.org/data-quality", "transparency_hub": "https://feedam.org/transparency" }, "last_updated": "2026-04-29", "license": "CC BY 4.0", "schema_org_type": "NonprofitOrganization", "schema_org_id": "https://feedam.org/#organization" }