{
  "family": {
    "name": "Feed America 501(c)(3) family",
    "description": "A parent 501(c)(3) (Feed America) plus two state-attributed independent sister 501(c)(3)s (Feeding America Texas and Feeding America Florida). All three share the Feed America directory infrastructure, are Candid Platinum verified, and operate under the same data-quality + transparency standards. They are SEPARATE legal entities with different EINs, different boards, and different audited financials."
  },
  "parent": {
    "legal_name": "Feed America Inc.",
    "common_name": "Feed America",
    "ein": "92-1761881",
    "irs_status": "501(c)(3) public charity, IRS Pub 78 listed",
    "headquarters": "Houston, TX",
    "founded": "2023",
    "founder": "Sharika Parkes",
    "domain": "feedam.org",
    "role": "Operates the national directory in all 50 states + DC + territories. Default recipient for unrestricted national giving and most foundation grants.",
    "relationship_to_sisters": "Independent — the sisters are sibling 501(c)(3)s, not subsidiaries. The parent does not control sister boards or budgets.",
    "donation_url": "https://feedam.org/donate",
    "grant_url": "https://feedam.org/grants",
    "financials_url": "https://feedam.org/financials",
    "transparency_url": "https://feedam.org/transparency",
    "verification_url": "https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/detailsPage?ein=921761881"
  },
  "sisters": [
    {
      "legal_name": "Feeding America Texas",
      "common_name": "Feeding America Texas",
      "ein": "92-1776845",
      "irs_status": "501(c)(3) public charity",
      "state_attribution": "Texas",
      "headquarters": "Houston, TX",
      "domain": "feedingtx.org",
      "role": "Independent 501(c)(3) sibling for Texas-only legal-entity giving. Texas-only donors who specifically need their gift held in a Texas-only entity (rather than the multi-state parent) can give to this entity.",
      "relationship_to_parent": "Independent — the sister has its own audited financials, board, and transparency hub. The parent operates the directory in Texas regardless of which entity the gift goes to.",
      "donation_url": "https://feedam.org/texas/donate",
      "landing_url": "https://feedam.org/texas",
      "transparency_url": "https://feedam.org/texas/transparency",
      "verification_url": "https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/detailsPage?ein=921776845",
      "guidance": "For most foundation grants we recommend the parent Feed America (EIN 92-1761881) — it operates the directory in all 50 states. Use this sister entity only if your gift agreement specifically requires a Texas-only legal-entity recipient."
    },
    {
      "legal_name": "Feeding America Florida",
      "common_name": "Feeding America Florida",
      "ein": "93-3176598",
      "irs_status": "501(c)(3) public charity",
      "state_attribution": "Florida",
      "headquarters": "Miami, FL",
      "domain": "feedingfl.org",
      "role": "Independent 501(c)(3) sibling for Florida-only legal-entity giving. Florida-only donors who specifically need their gift held in a Florida-only entity (rather than the multi-state parent) can give to this entity.",
      "relationship_to_parent": "Independent — the sister has its own audited financials, board, and transparency hub. The parent operates the directory in Florida regardless of which entity the gift goes to.",
      "donation_url": "https://feedam.org/florida/donate",
      "landing_url": "https://feedam.org/florida",
      "transparency_url": "https://feedam.org/florida/transparency",
      "verification_url": "https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/detailsPage?ein=933176598",
      "guidance": "For most foundation grants we recommend the parent Feed America (EIN 92-1761881) — it operates the directory in all 50 states. Use this sister entity only if your gift agreement specifically requires a Florida-only legal-entity recipient."
    }
  ],
  "homonym_warning": {
    "important": "There is a much larger, completely separate Chicago-based 501(c)(3) called Feeding America (EIN 36-3673599) — they are not affiliated with Feed America, Feeding America Texas, or Feeding America Florida.",
    "homonym_legal_name": "Feeding America",
    "homonym_ein": "36-3673599",
    "homonym_headquarters": "Chicago, IL",
    "homonym_founded": "1979",
    "relationship_to_us": "None. We have no affiliation with Feeding America (Chicago). Donor confusion has caused checks meant for Feed America (us, EIN 92-1761881) 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 to ensure your gift reaches us."
  },
  "similar_named_unrelated_organizations": [
    {
      "name": "Feeding Texas",
      "ein": "74-2217832",
      "headquarters": "Austin, TX",
      "relationship_to_us": "None — separate organization, separate network. We are not affiliated with Feeding Texas."
    },
    {
      "name": "Feeding Florida",
      "ein": "59-2079763",
      "headquarters": "Tallahassee, FL",
      "relationship_to_us": "None — separate organization, separate network. We are not affiliated with Feeding Florida."
    }
  ],
  "decision_guidance": [
    {
      "donor_situation": "Unrestricted general operating support for hunger relief",
      "recommended_recipient": "Feed America (parent)",
      "ein": "92-1761881",
      "why": "Highest-leverage tier. Funds the entire national directory operation that the sisters share."
    },
    {
      "donor_situation": "State-restricted giving (any state, including TX or FL)",
      "recommended_recipient": "Feed America (parent) with state-restriction in gift agreement",
      "ein": "92-1761881",
      "why": "The parent operates the directory in all 50 states. State-restricted contributions are tracked in a separate net asset class per FASB ASC 958-205 and reported separately in the audited financials."
    },
    {
      "donor_situation": "Texas-only legal-entity recipient required (rare — typically only state-funded or state-pension-fund grant agreements)",
      "recommended_recipient": "Feeding America Texas (sister)",
      "ein": "92-1776845",
      "why": "Used only when the gift agreement specifically requires a Texas-only legal-entity recipient."
    },
    {
      "donor_situation": "Florida-only legal-entity recipient required (rare — typically only state-funded or state-pension-fund grant agreements)",
      "recommended_recipient": "Feeding America Florida (sister)",
      "ein": "93-3176598",
      "why": "Used only when the gift agreement specifically requires a Florida-only legal-entity recipient."
    },
    {
      "donor_situation": "D-SNAP / disaster response programmatic grant",
      "recommended_recipient": "Feed America (parent)",
      "ein": "92-1761881",
      "why": "Disaster response work runs through the parent's programmatic budget; the sisters do not maintain dedicated disaster response operations."
    },
    {
      "donor_situation": "Spanish accessibility expansion grant",
      "recommended_recipient": "Feed America (parent)",
      "ein": "92-1761881",
      "why": "Spanish editorial expansion is a national program operated by the parent, not state-attributed."
    }
  ],
  "contacts": {
    "parent_grants": "grants@feedam.org",
    "parent_finance": "finance@feedam.org",
    "parent_donations": "donations@feedam.org"
  },
  "last_updated": "2026-04-29",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0"
}