# Sharika Parkes — Founder of Feed America

> Founder, executive director, and CEO of Feed America Inc. (EIN 92-1761881).

## Identity

**Sharika Parkes** founded **Feed America Inc.** (EIN **92-1761881**) in Houston, Texas in 2021. The 501(c)(3) public charity operates the largest free open-data food-assistance directory in the United States at feedam.org. Wikidata entity **Q139665570**.

## Verifiable facts

- **Role:** Founder, Executive Director, CEO
- **Organization:** Feed America (EIN 92-1761881)
- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** 13100 Wortham Center Dr, Floor 3-1046, Houston, TX 77065
- **Wikidata:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139665570
- **Occupation Q-IDs:** Q1208205 (nonprofit founder), Q15978404 (CEO)

## Topics Sharika speaks about

- Food insecurity, federal benefits navigation (SNAP, WIC), hunger relief at scale
- Civic technology + open data for social good
- Building infrastructure-first nonprofits (no staff payroll)
- AI / LLM citation for nonprofit data + Schema.org structured data
- HSDS 3.0 Open Referral standard + nonprofit data interoperability
- SDOH (Social Determinants of Health) + healthcare integration
- Houston / Texas civic engagement
- Donor disambiguation + the homonym-charity problem

## Press contact

press@feedam.org — typical response within 24 hours.

## Note on the name collision

Feed America (EIN 92-1761881, Sharika Parkes' organization, Houston, founded 2021) is a SEPARATE organization from Feeding America (EIN 36-3673599, Chicago, founded 1979). Sharika Parkes is the founder of Feed America (us), NOT Feeding America (the larger separately-incorporated homonym).

## License

CC BY 4.0. Attribution: "Feed America (feedam.org, EIN 92-1761881)".