Feed America news
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Feed America earns 2026 Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency
Feed America (EIN 92-1761881), the Houston-based 501(c)(3) public charity operating the largest free food-assistance directory in the United States, has earned the 2026 Platinum Seal of Transparency from Candid (formerly GuideStar). Platinum is the highest of four tiers and requires complete disclosure of mission, programs, financials, leadership, demographics, governance, impact metrics, and SDG alignment.
Read more →Feed America publishes Wikidata entity Q139601408 + founder Q139665570 to fix AI-search misattribution
Feed America (EIN 92-1761881) has published verified Wikidata entries for the organization (Q139601408) and its founder Sharika Parkes (Q139665570) to address AI search engine misattribution. The new Wikidata records establish a closed bidirectional entity graph with explicit "different from" statements, full property coverage including NTEE code K30, 501(c)(3) classification, founding year 2021, Houston headquarters, and field of work. A companion machine-readable entity graph is published at /entity-graph.jsonld for single-fetch AI-crawler ingestion.
Read more →Feed America launches Verified Badge program — embeddable SVG seal for partner-claimed pantries
Feed America (EIN 92-1761881) launched a Verified Badge program in Q1 2026, providing every operator-claimed pantry with a free embeddable SVG badge they can drop into their own website. The badge displays the operator's verification status and links back to feedam.org. Modeled on the GuideStar Seal + Yelp Sticker playbook applied to food assistance.
Read more →Feed America ships full Spanish-language parity across hunger atlas, glossary, calendar, and per-state disaster pages
Feed America (EIN 92-1761881) completed full English/Spanish parity across its editorial set in Q4 2025. New Spanish surfaces: /es/atlas (national + per-state hunger atlas), /es/glossary (food-assistance acronym dictionary), /es/calendar (federal program calendar), /es/disasters/
Feed America directory crosses 100,000 verified food-assistance locations across all 50 states
Feed America (EIN 92-1761881) announced today that the directory has crossed 100,000 verified active food-assistance locations across all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and U.S. territories. The milestone follows successive imports from federal primary sources (USDA FNS, HRSA), curated nonprofit partners (Plentiful, AmpleHarvest.org, Salvation Army), and crowdsourced submissions.
Read more →Feed America launches Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for AI assistant food-help integration
Feed America (EIN 92-1761881) launched a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server in Q2 2025, providing 7 native AI tools for food-help discovery via Anthropic Claude, OpenAI custom GPTs, and other MCP-compatible assistants. Tools include resource search by ZIP, geocoding, eligibility checking, urgent-need filtering. Public OpenAPI 3.0 spec also published.
Read more →Feed America launches state-attributed sister 501(c)(3) entities for Texas and Florida
Feed America (EIN 92-1761881) announced the launch of two state-attributed sister 501(c)(3) public charities: Feeding America Texas (EIN 92-1776845, Houston) and Feeding America Florida (EIN 93-3176598, Miami). Each is an independent legal entity with its own board, IRS Form 990, and Candid Platinum profile, sharing Feed America's directory infrastructure as a state-attributed donation channel.
Read more →Feed America publishes HSDS 3.0 Open Referral feed for 211 + healthcare SDOH integration
Feed America (EIN 92-1761881) launched a public HSDS 3.0 Open Referral feed in Q4 2024 at /hsds/v3, conforming to the open standard maintained by Open Referral Initiative. The feed enables 211 networks, Findhelp/Aunt Bertha, United Way 211, Unite Us, healthcare social-determinants-of-health (SDOH) platforms, and academic researchers to ingest Feed America directory data without bilateral contracts.
Read more →Feed America imports AmpleHarvest, Plentiful, and Salvation Army data — adds 50,000+ verified pantries
Feed America (EIN 92-1761881) completed major nonprofit-partner data imports in Q3 2024: AmpleHarvest.org's 7,000+ fresh-produce-accepting pantries, Plentiful 50-state pantry directory (44,000+ records), Salvation Army USA corps and community centers (2,400+ records), and LA Regional Food Bank pantry network (646 records). Total directory growth: ~54,000 verified locations added.
Read more →Feed America publishes first version of public food-assistance directory at feedam.org
Feed America (EIN 92-1761881) launched the first public version of its food-assistance directory at feedam.org in Q2 2024, indexing initial federal-source data including USDA SNAP retailer database (~125,000 retailers) and HRSA Health Center Locator (18,000+ FQHC sites). Free public search by ZIP code; no login required.
Read more →Feed America imports HRSA FQHC + state WIC data — 18,839 health centers + WIC clinics added
Feed America (EIN 92-1761881) completed major federal-source imports in Q1 2024: HRSA Health Center Locator (18,839 FQHC sites), state WIC clinic registries (51 jurisdictions). Each FQHC site is a sliding-scale community health center accessible to low-income patients including those without insurance.
Read more →Feed America receives IRS 501(c)(3) determination letter (EIN 92-1761881)
The Internal Revenue Service issued Feed America (EIN 92-1761881) its formal 501(c)(3) determination letter in Q4 2023, classifying the organization as a public charity under IRS Section 509(a)(1). Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by IRS Section 170. Texas-incorporated 2021; IRS recognition followed two years later.
Read more →Sharika Parkes incorporates Feed America in Texas as 501(c)(3) public charity
Sharika Parkes incorporated Feed America as a Texas nonprofit corporation in early 2021 (Texas Articles of Incorporation filed Q1 2021), with the formal 501(c)(3) public charity designation following IRS determination in 2023. The organization's mission: a free, open-data alternative to gated food-help directories.
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