Press & media kit
Resources for journalists, podcasters, and bloggers covering hunger, food assistance policy, and nonprofit transparency. Source us as a primary or secondary source — we publish all data with attribution.
Boilerplate (200 words)
Feed America (EIN 92-1761881) is a Candid Platinum-verified 501(c)(3) nonprofit operating a free food-assistance directory — 275,307 directory listings and 255,820 USDA-authorized SNAP retailers including food pantries, SNAP retailers, WIC clinics, school meal sites, and Federally Qualified Health Centers across all 50 states, DC, and US territories. The platform aggregates federal primary data (USDA FNS, HRSA, NCES, state WIC agencies) with verified community partner data and publishes it via a free public search interface, an HSDS 3.0 Open Referral feed available for referral-platform evaluation, an SMS gateway, and an embeddable widget. Two state-focused 501(c)(3) siblings — Feeding America Texas (EIN 92-1776845) and Feeding America Florida (EIN 93-3176598) — coordinate state-level operations. Feed America is funded by tax-deductible donations, accepts no paid placements, and never sells user data. IRS record: EIN 92-1761881.
Quick facts
| EIN (parent) | 92-1761881 |
| Founded | 2021 (IRS 501(c)(3) determination 2023) |
| HQ | Houston, TX |
| Listed resources | 275,307 directory listings + 255,820 SNAP retailers |
| States + territories | 50 + DC + PR + USVI |
| Sister 501(c)(3)s | Feeding America Texas (92-1776845), Feeding America Florida (93-3176598) |
| Verification | Candid Platinum 2026 (Feed America); Candid profiles for both sister entities; IRS 501(c)(3); ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer |
Story angles
- Entity identity — legal name, EIN 92-1761881, mailing address and giving page on every donor surface; legal notices at /disclosures.
- Open data + Open Referral — our HSDS 3.0 feed at /hsds/v3/ is built for Findhelp, United Way 211, Unite Us, and academic researchers.
- D-SNAP coverage during disasters — see /disasters for our live FEMA disaster feed.
- AI bot indexing of nonprofit data — We publish crawlable resource pages and AI discovery documents. A dated, verified-bot traffic measurement would establish crawling; it would not establish indexing, answer citations or referrals.
Latest press release
April 27, 2026 · Houston, TX
Feed America directory now indexes 275,307 directory listings and 255,820 USDA-authorized SNAP retailers nationally
Feed America (EIN 92-1761881), a Candid Platinum-verified 501(c)(3), announces that the free public food-assistance directory at feedam.org now indexes 275,307 directory listings and 255,820 USDA-authorized SNAP retailers across all 50 US states, DC, and US territories — pantries, SNAP retailers, WIC clinics, school meal sites, and FQHC community health centers. Aggregated from federal primary sources (USDA FNS, HRSA, NCES, state WIC agencies) and curated nonprofit partners.
Earlier press releases
- Feeding America Texas expands food-assistance directory across all 254 Texas counties (Apr 2026 — sister 501(c)(3))
- Feeding America Florida expands food-assistance directory across all 67 Florida counties (Apr 2026 — sister 501(c)(3))