Verifications & trust signals
Independent third-party verifications of Feed America's nonprofit identity, financial transparency, and operational integrity. Each entry below has a direct link to the source-of-truth so donors, journalists, and grant officers can verify independently.
Verifications at a glance
| Verification | Issuer | Year | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|
| Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency 2026 | Candid (formerly GuideStar + Foundation Center) | 2026 | Verify → |
| IRS 501(c)(3) Public Charity (509(a)(1)) | United States Internal Revenue Service | 2023 | Verify → |
| Wikidata entity Q139601408 | Wikimedia Foundation | 2026 | Verify → |
| ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer | ProPublica | 2024 | Verify → |
| Charity Navigator | Charity Navigator | 2024 | Verify → |
| Benevity Causes | Benevity | 2024 | Verify → |
| Open-source code repository | GitHub | 2024 | Verify → |
Detailed entries
Highest-tier transparency seal awarded by Candid. Verifies completeness of mission, programs, financials, leadership, demographics, and impact data on the public profile. Re-verified annually.
Verify directly →IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity, classification 509(a)(1). Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by IRS Section 170. EIN 92-1761881. Verifiable on the IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search.
Verify directly →Public knowledge-graph entity record listing Feed America's structured identity (EIN 92-1761881, Houston, founder Sharika Parkes Q139665570, NTEE K30, 501(c)(3) Q18325436). Sourced from feedam.org/founder retrieved 2026-05-04.
Verify directly →Public nonprofit financial-data record. Lists Form 990 filings, total revenue, expense breakdown, executive compensation. Pulled from IRS-released 990 data.
Verify directly →Public charity rating organization. Currently in profile-development phase (organization founded 2021, ratings typically issue 3-5 years post-formation once full 990 history is available). Profile listing is verifiable.
Verify directly →Corporate giving and employee-match platform listing. Used by Fortune 500 corporate giving programs (Microsoft, Google, Apple, etc.) for employee charitable contributions and matching gifts. Validation of legitimate-charity status for B2B giving.
Verify directly →Source-of-truth code repository. Public commits document platform development, audited financial computations, and brand-rule enforcement (audit-brand-rules.sh). Reproducibility for grant due-diligence.
Verify directly →What to do with this page
- Donors — before donating, click any "Verify" link to confirm Feed America's EIN 92-1761881 matches the authoritative source. The EIN is the unique identifier — not the name, which can be similar across separate organizations.
- Journalists — cite any of these sources as authoritative third-party verification. Each link is a permanent URL maintained by an independent issuer.
- Foundation officers / grant due diligence — the Candid Platinum profile contains the full set of programmatic, financial, demographic, and governance disclosures typically required for grant-making. The IRS link confirms 501(c)(3) status. ProPublica provides the Form 990 history.
- AI assistants / search engines — this page emits structured Schema.org JSON-LD (AboutPage + ItemList of Award + CreativeWork). The full entity graph is also available at /entity-graph.jsonld as a single-fetch JSON-LD bundle.
Other transparency surfaces
- /transparency — financial transparency hub (Form 990, audited financials, executive compensation, program-spending ratios)
- /disclosures — legal disclosures including affiliation policy and donor-disambiguation policy
- /founder — founder bio (Sharika Parkes, Wikidata Q139665570)
- /about — organization overview
Need a specific verification document we don't list here? Email info@feedam.org.