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Grantmaking public charityEIN 237200739

Food Research & Action Center

WASHINGTON, DC 20036

Total Assets

$12.3M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$13.0M

FY 2024

Grants Made

73

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$178K

FY 2024

Grant Range

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$1.8M

Child nutrition: frac seeks to reduce childhood hunger, improve nutrition, improve food security and economic security, improve health and school achievement, and use child nutrition programs to support services for school aged children in communities across the country. Frac works with local, state, national groups and public agencies to assure that as many eligible children as possible are enrolled in programs such as school breakfast, school lunch, the summer food program and after school nutrition programs, and that the food served is as nutritious as possible. Frac provides research, public policy advocacy, analysis, training, technical assistance, materials and regranting.

Program 2

$473K

Snap (formerly known as food stamps): frac works with national, state, and local groups to protect and improve snap (formerly food stamps) benefits for people with low incomes. Through research, public policy advocacy, training, technical assistance, regranting and dissemination of information, analysis, and descriptions of model approaches, frac assists in getting snap to eligible families with children, immigrants, older adults, unemployed persons and other people struggling to make ends meet.

Program 3

$4.2M

All other programs: legislative, root causes and specific populations, d.c. Hunger solutions, maryland hunger solutions, communications, network engagement

Focus Areas

Food & Agriculture

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$20.8M

Total Expenses

$21.5M

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $13.0M in 2024. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

337 grants

Cherokee Nation
$1M
2 grants
University of South Dakota
$870K
2 grants
$824K
3 grants
Rhode Island Department of Health
$578K
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

337 grants

<$10K
90
grants
$10–50K
95
grants
$50–250K
131
grants
$250K–1M
21
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

48 states

California
$2.2M
8% of total
Nebraska
$1.9M
7% of total
New Jersey
$1.5M
6% of total
Oregon
$1.3M
5% of total
District of Columbia
$1.2M
4% of total
Oklahoma
$1.1M
4% of total
Texas
$1.0M
4% of total
Hawaii
$975K
4% of total
South Dakota
$870K
3% of total
Pennsylvania
$863K
3% of total

+38 more states

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