Human Services
Meeting Essential Needs With Dignity Inc
MAPLEWOOD, NJ
Total revenue
$2.8M
Total expenses
$2.7M
Net assets
$1.8M
Grants received
$4.2M
85 grants
EIN
271105051
Tax year
2024
Mission
MEETING ESSENTIAL NEEDS WITH DIGNITY (MEND) is a hunger relief network in Essex County, NJ, that works to advance health equity and influence systems-level change through collaborative, community-driven, responsive programming. Its mission is to strengthen community health by increasing access to fresh and healthy food. MEND envisions a community in which everyone has access to nutritious food and the ability to achieve their optimal health. MEND values Community, Diversity, Collaboration,and Dignity.
Programs
2 programs
Mend on the move: mend reduces barriers to accessing nutritious food in food desert communities by bringing fresh and healthy food directly and consistently to those who need it most, primarily through home deliveries and mobile markets.
Food & Health Equity Coalition. The Food & Health Equity Coalition of Essex County, NJ (FHEC) is a collaboration of 90+ organizations recognizing food insecurity as a key social determinant of health and working together across sectors and with communities to advance health equity and achieve collective impact. Officially launched in February 2024, MEND is the backbone organization for this collaborative.
Financials
FY 2024
Revenue
Expenses
People
17 listed
A JABBAR ABDI
Chairman
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10 hrs/wk
KAREN HARTSHORN HILTON
VICE CHAIR
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5 hrs/wk
KATHERINE S CAHILL
Trustee
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12 hrs/wk
DARLYN BLANEY
Trustee
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2 hrs/wk
CHESNEY BLUE
Trustee
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2 hrs/wk
CHRIS COSTANZO
Trustee
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2 hrs/wk
MAGALY DENIS-ROMAN
Trustee
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2 hrs/wk
DYANNA MOON
Trustee
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2 hrs/wk
BENJAMIN EYLER
Trustee
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2 hrs/wk
SISTER LINDA KLAISS
Trustee
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2 hrs/wk
MARGARET SANTANA
Trustee
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2 hrs/wk
RICK WESSLER
Trustee
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2 hrs/wk
CLAIRE SINCLAIR
Secretary
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5 hrs/wk
CHIGOZIE ONYEMA
Trustee
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2 hrs/wk
SAMIR SHAH
Treasurer
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2 hrs/wk
SUNITA SUBRAMANIAN
Trustee
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2 hrs/wk
ROBIN PEACOCK
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
$85K
40 hrs/wk
Grants received
Showing 85 of 85
Funded by
$4.2M from 32 funders · 85 grants · 2018–2024
$1.4M · 4 grants · 2021–2024
$1.2M · 6 grants · 2019–2023
$292K · 6 grants · 2019–2024
$231K · 4 grants · 2020–2023
$202K · 7 grants · 2018–2023
$167K · 3 grants · 2020–2024
$134K · 5 grants · 2019–2023
$131K · 4 grants · 2020–2023