Whyhunger Inc
New York, NY · EIN 13-2805575. Reported 147 grants totalling $6,324,302 to 77 organizations across tax years 2021-2025, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Whyhunger Inc, the IRS classifies it under arts & culture rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE A68Z) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 77 distinct organizations, with 8% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 50% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 56% median for grantmaking charities -- lower than the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $30,000. Half of what it reported fell between $20,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $10,000 and the largest $485,075. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niweskok | Milford, ME | $485,075 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Inquiring Systems Inc | Santa Rosa, CA | $384,102 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mary Mitchell Family and Youth Center Inc | Bronx, NY | $360,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Our Kitchen Table | Grand Rapids, MI | $325,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southern Conservation Partners Inc | Raleigh, NC | $244,900 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network | Detroit, MI | $230,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Center for Ideas Equity and Transformative Change | Jackson, MS | $226,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Highlander Research & Education Center Inc | New Market, TN | $216,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Campaign Against Hunger Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $214,989 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fusion Partnerships Inc | Baltimore, MD | $210,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| 4DASOIL | Philadelphia, PA | $205,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Neighbors Together Corp | Brooklyn, NY | $189,989 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Resist Inc | Boston, MA | $134,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Open Space Institute Inc | New York, NY | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| North Carolina Association of Black Lawyer Land Loss Prevention Projec | Durham, NC | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Tiny Seed Project Inc | Vernon, VT | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Afroresistance Inc | Bronx, NY | $97,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Rid-All Foundation Inc | Oakwood Vlg, OH | $91,239 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Institute for Washingtons Future | Bellingham, WA | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Nipmuc Indian Development Corp Inc | Grafton, MA | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Mississippi Assoc of Cooperatives | Jackson, MS | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| National Black Food and Justice Alliance | Atlanta, GA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Black Farmer Fund Inc | New York, NY | $71,700 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Maryland Philanthropy Network Inc | Baltimore, MD | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hill District Consensus Group | Pittsburgh, PA | $63,240 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Comite De Apoyo a Los Trabajadores Agricolas Inc | Glassboro, NJ | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Farmworker Association of Florida Inc | Apopka, FL | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance | Flagstaff, AZ | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Praxis Project Inc | San Francisco, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Yeyo Arts Collective Inc | Saint Louis, MO | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Access of West Michigan | Grand Rapids, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alma Center Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Black Sustainability Inc | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Broad Street Food Pantry | Columbus, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City Blossoms Inc | Saint Louis, MO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Response | Saint Louis, MO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cooperation Jackson | Jackson, MO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Detroit Food Policy Council | Detroit, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fruit of the Spirit Ministries Kennett Missouri | Kennett, MO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Good Journey Development Foundation | Saint Louis, MO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Growing Home Inc | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Heru Urban Farming and Garden | Saint Louis, MO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Local Matters | Columbus, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Midway Music Speaks | Bloomington, IN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mother Hubbards Cupboard Inc | Bloomington, IN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mused | Grand Rapids, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oneida Emergency Food Pantry | Oneida, WI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Organizacion Boricua De Agricultura Ecologica | San Juan, PR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Urban Arts Exploratory and Mediation Center | Battle Creek, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Urban Core Collective | Grand Rapids, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Open Buffalo Inc | Buffalo, NY | $47,568 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Federation of Southern Cooperatives Land Assistance Fund | Atlanta, GA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture Institute Inc | Kykotsmovi, AZ | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Harry Chapin Foundation | Huntington, NY | $32,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Family Farm Defenders Inc | Madison, WI | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Family Farm Coalition | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Purpose Focused Alternative Learning | Lupton, AZ | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Indigenous Educational Network of Turtle Island | Bemidji, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Latin American and Caribbean Community Center | Bronx, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alliance for Global Justice | Tucson, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Black Church Food Security Network | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ourspace World Inc | Bowie, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Allied Media Projects Inc | Detroit, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Friends Service Committee | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Environmentalism Through Inspiration & Non Violent Action | Marina Dl Rey, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Farm Training Collective Nyc Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Food for Maine's Future Inc | Knox, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Haley House Inc | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| John Bartram Association | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mandela Partners | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Opencollective Foundation | Covina, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pinelands Preservation Alliance Inc | Southampton, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA | Pittsboro, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southeastern Connecticut Community Land Trust Inc | Voluntown, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Farm School | Summertown, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Miami | Coral Gables, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Village Volunteers | Lake Stevens, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
30 of 77 (39%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 54 of 77 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 57 | $2,479,400 | $50,000 |
| 2022 | 33 | $1,779,827 | $31,700 |
| 2023 | 26 | $1,155,075 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 13 | $440,000 | $25,000 |
| 2025 | 18 | $470,000 | $22,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
19% of its giving went to organizations in New York. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $30,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in New York.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Whyhunger Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 18 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 505 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY, 10018.
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