Public Charity

WHYHUNGER INC

WHYHUNGER INC is a Public Charity headquartered in NEW YORK, NY. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $6.3M revenue, $6.8M expenses, $5.5M total assets. 117 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $12.0M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 132805575 NEW YORK, NY Music NTEE: A68 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$6.3M
Total Expenses$6.8M
Total Assets$5.5M
Grant Records117
Funding Total$12.0M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

WHYHUNGER BELIEVES A WORLD WITHOUT HUNGER IS POSSIBLE. WE PROVIDE CRITICAL RESOURCES TO SUPPORT GRASSROOTS MOVEMENTS AND FUEL COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS ROOTED IN SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, RACIAL, AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE. WE ARE WORKING TO END HUNGER AND ADVANCE THE HUMAN RIGHT TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD IN THE U.S. AND AROUND THE WORLD.

Where $100 goes at Whyhunger Inc

How Whyhunger Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$88 Programs the work itself
$4 Management running the organization
$8 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $88 for programs

$27
Nourish
30% of program spending
$26
The global movements program
30% of program spending
$19
Grassroots action network
22% of program spending

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook
Add this to your website

Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

TREASURER Alysia Steinmann
CHAIRPERSON Cindy Secunda
DIRECTOR (FROM DEC 2025) Claire Marble
SR. DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICAT Deborah Depoala
DIRECTOR Diane Blagman
DIRECTOR (TO JUNE 2025) Drew Pizzo

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Environment & Conservation
$3,592,911 9 grants
Food Assistance & Nutrition
$3,460,194 16 grants
General Support
$2,588,646 54 grants
Arts & Culture
$1,746,453 7 grants
Youth Development
$155,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $6.3M $6.8M $5.5M
2024 $5.7M $5.8M $6.5M
2023 $6.3M $5.9M $7.2M
2022 $7.0M $6.2M $6.6M
2021 $7.9M $6.8M $5.6M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $7.9M to $6.3M (-20%), with total assets most recently reported at $5.5M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

See the full picture for WHYHUNGER INC

Complete financials, all 117 grant records, officer compensation, year-over-year trend charts, a geographic grant map, and data exports — across 880,000+ organizations.

Full Financial History Complete Grant Activity Officer Compensation Year-over-Year Charts Geographic Grant Map Data Exports
7-day free trial Cancel any time