Public Charity

GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY

GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY is a Public Charity headquartered in CHICAGO, IL. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $241.6M revenue, $243.2M expenses, $216.0M total assets. 602 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $111.8M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 362971864 CHICAGO, IL Food Banks & Pantries NTEE: K31 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$241.6M
Total Expenses$243.2M
Total Assets$216.0M
Grant Records602
Funding Total$111.8M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY IS THE NONPROFIT FOOD BANK SERVING COOK COUNTY. OUR MISSION - IS TO END HUNGER. WE BELIEVE FOOD IS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT. TO ACHIEVE OUR MISSION, WE WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A NETWORK OF COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS.

Where $100 goes at Greater Chicago Food Depository

How Greater Chicago Food Depository divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$92 Programs the work itself
$5 Management running the organization
$3 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $92 for programs

$84
The Greater Chicago Food Depository provides emergency food assistance in cook county, illinois by distributing food through a network of more than 800 food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters…
91% of program spending
$6
The Greater Chicago Food Depository provides programs to alleviate hunger among priority populations including children, students, older adults and veterans
7% of program spending
$2
Mobile responses reach populations that often don't have access to traditional emergency assistance programs
2% of program spending
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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

DIRECTOR Alexandra Sims-Jones
VP PROGRAMS & COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP Amy Laboy
DIRECTOR Brian Byrd
DIRECTOR Diane Schanzenbach
DIRECTOR Gil Quiniones
CHAIR-ELECT Jennifer Vachon

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$54,400,162 279 grants
Food Assistance & Nutrition
$34,668,436 102 grants
Human & Social Services
$12,379,894 52 grants
Health & Medicine
$3,547,979 25 grants
Fundraising & Sponsorship
$3,416,900 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $241.6M $243.2M $216.0M
2024 $275.9M $261.2M $222.1M
2023 $197.0M $200.2M $205.2M
2022 $180.4M $181.4M $197.1M
2021 $281.8M $237.7M $217.3M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $281.8M to $241.6M (-14%), with total assets most recently reported at $216.0M.

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