Public Charity

REFED INC

REFED INC is a Public Charity headquartered in CHICAGO, IL. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $13.2M revenue, $8.6M expenses, $15.2M total assets. 49 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $23.4M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 831579781 CHICAGO, IL Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$13.2M
Total Expenses$8.6M
Total Assets$15.2M
Grant Records49
Funding Total$23.4M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

REFED CATALYZES THE FOOD SYSTEM TOWARD EVIDENCE-BASED ACTION TO STOP WASTING FOOD FOR THE CLIMATE, ENVIRONMENT, PEOPLE, AND THE ECONOMY.

Officers & Directors

VP, CAPITAL, INNOVATION & GLOBAL INITIATIVES Alexandria Coari
VP, DATA & INSIGHTS Asch Harwood
DIRECTOR Charles C Savitt
PRESIDENT Dana Gunders Rivero
DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING Dina Sinclair
DIRECTOR Eduardo Romero

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Top Grant Purposes

COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
$10,000,000 2 grants
AGRICULTURE, FOOD, NUTRITION
$2,814,106 3 grants
ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE PURPOSE
$2,287,500 5 grants
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$2,149,276 7 grants
TO SUPPORT THE REFED COVID-19 FOOD WASTE SOLUTIONS FUND
$2,000,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $13.2M $8.6M $15.2M
2023 $12.4M $6.3M $10.0M
2022 $5.5M $4.8M $3.9M
2020 $8.5M $6.8M $3.5M
2019 $4.4M $3.5M $1.6M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $4.4M to $13.2M (+202%), with total assets most recently reported at $15.2M.

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