412 Food Rescue

Legal name: 412 Food Rescue Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
473476140
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, US
Phone
(412) 277-3831
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$17,616,325
Expenses
$18,829,292
Assets
$2,571,507
Liabilities
$300,749

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALYSSA CHOLODOFSKY (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • ALYSSA CHOLODOFSKY (CEO): $221,256 total reported compensation
  • BRADLEY FETCHIN (VP OF PRODUCT): $205,998 total reported compensation
  • AMEESH KAPOOR (HEAD OF ENGINEERING): $160,880 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Preventing perfectly good food from going to waste in Pittsburgh and Southwest Pennsylvania.

What it reported doing in 2025

412 food rescue works with food retailers, wholesalers, restaurants, caterers, universities and other food providers to rescue un-sellable but perfectly good food. These providers often do not have the operations resources to consistently redirect food to community organizations. 412 food rescue only rescues fresh, perishable food-healthy food-and directly distributes it to organizations. It does not store or bank the food. Donated food is valued at the approximate estimated retail food value of one pound of food wasted as well as food waste diverted, based on 2016 data from the bureau of labor statistics on monthly average food prices to estimated retail food value, which is updated yearly based upon the consumer price index for food at home. 412 food rescue rescued approximately 4,600,000 pounds of food during 2025 with an estimated fair value of $14,086,218 for the year ended december 31, 2025. Food is delivered to agencies that serve low-income, homeless, and other needy people in allegheny county, Pennsylvania. Agencies currently include soup kitchens, public school backpack programs, community organizations and other nonprofits that serve those who are food insecure. 412 food rescue will accept beneficiary applications from organizations that can redistribute food directly to those who are hungry.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.3%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 91.1%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: $31.7 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.9%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.5%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 97.3% of revenue deployed · 91.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $17.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $221K · 17 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.