Fare Share Wny Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
920680127
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Buffalo, NY, USA
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$59,691
Expenses
$63,843
Assets
$48,784

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mayda Pozantides (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Vishal Rungta (Board Chair)
  • Jessica Basil (Board Vice Chair)
  • Carl Bellizaire (Board Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Fare Share WNY was formed to strengthen the local food system by increasing equitable access to fresh nutritious food supporting local farmers and providing community-based food and agriculture education. The organization works to reduce food insecurity and barriers to healthy food access through collaborative food distribution programs community partnerships and initiatives that connect residents with locally grown food while advancing a more just and sustainable food system for all.

What it reported doing in 2025

Fare Share WNY operated programs focused on increasing equitable access to fresh locally grown food while supporting regional farmers and strengthening the local food system. Through collaborative CSA distribution subsidized produce shares community events and educational programming the organization served low-income households families with children elderly residents and historically underserved communities across Western New York. Key activities included coordinating multi-farm produce distribution programs subsidizing CSA shares for community members experiencing food insecurity organizing community outreach and educational events distributing vegetable seedlings and gardening resources and building partnerships between local farms nonprofits and community organizations. During the year Fare Share WNY collaborated with multiple farms and community partners to distribute thousands of pounds of fresh produce to households throughout the region. Programs supported increased access to healthy food strengthened relationships between consumers and local growers and expanded community participation in local food systems through culturally responsive and community-centered programming.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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.

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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 98.1%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 91.8%; rating input score 92

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.76; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 98.1% of revenue deployed · 91.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $59K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.