Sharing Excess
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 862161466
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA, United States
- Phone
- 8337427397
- Rating
- 93
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Food Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $180,484,497
- Expenses
- $179,227,617
- Assets
- $3,551,229
- Liabilities
- $778,592
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TERRI WIGGINS (President)
Highest reported compensation
- EVAN EHLERS (Executive Dir.): $116,197 total reported compensation
- Victoria Wilson (OPERATIONS HEAD): $102,359 total reported compensation
- Nourhan Ibrahim (DEV. HEAD): $95,330 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Sharing Excess bridges the gap between food waste and food scarcity by rescuing edible surplus from food businesses and redistributing it to local hunger relief organizations. Your donation is a strategic investment in the future of food rescue. We guarantee 100% of your contribution is deployed with financial accountability to secure our mission’s success. Your gift provides the flexible support that ensures your impact is maximized and sustainable. What's your tax EIN? Our Nonprofit Tax ID/EIN is 86-2161466. Distribute:** We collaborate with local food banks, community organizations, and mutual aid efforts to efficiently distribute millions of pounds of surplus food throughout the nation. Making meaningful impact in our communities every single day. YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS.
What it reported doing in 2024
Direct Link: We organize pickup and delivery nationwide from small to high volume partners, connecting surplus to local organizations through logistical coordination outside of our physical service areas. We have partnerships with freight companies to move truckloads of product and rideshare partnerships to facilitate free deliveries with passenger vehicles.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 98% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 98.3%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 99%; rating input score 99
- Fundraising efficiency: $258.55 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: 0.7%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.2%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 87.4% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 86.8% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 74% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 98.3% of revenue deployed · 99% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $177.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $116K · 11 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $982K reported
- Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 35/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.