Wegiveashare Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
852809644
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Asheville, NC, USA
Phone
8284123239
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,070,784
Expenses
$1,525,912
Assets
$2,025,850
Liabilities
$277,062

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Madeline Holtzman (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Madeline Holtzman (Executive Director): $81,267 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Equal Plates Project supports a connected community where farmers thrive by growing food for their neighbors and everyone-regardless of barriers-has access to quality, locally sourced meals. Our work rests on three pillars: purchasing from small farms at fair prices, preparing scratch-cooked meals, and partnering with community organizations in Western North Carolina to nourish thousands of neighbors each week.

What it reported doing in 2025

Program Continuity and Capacity Building Following the Conclusion of HOP: Following the conclusion of the Healthy Opportunities Pilot (HOP) in mid-FY2025 and associated funding reductions, Equal Plates Project invested in organizational capacity to continue meeting community food access needs. During FY2025, the organization: - Maintained operations across two commercial kitchens to sustain meal production and distribution - Signed a lease for a new kitchen and office facility at Haw Creek Commons - Began rennovation on the new commercial kitchen to increase long-term production capacity and expand the organizations ability to serve multiple counties in Western North Carolina. These investments positioned the organization to sustain and adapt programming.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.7%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 91.2%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: $30.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 26.3%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.33; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.3%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 54.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 40.6% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 47.3% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.7% of revenue deployed · 91.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $81K · 8 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $227K reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 54/100.