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EIN 27-1105051

Meeting Emergency Needs with Dignity Mend (MEND)

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
13
City
Maplewood
State
New Jersey
Year formed
2009
Most recent tax filings
2023-12-01
NTEE code, primary
K31: Food Banks, Food Pantries
Description
Meeting Emergency Needs with Dignity Mend serves as an Anti-Hunger Network in Essex County, NJ. Its mission focuses on Meeting Essential Needs With Dignity, Inc. through an interfaith network of 22 food pantries and community partners situated within Essex County, NJ. The Mend network regularly convenes to provide a supply of fresh and healthy food, funds, volunteers and other resources to its partnered pantries. Additionally, Mend collaborates with 15 community partners to offer free fresh food markets and healthy home deliveries. The organization is located in Maplewood, NJ.
Also known as...
Meeting Essential Needs with Dignity
Total revenues
$2,216,543
2023
Total expenses
$2,320,683
2023
Total assets
$1,836,324
2023
Num. employees
13
2023

Program areas at MEND

Pantry partnerships: mend regularly convenes leaders from over 20 essex county-based food pantries, and provides support via advocacy and resource sharing, supplemental fresh and healthy food, and volunteers.
Mend on the move: mend reduces barriers to accessing nutritious food in food desert communities by bringing fresh and healthy food directly and consistently to those who need it most, primarily through home deliveries and mobile markets.

Who funds Meeting Emergency Needs with Dignity Mend (MEND)

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramFor Recipient's Exempt Purpose$86,000
American Online Giving FoundationGeneral Support$58,063
Schwab Charitable FundHuman Services$41,938
...and 24 more grants received totalling $412,376

Personnel at MEND

NameTitleCompensation
Robin PeacockExecutive Director$80,886
Katherine S CahillTreasurer$0
Claire SinclairSecretary$0
Karen Hartshorn HiltonVice Chair$0
A Jabbar AbdiChairman$0
...and 2 more key personnel

Financials for MEND

RevenuesFYE 12/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$2,203,251
Program services$0
Investment income and dividends$13,292
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$2,216,543

Form 990s for MEND

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-122024-09-18990View PDF
2022-122023-08-18990View PDF
2021-122022-11-08990View PDF
2020-122021-11-10990View PDF
2019-122021-03-01990View PDF
...and 3 more Form 990s
Data update history
December 22, 2024
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $2,744 from JP Morgan Chase Foundation
November 3, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
November 2, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 3 new personnel
September 21, 2024
Received grants
Identified 4 new grant, including a grant for $40,000 from Bayonne Visiting Nurse Association
May 18, 2024
Received grants
Identified 8 new grant, including a grant for $58,063 from American Online Giving Foundation
Nonprofit Types
Food banksFood and nutrition programsCharities
Issues
Human servicesFood and nutritionHunger
Characteristics
Fundraising eventsState / local levelCommunity engagement / volunteeringGala fundraisersTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
PO Box 1304
Maplewood, NJ 07040
Metro area
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
County
Essex County, NJ
Website URL
mendnj.org/ 
Phone
(862) 250-5216
IRS details
EIN
27-1105051
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
2009
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
K31: Food Banks, Food Pantries
NAICS code, primary
624210: Community Food Services
Parent/child status
Independent
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