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Caring for Friends

Public charity
Other · PHILADELPHIA, PA · EIN 23-2072722

About

Caring for friends, founded in 1974, is a food bank, prepared meals program, and caring kitchen. Our mission is to provide food and friendship to seniors, kids and adults, the homeless, and those in shelter in greater philadelphia. We are a volunteer organization supported by a small staff. Caring for friends volunteers SORT, prepare, PACK, and deliver SIX DAYS a week. We provide fresh, frozen, and shelf-stable food to faith-based and community organizations to FILL their pantries and support their food sharing programs.

Donations are tax-deductible
Category
Other
Employees
49
Volunteers
1,000

Financial Snapshot

FY ending 2024-07-31
Revenue
$12.2M
Expenses
$12.7M
Assets
$1.3M
Liabilities
$371K

Financial history

$12.7M$6.4M$0
161718192021222324
RevenueExpenses
Latest FY2024: $12.2M · Avg: $6.5M
CARING FOR FRIENDS
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Address

12271 Townsend RD
Philadelphia, PA, 19154-120

Governance

Voting board members6
Independent members5
Conflict-of-interest policyYes
Whistleblower policyYes
Doc-retention policyYes
Audit committeeYes
990 reviewed by boardYes

Financial detail (Schedule D)

Board-designated %0.5%
Permanent endowment %99.5%
Endowment held by related orgNo
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