What Share My Meals does

Share My Meals is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2020 and headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, that recovers surplus prepared meals from corporate, hospital, university, school, and food-service-provider cafeterias and redistributes them to food-insecure individuals and community organizations across New Jersey. The organization serves three primary constituencies: food donors (commercial kitchens with surplus prepared meals), recipient nonprofit organizations (shelters, community kitchens, food banks, family services), and individual families and seniors reached through a direct home delivery program in Princeton and Trenton. Per its own public statements, New Jersey has over 1 million food-insecure residents while an estimated 5 million prepared meals go uneaten annually in the same geography, framing the dual food-insecurity and food-waste problem the organization addresses.

The core service, the Meal Recovery Program, is operated through a volunteer-driven logistics network that picks up surplus meals and delivers them either to community partners or directly to families. Underlying operations run on a proprietary STAN (Safety, Allocation, Tracking, Navigation) platform integrated with Salesforce for donation and delivery tracking, supplemented by a custom Salesforce Field Service mobile app used by volunteers for route management and pickup/delivery documentation. Monthly Impact Dashboards and quarterly reports deliver meals-donated, volunteer-hour, and CO2-emissions-averted metrics to corporate donors. In 2024, Share My Meals launched the Meal Recovery Coalition, a multi-stakeholder alliance it leads with 10 partner organizations and 2 nonprofits.

The organization earns no revenue from program participants — services are free to both food donors and recipients. Operating funds come from foundation grants (including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Berk Foundation, Burke Foundation, Nestlé Health Science, Stop & Shop / Stop Hunger Foundation, OceanFirst Foundation, WSFS Cares Foundation, Community Foundation of New Jersey, and Princeton Area Community Foundation), corporate sponsorships (Merck, Johnson & Johnson, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Sanofi, Bayer, Novo Nordisk, Campbell's, Accenture, Barclays, PNC Bank, NJM Insurance), individual donations including recurring Monthly Giving Circle contributions, and Donor-Advised Fund grants processed through Fidelity Charitable, Schwab Charitable, Vanguard Charitable, and National Philanthropic Trust. Strategic and operational support is supplemented by pro bono consulting from McKinsey & Company and LEK Consulting and by Dorothea's House, which hosts the Food Hub distribution site. The organization has earned a 4-star Charity Navigator rating in both 2025 and 2026.

Name

Share My Meals

Legal name

Share My Meals Inc.

Website

https://sharemymeals.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Share My Meals is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that recovers surplus prepared meals from corporate, hospital, university, and school cafeterias across New Jersey and redistributes them to food-insecure communities through a volunteer-driven logistics network and a statewide coalition.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Recovery Services

NAICS

Community Food Services (624210)

akta.pro primary industry

Food Assistance & Nutrition Relief (Emergency Feeding) (BPAGAAAD)

Keywords

• Food recovery services
• Meal redistribution
• Food waste reduction
• Community meal programs
• Surplus meal donation

Headquarters

HQ city

Princeton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Foundation Grants: Share My Meals receives grant funding from foundations to support their meal recovery operations. The organization is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that relies on grants for a portion of their operating budget.
2. Individual Donations: The organization accepts one-time and monthly donations from individuals through credit card, Venmo, PayPal, check, wire transfer, IRA Qualified Charitable Distributions, and planned giving. Monthly giving is encouraged through the Monthly Giving Circle program.
3. Corporate Sponsorships: Corporate sponsors provide funding and support in exchange for recognition on Share My Meals platforms and opportunities for corporate volunteering. This includes recognition on organizational platforms and employee engagement opportunities.
4. Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) Grants: Share My Meals accepts grants from Donor-Advised Funds through major sponsors including Fidelity Charitable, Schwab Charitable, Vanguard Charitable, National Philanthropic Trust, and local community foundations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Share My Meals recovers surplus prepared meals from corporate, hospital, university, and school cafeterias and redistributes them to food-insecure communities across New Jersey. The organization uses a volunteer-driven logistics network coordinated through the proprietary STAN platform, delivering meals either to community nonprofit partner organizations statewide or directly to families and seniors via a home delivery program in Princeton and Trenton.

Product overview

Share My Meals operates as a meal recovery nonprofit organization offering a suite of interconnected services centered on reducing food waste and addressing food insecurity in New Jersey. The core offering is the Meal Recovery Program, which connects food donors with surplus prepared meals to community organizations. Supporting this is the STAN (Safety, Allocation, Tracking, Navigation) technology platform, which enables operational management, impact tracking, and reporting across the meal recovery workflow. The Home Delivery Program extends services directly to families in the Princeton area. The Meal Recovery Coalition (MRC) is a 2024 initiative aggregating organizations across New Jersey to scale meal recovery efforts. Operational tools include the Salesforce Field Service app for volunteer coordination and Monthly Impact Dashboards for donor reporting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Meal Recovery Program Core service that coordinates the recovery of surplus prepared meals from food donors (corporate cafeterias, hospitals, K-12 schools, universities, restaurants) and delivers them to community nonprofit organizations serving food-insecure individuals. All services are provided free of charge.
• Home Delivery Program Direct meal delivery service providing free nutritious meals to families and seniors in the Princeton and Trenton areas. Deliveries occur Monday to Friday between 4PM and 6PM; recipients do not need to show ID.
• Meal Recovery Coalition (MRC) Alliance membership program launched in 2024 with the goal of making meal recovery the norm across New Jersey. Led by Share My Meals with 10 organizations and 2 nonprofits as members, aggregating corporations, hospitals, educational institutions, government entities, and nonprofits.

Quantifiable outcome

• Recovery and redistribution of surplus prepared meals to food-insecure communities across New Jersey
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

23 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Meal Recovery Coalition (MRC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Alliance launched in 2024 between corporations, hospitals, educational institutions, government entities and nonprofits aiming to recover all available prepared meals in New Jersey. Share My Meals serves as the lead agency with support from 10 organizations and 2 nonprofits as members.
• Atlantic HealthcoreOthersMajor healthcare system donating surplus prepared meals from their facilities.
• Hackensack Meridian HealthcoreOthersHealthcare system providing surplus prepared meals from their facilities.
• RWJBH (RWJ University Hospital, Monmouth Medical Center, RWJ University Hospital New Brunswick, RWJ University Hospital Somerset)coreOthersMajor hospital network donating surplus prepared meals from multiple facilities.
• MerckcoreOthersPharmaceutical company with corporate cafeteria donating surplus meals.
• Novo NordiskcoreOthersPharmaceutical company donating surplus meals from corporate cafeteria.
• SanoficoreOthersPharmaceutical company donating surplus meals from facilities.
• BayercoreOthersCorporation donating surplus meals from corporate cafeteria.
• Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)coreOthersMajor corporation donating surplus meals from cafeteria facilities.
• Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS)coreOthersPharmaceutical company donating surplus meals from facilities.
• Campbell'scoreOthersFood company donating surplus prepared meals.
• Compass USA / Flik / Pomptonian / Gourmet Dining / Sage Dining / Eurest / SodexocoreOthersFood service providers managing corporate and institutional cafeterias that donate surplus meals.
• Family PromisecoreOthersNonprofit organization receiving recovered meals to serve families experiencing homelessness.
• Homeless SolutionscoreOthersNonprofit receiving recovered meals for homeless individuals and families.
• Nourish.NJcoreOthersNonprofit receiving recovered meals for community members experiencing food insecurity.
• Rescue Mission of TrentoncoreOthersFaith-based nonprofit serving meals to those in need in Trenton.
• Anchor HousecoreOthersNonprofit organization serving youth and families.
• YWCA PrincetoncoreOthersOrganization serving women, children, and families.
• United Community CorporationcoreOthersNewark-based nonprofit operating emergency shelters receiving recovered meals.
• McKinsey & CompanycoreOthersPro bono consulting partner providing strategic expertise.
• LEK ConsultingcoreOthersPro bono consulting partner providing strategic expertise.
• Dorothea's HousecoreOthersPro bono partner hosting the Food Hub location for meal distribution.
• Linda McManus ImagesminorOthersPro bono photography services for the organization.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Table to Table: New Jersey-based food rescue nonprofit that collects surplus prepared food from commercial kitchens and distributes it to local hunger-relief partners. Closest geographic and operational peer to Share My Meals — same meal-recovery model, same NJ footprint.
• Food Rescue US: National nonprofit using a volunteer-driven, app-based model to transport surplus food from restaurants and grocers to food-insecure communities. Directly comparable in volunteer logistics, donor-recipient matching, and tech-enabled meal recovery.
• City Harvest: NYC-based food rescue organization that collects surplus food from restaurants, grocers, and corporate cafeterias for redistribution to communities in need. Closely mirrors Share My Meals' surplus-meal recovery mission at significantly larger scale.
• Rethink Food: NYC-based nonprofit that recovers surplus prepared meals from restaurants and corporate cafeterias and redistributes them to community partners, with a focus on dignified meal access. Operates the same donor-to-community-partner model as Share My Meals.
• Food Donation Connection: Organization that facilitates corporate food donations by connecting food service operators and corporate cafeterias with hunger-relief agencies. Directly comparable in the corporate-meal donor relationship management that Share My Meals performs.

Broad incumbents

• FoodCloud: Ireland-founded social enterprise that uses a technology platform to redirect surplus food from retailers and producers to charities. Operates at much larger international scale but shares the core surplus-meal recovery and tech-enabled matching thesis with Share My Meals.
• Community FoodBank of New Jersey: New Jersey's largest anti-hunger organization, operating food banking, distribution, and SNAP outreach across the state. Broader in mission than Share My Meals but operates in the same NJ food-insecurity space and could be both a partner and competitive force for funding and donor mindshare.
• Philabundance: Greater Philadelphia regional food bank recovering and distributing food to hunger-relief agencies across the Delaware Valley. Comparable as a regional food-rescue nonprofit, though larger in scale and broader in geographic reach than Share My Meals.

Emerging players

• Too Good To Go: Tech-enabled marketplace app that connects consumers with surplus food from restaurants and stores to reduce food waste. Adjacent business model — also addresses institutional surplus food — but operates as a for-profit consumer marketplace rather than a community-recipient nonprofit.

Others

• Hunger Free America: National hunger-relief advocacy and direct-service organization running food rescue and meal programs in multiple US cities. Related mission and adjacent to meal-recovery work; not a direct operational peer but competes for the same donor dollars in the food-insecurity nonprofit space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sharemymeals
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCUwwei-uk8k8EFiYo8yUk-A
• Facebookfacebook.com/sharemymeals
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/share-my-meals-inc
• Instagraminstagram.com/sharemymeals

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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