About Us
Background
Our journey began in 2017 with Children's Place Preschool-Spring Garden, providing 400 meals and snacks monthly to low-income communities in Philadelphia.
Today, we proudly deliver over 150,000 meals and snacks each month to 75+ child, adult, & at-risk centers across Philadelphia, Delaware, Montgomery, Chester, and Bucks Counties.
Mission
ITAVTFOC envisions a world where every individual, regardless of background, has access to nutritious food, fostering thriving communities and empowering lives.
Diversity
We are a 100% minority organization, both in staffing and on the board. Despite starting with a $0 revenue budget in 2017, we now operate with an annual budget of over 4 million, as of 2024, exclusively supporting childcare centers in Pennsylvania.
The majority of the children we serve are from minority, low-income, and disadvantaged backgrounds in some of the poorest communities in the state.
Four Value Propositions
Our vision is reflected in the four ways our program provides free, reduced, and paid meals.
Everything that is part of the meal programs will be paid by federal and state funding, fund raising efforts, donors, and corporate partnerships.
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We will deliver Better Meals, Better Service, Better Administration, Better Quality, &
Better Sponsorship.
Contracted & Registered State Food Management, Catering Companies, & Meal Vendors
prepare and deliver nutritional, quality, and enjoyable meals daily.
We will always use all the funding provided by the State to further enhance the meal
programs.
Our Team
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Mark Wainwright
Founder &
Executive Director
Nicole Alexander
Program Coordinator-Child and Adult Care Food Program & Board Member
Theresa Wainwright
Administrative Director
Chaela Wainwright
Administrative Assistant-Child & Adult Care Food Program-Social Media-Film & Media Production-Donor Platform
Brian Williams
Executive Program Director-At Risk-Adult Care-After School Food Program & Board Member
Leah Sharp
Administrative Assistant-Child and Adult Care Food Program-Corporate Partnerships & Grant Research/Writing
Necol Rogers
Program Director-Child And Adult Care Food Program &
Board Member
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Geary Wilson
Board Chair
Sherine Griffin
Board Member
Theresa Boyd
Board Secretary
Derek Syres
Board Member
Carroll Tillman
Board Treasurer
Tomera Gilbert
Board Member
Henry Howard
Board Member
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution
is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national
origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation),
disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.