Sharing Excess

Sharing Excess

Civic and Social Organizations

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2,340 followers

Improving access to excess since 2018 🚛 Let’s Free Food

About us

Sharing Excess is a national nonprofit that rescues and delivers surplus food to communities in need. Despite the fact that 40 million people in the country face food insecurity, nearly 40% of the nation's food supply goes to waste. We believe that surplus food can be a solution to food scarcity, and we are dedicated to connecting surplus food from grocery stores, restaurants, wholesalers, and farmers to organizations that address food insecurity. Our team is passionate about creating positive change in the world, and we embrace a fun, fast-paced, and innovative startup environment to achieve our goals. We believe that food should be a basic human right, and we are dedicated to improving access to excess food for all. Our efforts have already resulted in over 50 million meals to a network of nonprofits, food banks, and community organizations.

Industry
Civic and Social Organizations
Company size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Type
Nonprofit
Founded
2018
Specialties
Hunger Relief, Program Design, Program Management, 501(c)(3) Nonprofit, CSR Partner, and Field Research

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  • Sharing Excess reposted this

    We’re thrilled to announce a groundbreaking collaboration between Sharing Excess and NATURAL UPCYCLING LLC, a leader in the organic waste management industry, to tackle one of the most frustrating and solvable challenges in the food system: preventing perfectly edible food from ever ending up in landfills. This partnership is not just innovative; it’s transformational. The owner of Natural Upcycling recognized a troubling reality in the waste industry: sometimes companies throw away large quantities of perfectly edible food rather than donating it, simply because they don’t have the time or capacity to find an alternative solution. Driven by the belief that good food should never be destined for landfills, Natural Upcycling reached out to Sharing Excess, and together, we’ve developed a game-changing model for food rescue and organic recycling. Here's how it works: ✅ Rescuing Edible Food: When Natural Upcycling receives food they believe is too good for compost or recycling, they perform quality checks on its shelf life. If the food passes inspection, they notify Sharing Excess so we can redistribute it to communities and organizations who need it most. Food once inadvertently earmarked for landfill is now feeding people instead—at scale. ✅ Closing the Loop: When Sharing Excess receives food donations that, despite good intentions, don’t meet our quality and dignity standards, Natural Upcycling ensures this inedible product is recycled organically into compost, animal feed, and other sustainable purposes. Together we are creating a food hub model that follows the EPA Food Waste Scale. This closed-loop system is a win-win for the environment and our communities. We’ve already rescued well over ten million pounds of edible food together - a bold representation of what it means to radically partner with purpose, blending compassion and innovation to make food waste prevention an industry standard. To Natural Upcycling: thank you for redefining what’s possible in the waste management industry and for your unwavering commitment to feeding people instead of landfills. This is what meaningful impact looks like. 🙌 Together, we’re proving that partnerships can create systemic change. Let’s continue setting the standard for what’s possible in this space. 🚛 ➡️ 🍽️ #Partnership #FoodRescue #Sustainability #NaturalUpcycling #SharingExcess #FoodWaste #CircularEconomy #CommunityImpact #FeedingPeopleNotLandfills

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  • We’re thrilled to announce a groundbreaking collaboration between Sharing Excess and NATURAL UPCYCLING LLC, a leader in the organic waste management industry, to tackle one of the most frustrating and solvable challenges in the food system: preventing perfectly edible food from ever ending up in landfills. This partnership is not just innovative; it’s transformational. The owner of Natural Upcycling recognized a troubling reality in the waste industry: sometimes companies throw away large quantities of perfectly edible food rather than donating it, simply because they don’t have the time or capacity to find an alternative solution. Driven by the belief that good food should never be destined for landfills, Natural Upcycling reached out to Sharing Excess, and together, we’ve developed a game-changing model for food rescue and organic recycling. Here's how it works: ✅ Rescuing Edible Food: When Natural Upcycling receives food they believe is too good for compost or recycling, they perform quality checks on its shelf life. If the food passes inspection, they notify Sharing Excess so we can redistribute it to communities and organizations who need it most. Food once inadvertently earmarked for landfill is now feeding people instead—at scale. ✅ Closing the Loop: When Sharing Excess receives food donations that, despite good intentions, don’t meet our quality and dignity standards, Natural Upcycling ensures this inedible product is recycled organically into compost, animal feed, and other sustainable purposes. Together we are creating a food hub model that follows the EPA Food Waste Scale. This closed-loop system is a win-win for the environment and our communities. We’ve already rescued well over ten million pounds of edible food together - a bold representation of what it means to radically partner with purpose, blending compassion and innovation to make food waste prevention an industry standard. To Natural Upcycling: thank you for redefining what’s possible in the waste management industry and for your unwavering commitment to feeding people instead of landfills. This is what meaningful impact looks like. 🙌 Together, we’re proving that partnerships can create systemic change. Let’s continue setting the standard for what’s possible in this space. 🚛 ➡️ 🍽️ #Partnership #FoodRescue #Sustainability #NaturalUpcycling #SharingExcess #FoodWaste #CircularEconomy #CommunityImpact #FeedingPeopleNotLandfills

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    2,340 followers

    Thank you Jan Carabeo with CBS Philadelphia and Abbe Stern with the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for visiting Sharing Excess’ operation at the Philadelphia Warehouse Produce Market and helping us spread the word about using surplus food as a solution to scarcity. Volunteers from the Philadelphia community and our corporate partners amplify our ability to rescue up to 50,000lbs of perfectly edible surplus food every day in Philly and distribute it to hundreds of nonprofits. If you’re looking for a community service opportunity for yourself or your company, our doors are always open! #volunteer #Philadelphia #nonprofit #foodrescue #corporatephilanthropy https://lnkd.in/eZsZVuAi

    How Philadelphia nonprofit Sharing Excess is feeding the community and eliminating food waste

    How Philadelphia nonprofit Sharing Excess is feeding the community and eliminating food waste

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  • We are thrilled to announce that Sharing Excess has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development Local Share Account Statewide program! This critical funding will allow us to expand our food rescue and distribution operations, helping us provide even more meals to individuals and families in need across the City of Philadelphia and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Thank you to State Senator Nikil Saval for his advocacy and partnership in bringing these dollars home to Philadelphia! We are excited to put these funds to work and continue growing our impact.

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    We love an ingenious solution to food waste that's a win for the climate *and* communities facing hunger. So when our friends at Sharing Excess started a pioneering food rescue and redistribution program out of New York City’s Hunts Point Produce Market, the largest produce terminal market in the world, we couldn't wait to lend a hand. Misfits Market is thrilled to donate $200,000 to help Sharing Excess (one of our donation partners since 2019!) expand their operations at Hunts Point and distribute 10 million pounds of fresh, nutritious food to half a million New Yorkers in the year ahead. 🍏 Just before #nycclimateweek, we celebrated this next chapter of our partnership by giving away more than 10,000 pounds of food to the residents of Co-Op City in the Bronx. A huge thanks to everyone who came out, including Bronx Borough President Hon. Vanessa L. Gibson, MPA (She, Her, Hers, Ella), NYS State Senator Jamaal Bailey, NYS Assemblymember Michael Benedetto, and NYS Commissioner of Agriculture, Richard Ball, our very own Abhi Ramesh, and the Sharing Excess team led by Evan Ehlers. Watch to learn more, then visit our site to see how you can help improve food access just by shopping for groceries with us. https://lnkd.in/eqvApez2 #foodwaste #foodaccess #ClimateWeekNYC #HungerActionMonth

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    2,340 followers

    🎉 Some big news!🎉 We are beyond excited to announce that we’ve officially partnered with our friends at Misfits Market on an amazing initiative🥳💚 Last week, they made an incredibly generous donation of $200,000 towards our food rescue operation at Hunts Point in NYC. What better way to celebrate than with a massive free food distribution in the Bronx? We marked this announcement by distributing over 10,000 pounds of food to the amazing residents of Co-Op City. 🙌 This partnership will help us rescue and redistribute 10 million pounds of food annually in NYC, making a huge impact on local food security! 🍎🥕🍞 We’re just getting started, and we couldn’t be more excited for what’s to come. Viva Los Misfits! 💚🎉🥑🍊🍍 Special shoutout to Abhi Ramesh and the entire team at Misfits, Bronx Borough President Hon. Vanessa L. Gibson, MPA (She, Her, Hers, Ella) for speaking on this incredible partnership, and NYS State Senator Jamaal Bailey, NYS Assemblymember Michael Benedetto, and NYS Commissioner of Agriculture, Richard Ball, for joining us for this amazing celebration.

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  • Sharing Excess reposted this

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    Product Design Intern @ ex-Microsoft || UX Design Awards 2024 Nominee || UX Student @ Drexel || Published Researcher (x2) @ ACM CHI

    I would really appreciate your vote! ❤️ Hi LinkedIn fam, I'm excited to share that one of my past design projects has been nominated for the UX Design Awards 2024! It's such an honor to have my work positively evaluated by the expert jury among nearly 540 participants from 50 nations around the world 🌎 Feel free to check out the project and cast your vote if you like it! Thank you! https://lnkd.in/gAQDCJdJ I collaborated with Quinn Khuc on this project at Sharing Excess last summer to redesign the Warehouse App of the company, which helped streamline the work process of their warehouse workers and increase work efficiency. More details about the work can be found on my portfolio: https://lnkd.in/eRN_mt2q This project is particularly meaningful to us as it was our first time leading a UX project as the sole designers at the company, especially during a challenging time when we were affected by hiring freezes and working to recover. Through this work, we hope to inspire and empower other young professionals to be confident in their abilities to make an impact in their careers! 💛

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    WARP is proud to announce that we’ve helped Sharing Excess deliver over 10.5 million pounds of food across 21 states. 🎉 This food has saved households over $20 million in food cost savings. And diverted over 38 million pounds of harmful greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. Additionally, Sharing Excess has hosted over 110 community food distributions, all of which have featured co-branded tents with WARP. The tents have been an extremely valuable asset to Sharing Excess’s team and were recently featured in a Produce News article (https://lnkd.in/gSc84pph) and their viral Mr Beast video (at 02:13 and 06:08 https://lnkd.in/gGevV-XN). Thank you Sharing Excess, Evan Ehlers, Victoria Wilson, Braden Walper, Sarah DiPasquale, Jimmy Donaldson, and Beast Philanthropy. #innovation #technology #middlemile #logistics #supplychain #freighttech #crossdock #sustainability

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  • Sharing Excess reposted this

    One of the mission’s of the #MILLSUMMIT is to amplify the voices of leaders who are making a positive change in the world. This includes encouraging, inspiring, and providing our community of attendees, speakers, and team members with a blueprint on how to do this. 🌍 🥑 Let’s hear from Evan Ehlers, CEO and Founder of Sharing Excess, one of the biggest food marketplaces in the world in alleviating food insecurity, who will be one of our 2024 #MILLSUMMIT Keynote speakers. Interested in learning more about Evan's story in creating such an impactful nonprofit? Join us on August 6th and grab your ticket on millsummit.com to make a difference! #millsummit #sharingexcess #mrbeast #nonprofit

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Sharing Excess 2 total rounds

Last Round

Grant

US$ 30.0K

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