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Sharing Excess is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2018 that collects surplus food from farms, grocery stores and wholesalers and redistributes it to communities. According to the organization, by August 2026, it has distributed over 283 million pounds of food and expanded operations across the United States and into Canada and South America.^[1][2][3][4] Founded and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the nonprofit uses a data- and technology- supported model that connects surplus food in the supply chain to community distribution sites such as food banks and pantries.^[5]

Sharing Excess was founded in 2018 by Evan Ehlers while he was a student at Drexel University in Philadelphia.^[6] By 2019, the student-run organization had partnered with over 40 local groceries and restaurants along with Drexel's dining provider Aramark, enabling them to distribute over 140,000 pounds of food to Philadelphia hunger relief associations.^[7]

COVID-19 accelerated the organization's growth in 2020, as sudden business closures created a surge of available perishable surplus food.^[8] Visibility from a Philadelphia Inquirer article attracted new volunteers and enabled the nonprofit to scale its operations.^[9] Throughout 2020 and 2021, Sharing Excess distributed approximately 8 million pounds of food and through donations, acquired its first storage warehouse. In July 2021, the organization established a permanent food rescue station within the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market. This provided direct access to several major produce distributors in the Philadelphia region and enabled Sharing Excess to recover over 4.8 million pounds of produce in their first year of residence.^[10][11]

In October 2022, Sharing Excess held a multi-day giveaway of 380 thousand avocados in FDR Park called "Avogeddon."^[12][13] The South-American avocados were initially secured by California-based nonprofit The Farmlink Project.^[14][15][16]

In 2023, The Pew Charitable Trusts awarded Sharing Excess a $250,000 grant to invest in their technology and program expansion, allowing an increase in food rescue capacity to beyond 20 million pounds annually.^[17] That same year, Evan Ehlers and co-founder Victoria Wilson were named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Social Impact.^[18]

In 2024, Sharing Excess expanded to Hunt's Point market in New York City. This was made possible with funding from the Robin Hood Foundation and Beast Philanthropy, with space in the market donated by S. Katzman Produce.^[19] With expanded operations and capacity, the organization began distributing over 1 million pounds of food per week.^[20][21]

Following 2025 federal reductions to SNAP and USDA food banks, Sharing Excess expanded its operations to Chicago and launched a public map of free food distribution sites across the cities it is active in.^[22][23][24]

As of August 2026, Sharing Excess reports they rescue and distribute over 2 million pounds of food per week.^[25] This number is supported by farm direct rescues, including a 16 million pound rescue of potatoes.^[26][27][28] Also in 2026, the nonprofit began wholesale produce rescue operations in Detroit and is beginning operations in Los Angeles and Texas.^[29]