MEANS (Matching Excess And Needs for Stability) Database is an online platform connecting those with excess food, like grocery stores, events, and restaurants, with nearby emergency food providers who serve those in need.

MEANS Database is a free service for the businesses donating the food, and the organizations receiving the food. MEANS Database has two major goals: to reduce food waste, and reroute that food to feed people facing food insecurity.

Syd Mandelbaum is the Founder and CEO of Rock and Wrap it Up! (RWU). Rock and Wrap it Up! is an award-winning, anti-poverty think tank. RWU has fed over 1 billion people since 1991.