What each line means.
Count of active seats on the last day of the billing period, broken down by plan tier (Base / Max 5x / Max 20x). Prorated seats appear with the fractional charge in the itemized invoice; this statement shows the effective count. If you added or removed seats mid-cycle, the impact statement reflects seat-days, not headcount.
Calendar month, first day to last day. Statements are cut on the last calendar day and delivered the same day the WFP transfer clears — typically within 4 hours of month-end.
Sum of your organization's billed subscription lines for the period. Taxes (where applicable — sales tax for US customers, GST/HST for Canada) are on your invoice, not on this statement. The impact math is against the pre-tax amount.
The exact USD sent to the World Food Programme via ShareTheMeal on your organization's behalf for the period. Calculated as sum of per-seat mealsPortion (Base $8, Max 5x $40, Max 20x $80) across your seat mix. This is not "up to" or "expected" — it is the amount actually transferred.
The USD to WFP divided by ShareTheMeal's published per-meal cost of $0.80. This is the number your team funded specifically. If ShareTheMeal ever changes its per-meal cost (they publish it publicly), the divisor updates and this line reflects the new math on the day it takes effect.
The confirmation reference we receive from ShareTheMeal when the aggregate transfer clears. This reference identifies the transfer at ShareTheMeal's end and can be verified independently by emailing donations@sharethemeal.org with the reference on this statement.
Sum of Meals funded across every statement in the current calendar year for your organization. Resets January 1. Not audited — this is a rolling total from our billing system, not a certified financial reconciliation.
The category we categorize this contribution under: Social (S) — food security programs. Explicitly not Environmental (E) — LADLE's mechanism funds meals via WFP; it does not offset carbon, reduce emissions, or make any environmental claim. Use this framing in your CSR report accordingly.
How the number on your statement lands on the public receipt.
The transfer we make to WFP each month is a single aggregate across every LADLE subscriber and every organization on the business plan. Your statement is a slice: the portion of that aggregate that came from your organization’s seat mix. The reference on your statement matches the reference on the same month’s public receipt at /impact/reports. An accountant reconciling from your side reads: (seats × per-seat portion) → your impact-statement USD → contributes to public monthly USD → verifiable ref at ShareTheMeal.
Real receipts. Not marketing claims.
Where this fits, and where it doesn’t.
Fits: social (S) disclosures in CSR/ESG reports. The monthly meal contribution is a verifiable, reference-numbered contribution to a UN humanitarian food program. Under GRI Standards, this maps to material topics under 203 (Indirect Economic Impacts) and community engagement. Under SASB, it is a Human Capital / community metric. Under an internal SDG scorecard, it counts toward SDG 2 (Zero Hunger). Cite the monthly USD contribution and the cumulative annual figure; link to the LADLE public receipts as the third-party-verifiable substrate.
Does not fit: environmental (E) disclosures. LADLE’s mechanism funds meals; it does not offset carbon, reduce emissions, or make any environmental claim. Do not cite this contribution in your Scope 1/2/3 accounting or in a carbon-neutrality narrative. If your framework asks for environmental impact from AI tooling spend, that is a separate calculation (inference-related energy use) that LADLE does not itself abate.
Does not fit: tax deduction for your organization. Your subscription is a business expense (deductible where local rules allow), but the meal donation is made by LADLE PBC, not by your organization. You cannot claim it as a charitable deduction. If deduction is the primary goal, donate directly to WFP or ShareTheMeal — cleaner treatment. See /impact/tax for the full framing.
Three formats. Same data. Same reference.
Human-readable statement. Attach directly to your CSR/ESG PDF or upload to a compliance tool that ingests documents. Includes annotation of what the statement is and isn't.
Row-per-metric export for spreadsheet reconciliation. Column headers stable across periods; a spreadsheet formula on this month's file works on next month's without edit.
Machine-readable for direct import into ESG reporting tools, internal dashboards, or an audit-log system. Schema stable and documented; versioned when changed.
Reporting questions.
Every monthly public receipt at /impact/reports is the aggregate transfer for the entire LADLE subscriber base for that month. Your organization's statement is a slice of that aggregate. The reference number on your statement is the same one that appears on the public receipt; ShareTheMeal aggregates all LADLE subscriber donations into a single monthly transfer per platform, which is what generates the reference. Your per-org reconciliation is: sum of your seats' mealsPortion × 1 = your USD contribution to the month's public total.
Attach the statement to your next CSR report.
Email partnerships to get set up. First statement arrives at the end of your first billing month.