When Terrence Meck took over in January 2025 as president and CEO of the New York City meal-delivery nonprofit God’s Love We Deliver (GLWD), the group was trying to raise $100 million to develop an 80,000-sq.-ft. food-prep, packing and distribution facility. Meck quickly saw donors weren’t sold, so he reduced the plan to a more palatable $40 million campaign to rent a smaller space. A year later, the actress Rosie Perez joined him for the ribbon-cutting on a 30,000-sq.-ft. distribution center in Brooklyn that is 60% funded. Though the space may be smaller than what the group originally envisioned, it is now a reality—and that means GLWD will be able to increase its distribution from 4 million to 6.5 million meals a year for New Yorkers living with chronic or severe illnesses. “It was really about listening to donors and clients about what we really needed today,” he says. Meck, 48, has a long history of nimble pivots.…