Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$71,291,174

Total expenses

$70,969,476

Contributions and grants received

$70,794,456

Grants paid

$46,878,493

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$264,122

Other revenue

$232,596

Total assets, end of year

$16,284,806

Total liabilities, end of year

$8,147,480

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$8,137,326

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$65,708,699

Management and general expenses

$3,484,752

Fundraising expenses

$1,776,025

Program service expenses (Part III)

$65,708,699

Program services were 92.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• THROUGH OUR NOURISHING LIVES PORTFOLIO, THE ORGANIZATION WORKS ALONGSIDE COMMUNITIES TOWARD A FUTURE IN WHICH THEY CAN THRIVE, WHILE SUPPORTING SAFETY NET PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE NOURISHMENT, SERVING AS A CONDUIT FOR SKILLS TRAINING OR SERVICES THAT SUPPORT THE JOURNEY OUT OF POVERTY. ONE IN THREE PEOPLE WORLDWIDE ARE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY VITAMIN AND MINERAL DEFICIENCIES. THE ORGANIZATION MEALS ARE FORMULATED TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE ARRAY OF MINERALS AND MICRONUTRIENTS. THE MEALS INCLUDE ENRICHED RICE, SOY PROTEIN, DRIED VEGETABLES AND 18 ESSENTIAL VITAMINS AND NUTRIENTS. THE MEALS AND OTHER FORMS OF IN-KIND AID ARE DISTRIBUTED PRIMARILY TO SUPPORT TRANSFORMATIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SCHOOL MEALS PROGRAMS, VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS, MEDICAL CLINICS AND ORPHANAGES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. THE ORGANIZATION MEALS ARE PROVIDED IN SCHOOLS BOLSTERING ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE OF STUDENTS AND IN COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS TO OFFSET PRODUCTIVE TIME LOST WHILE ATTENDING TRAINING SESSIONS. MEALS DISTRIBUTED IN HOSPITALS AND CLINICS MAY SUPPORT PATIENTS' NUTRITIONAL NEEDS AND COMPLEMENT THEIR TREATMENT. IN 2023, THE NOURISHING LIVES PORTFOLIO MANAGED PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS TO BUILD MORE EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE IMPACT. WORLDWIDE 1,826,534 PEOPLE WERE SERVED THROUGH ACTIVITIES OF THIS PORTFOLIO, WITH THE ORGANIZATION FOOD ASSISTANCE DISTRIBUTED IN 28 COUNTRIES. IN THE NOURISHING LIVES PORTFOLIO, THE ORGANIZATION DISTRIBUTED MEALS TO 49% MALES AND 51% FEMALES, WITH 96% OF THE FOOD ASSISTANCE USED BY YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT 5% OF PARTICIPANTS CONSUMING THE ORGANIZATION FOOD ASSISTANCE WERE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 5, WITH THIS LIFE STAGE BEING EXTREMELY CRITICAL FOR HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH. AS THE ORGANIZATION ALIGNS WITH U.N. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL #2 TARGETS AND INDICATORS, WHICH SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES ENDING MALNOURISHMENT IN CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS OF AGE, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON REACHING THIS CRUCIAL AGE GROUP.

  Expenses $1,178,210

• THROUGH OUR EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES PORTFOLIO, WE AIM TO INCREASE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND INCOMES THROUGH PROGRAMS PROMOTING IMPROVED AGRICULTURAL METHODS, BUSINESS SKILLS AND MARKET SYSTEMS. IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, FARMERS ARE SOME OF THE MOST FOOD-INSECURE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. FARM YIELDS ARE CONSTRAINED BY AVAILABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY OF QUALITY SEEDS AND FERTILIZERS. CLIMATE CHANGE HAS MADE WEATHER PATTERNS UNPREDICTABLE, AFFECTING PLANTING AND HARVESTING SEASONS, AS WELL AS THE AVAILABILITY OF FODDER FOR ANIMAL HERDS. THOSE IN RURAL AREAS OFTEN LACK ACCESS TO MARKETS WHERE THEY CAN GET FAIR PRICES FOR THEIR PRODUCE. OUR PROJECTS HELP SMALLHOLDER FARMERS BUILD RESILIENCE TO THE SHOCKS AND STRESSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE BY PROMOTING ECOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO AGRICULTURE, AS WELL AS DIVERSIFICATION. FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT GROW THEIR OWN FOOD, INCOME IS A KEY DETERMINANT IN ACQUIRING ADEQUATE NUTRITION. THROUGH BUSINESS TRAINING, WE HELP INDIVIDUALS INCREASE THEIR EARNING POTENTIAL AND THUS THEIR CONSISTENT ACCESS TO FOOD. IN 2023, OUR OBJECTIVES WERE TO BOLSTER LONG-TERM SELF RELIANT PROJECTS THROUGH EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES, STRATEGICALLY STEWARDING PARTNERSHIPS AND FUNDS TO STRENGTHEN STRATEGY FORMULATION AND DECISION-MAKING. THE ORGANIZATION'S COMMITMENT TO TACKLE COMPLEX, UNDERLYING ISSUES THAT GIVE RISE TO HUNGER AND FOOD INSECURITY WAS ATTESTED THROUGH EIGHT ON-THE-GROUND PROJECTS IN INDIA,MALAWI, MALI, PHILIPPINES, SENEGAL, SOUTH AFRICA, SOUTH SUDAN AND ZIMBABWE. THROUGH THESE INITIATIVES, 845,333 PEOPLE RECEIVED BOTH DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUPPORT, SUCH AS TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THAT ENABLED THEM TO BENEFIT FROM INCREASED ACCESS TO FOOD AND IMPROVED NUTRITION AT HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, INCREASED FOOD PRODUCTION AND INCOME GENERATED. THE EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES PROJECTS FOCUS ON SEVERAL OVERARCHING THEMES AIMED FOR GREATER EFFICIENCY AND IMPACT: INCREASED FOOD PRODUCTION, SKILLS TRAINING, ACCESS TO WATER, BUSINESS FINANCING, NUTRITION TRAINING, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND INCREASED INCOMES. OVERALL, THE SUPPORT FROM THE ORGANIZATION FOR PROJECTS WITH WORK TOWARDS ADDRESSING THESE COMPLEX ISSUES DIRECTLY AFFECTING FOOD INSECURITY AND HUNGER HAS HAD AN EXPONENTIAL GROWTH SINCE INCEPTION OF OUR PATHWAYS TO END HUNGER IN 2016 REFLECTING THE CHANGING NATURE AND UNDERSTANDING OF FOOD SECURITY.

  Expenses $1,264,575

• THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUES ITS LEGACY OF COMMITMENT TO BOTH DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL CRISIS RESPONSE AND RELIEF FROM FAMINE, NATURAL AND MANMADE DISASTERS AND HEALTH EPIDEMICS. THE ORGANIZATION RESPONDS TO SUDDEN AND ONGOING CRISES TO MEET IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF AFFECTED POPULATIONS AND SUPPORT THEIR TRANSITION TOWARD RECOVERY. THE ORGANIZATION HAS RESPONDED TO EMERGENCIES BY DISTRIBUTING FOOD ASSISTANCE, NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT, WATER FILTERS, HYGIENE KITS AND OTHER IN-KIND DONATIONS TO THOSE DISPLACED BY NATURAL DISASTERS AND MAN-MADE CRISES. IN BUILDING THE RESILIENCE OF VULNERABLE PEOPLE, THE ORGANIZATION WORKS HAND-IN-HAND WITH A HOST OF ORGANIZATIONS TO ENSURE THAT OUR MEALS AND OTHER LIFE-CHANGING AID CAN REACH COMMUNITIES IN CRISIS EFFECTIVELY AND ACCORDING TO NEED. TO DATE, THE EFFORTS OF THE ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN CONCENTRATED IN RESPONDING TO SUDDEN ONSET DISASTERS SUCH AS FLASH FLOODS, HURRICANES AND EARTHQUAKES, AND RESPONDING TO SLOW-ONSET DISASTERS OR EMERGENCIES DEFINED BY THEIR GRADUAL TRAJECTORY, OFTEN BASED ON A CONFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT EVENTS, BY RESPONDING TO PROTRACTED CRISIS OR COMPLEX EMERGENCIES DEFINED BY A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION OF THE POPULATION BEING ACUTELY VULNERABLE TO DEATH, DISEASE AND DISRUPTION OF LIVELIHOODS OVER A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. TO BETTER PREPARE TO EFFECTIVELY RESPOND TO MOMENTS OF CRISIS,THE ORGANIZATION INITIATED PROJECTS TO PREPARE ITSELF FOR AND REDUCE THE LENGTH OF TIME IN RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES BY PREPOSITIONING SUPPLIES AND INITIATING STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WITH LIKE-MINDED ORGANIZATIONS. IN 2023, THE ORGANIZATION REACHED 994,058 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HUMANITARIAN CRISES IN 14 COUNTRIES. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED $45,968,945 MILLION IN CRISIS RELIEF ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF MEALS, CASH GRANTS, GIFTS IN KIND AND SUPPORT FOR TRANSPORT, SHIPPING AND HANDLING, PROVIDING LIFE-SAVING ASSISTANCE IN COLLABORATION WITH 11 PARTNERS AND THE ORGANIZATION CONFEDERATION MEMBER LOCATIONS.

  Expenses $44,469,073 · Grants $43,523,774

• THE ORGANIZATION ENGAGED 331,199 PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD TO END HUNGER THROUGH ITS EXPANDING MEAL-PACKAGING PROGRAM, ENABLING PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO ENGAGE IN HANDS-ON SERVICE, AS WELL AS TO USE THEIR VOICES TO SUPPORT OUR ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES. THE ORGANIZATION HAS ENGAGED PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD TO END HUNGER THROUGH THE FORMATION OF INDEPENDENT NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION ("NGO") AFFILIATES. IN 2023, THE ORGANIZATION HAD AFFILIATE MEMBERS IN SOUTH AFRICA, ITALY, THE PHILIPPINES, MALAYSIA AND INDIA. ORGANIZATION AFFILIATES HAVE ACCESS TO THE ORGANIZATION KNOWHOW, BRANDING, AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. IN 2023, THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUED TO BOLSTER THE FOUR OVERARCHING STRATEGIC PRIORITIES NAMELY; A)NOURISHING LIVES; B)EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES; C) RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES AND; D) GROWING THE MOVEMENT. WHILE THE ORGANIZATION SERVES AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EACH YEAR, THE GLOBAL NEED IS FAR GREATER THAN THOSE WE CAN REACH THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS ALONE. THE NEED IS GREAT, AND THE ORGANIZATION ACKNOWLEDGES THAT BY RAISING OUR COLLECTIVE VOICES, WE CAN TOUCH MORE LIVES, INCREASE OUR COLLECTIVE IMPACT AND ULTIMATELY HAVE A WORLD WITHOUT HUNGER.

  Expenses $18,796,841 · Grants $3,354,719

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• CHRIST FELLOWSHIP CHURCH

  $0

  EMERGENCY RELIEF

• NEW LIFE PRAISE MINISTRIES

  $0

  EMERGENCY RELIEF

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

24 September 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202412749349300806

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