What Hunger Fight does

Hunger Fight, Inc. is a Florida-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 46-1338834) founded in 2012 by Sherri Porter and headquartered in Jacksonville, with a dual mission of ending childhood hunger and improving child literacy. The organization operates two flagship programs — Feed the Backpacks, which delivers weekend shelf-stable meals to children enrolled in the Federal Free and Reduced Meal Plan at Title I elementary schools, and Feed the Need to Read, which distributes original age-appropriate children's books monthly to preschoolers at partner daycare centers. A third program, the #iDREAM Campaign, offers tiered recurring monthly donations ($18/$36/$72/$144) with transparent per-dollar output metrics (e.g., $18/month funds 48 meals and 2 books).

The organization's underlying product assets include five in-house shelf-stable meal SKUs (Cheezy Mac, Red Roni, Cheezy Rice, Beans N Rice, Brown Sugar Oatmeal) formulated with added vitamins, and an in-house authored children's book library built around sight-word pedagogy. Distribution relies on hands-on volunteer packing events at warehouses (each table of 10 volunteers packs approximately 2,300–2,500 meals in two hours), with meals routed directly to Title I schools and books delivered monthly to daycares. The technology layer is lightweight: a WordPress website plus the Giveffect third-party platform for donations and volunteer management.

Revenue is sourced across four streams: individual one-time and recurring donations (#iDREAM subscriptions), corporate matching gifts (~$125,000 in the prior year enabling 285,000 additional meals and 10,000 books), event sponsorships ($1,000–$5,000 per packing table), and peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns. Customer segmentation spans Title I school children, preschoolers, faith communities, corporate partners, and senior/family recipients. Operations currently span six offices across Florida (Jacksonville HQ, Tallahassee, Gainesville, Lake City), Georgia (Valdosta), and Utah (Cottonwood Heights), with the Utah footprint representing the organization's 2025 entry into a third state. Hunger Fight holds a Charity Navigator 4-Star rating and a GuideStar Platinum transparency seal.

Name

Hunger Fight

Legal name

Hunger Fight, Inc.

Website

https://hungerfight.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hunger Fight is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that combats childhood hunger and illiteracy through weekend meal distribution to Title I schools, monthly book delivery to preschoolers, and corporate volunteer packing events across Florida, Georgia, and Utah.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Hunger and Literacy Relief

NAICS

Community Food Services (62421), Child and Youth Services (624110), Community Food Services (624210)

SIC

Food And Kindred Products (2000), Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090)

akta.pro primary industry

School Feeding & Child Nutrition Programs (BPADAJAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

School Feeding & Social Protection Partnerships (Conditional Cash Transfers, etc.) (EDADALAL), Food & Nutrition Assistance Programs (BPAIAKAF), Child Nutrition & Meal Programs (CACFP/Snack Programs) (EDACAMAA), Menu Planning, Nutrition & Dietary Accommodation Services (Allergens, Special Diets) (EDAEAEAD)

Keywords

• Childhood hunger relief
• Child literacy programs
• Nonprofit food distribution
• Weekend meal programs
• Corporate volunteer events

Headquarters

HQ city

Jacksonville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time and recurring donations from individual supporters. Monthly giving program #iDREAM provides sustained revenue at $18/month levels.
2. Corporate Matching Gifts: Corporate employee matching gift programs. Last year these helped raise $125,000, enabling distribution of an additional 285,000 meals and 10,000 books.
3. Event Sponsorships: Sponsorship revenue from packing events and community outreach events. Corporate partners sponsor tables ($1,000-$5,000) and participate in bed race fundraisers.
4. Fundraising Campaigns: Peer-to-peer and team fundraising campaigns through the Giveffect platform. Includes annual community outreach events, bed race fundraisers, and special initiatives.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Hunger Fight is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that packages and distributes shelf-stable, nutritionally balanced meals to food-insecure elementary school children on weekends and age-appropriate children's books to preschoolers monthly. Its core offerings include the Feed the Backpacks weekend nutrition program, the Feed the Need to Read early-literacy program, the #iDREAM monthly giving campaign, volunteer meal-packing team-building events, in-house meal formulas (Cheezy Mac, Red Roni, Cheezy Rice, Beans N Rice, Brown Sugar Oatmeal), and original children's books.

Product overview

Hunger Fight is a nonprofit organization offering a portfolio of programs focused on ending childhood hunger and improving child literacy. The core programs include Feed the Backpacks (weekend nutrition for school children), Feed the Need to Read (monthly book distribution to preschoolers), and the #iDREAM monthly giving campaign. The organization also facilitates meal packing team-building events and produces shelf-stable meal products (Cheezy Mac, Red Roni, Cheezy Rice, Beans N Rice, Brown Sugar Oatmeal) as well as original children's books for early literacy support. The Giveffect platform powers their online donations and volunteer management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Feed the Backpacks: Program providing weekend nutrition to children enrolled in the Federal Free and Reduced Meal Plan at school.
• Feed the Need to Read
• #iDREAM Campaign

Products and services

• Feed the Backpacks Provides weekend nutrition to elementary school children enrolled in the Federal Free and Reduced Meal Plan at school; meals are distributed via Title I school partnerships across Northeast Florida, Central Florida, South Georgia, and Utah.
• Feed the Need to Read Focuses on emergent literacy by delivering age-appropriate, organization-authored children's books to preschoolers monthly at partner daycare centers across Florida and South Georgia.
• #iDREAM Monthly Giving Campaign Monthly giving program where an $18 monthly donation provides 48 nutritious weekend meals for children and 2 age-appropriate books for preschoolers; available in tiered levels at $18, $36, $72, and $144 per month.
• Meal Packing Events Two-hour volunteer meal-packing team-building events at Hunger Fight warehouses, where groups pack shelf-stable meals for distribution; each table of 10 volunteers packs 2,300–2,500 meals per event, and table sponsorships range from $1,000–$5,000.
• Cheezy Mac Meal Shelf-stable, nutritionally balanced meal consisting of elbow noodles, cheese powder, and soy powder blended with vitamins, packaged to serve four individuals and distributed through weekend nutrition and disaster-relief programs.
• Red Roni Meal Shelf-stable meal consisting of elbow noodles, tomato powder, and soy powder blended with vitamins, packaged to serve four individuals for weekend nutrition distribution.
• Cheezy Rice Meal Shelf-stable meal consisting of long grain rice, cheese powder, and soy powder blended with vitamins, packaged to serve four individuals for weekend nutrition distribution.
• Beans N Rice Meal Shelf-stable meal consisting of long grain rice, soy flour blended with vitamins, pinto beans, and dried vegetables, packaged to serve four individuals.
• Brown Sugar Oatmeal Meal Shelf-stable meal consisting of whole-grain rolled oats and brown sugar, packaged to serve four individuals for weekend nutrition distribution.
• Original Children's Books Original children's books created by Hunger Fight with age-appropriate sight words to support early literacy, build reading confidence and fluency, and reinforce values of kindness, community, and caring; distributed monthly through Feed the Need to Read and via #iDREAM campaign donations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1 in 4 children don't know where their next meal will come from (national statistic)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Utah Community Outreach PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 October 2025Utah expansion with inaugural community outreach event in Lehi, UT serving children with meals and books.
• Alachua County Community Outreach PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 August 2025Annual Alachua County event at Stephen C. O'Connell Center packing nutritious meals for local Title I elementary students.
• Valdosta Community Outreach Event PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 April 2025Annual community outreach event in Valdosta, GA serving 15,000 children with weekend meals and 4,500 preschoolers with books.
• Corporate TrafficminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate Traffic participates in Hunger Fight's Bed Race Fundraiser to support Title 1 students in the community.
• NEFARminorGTM or Marketing PartnerNEFAR (Northeast Florida Association of REALTORS) participates in Bed Race Fundraiser to help fight childhood hunger.
• Vystar Credit UnionminorGTM or Marketing PartnerVystar Credit Union participates in Bed Race Fundraiser supporting Title 1 students and childhood hunger relief.
• RF-SMARTminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRF-SMART participates in Bed Race Fundraiser to support childhood hunger and illiteracy initiatives.
• Faith Communities (Faith in Action)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChurches unite to sponsor packing tables and bring serving teams to fight childhood hunger and promote literacy.
• Title I SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Title I elementary schools across Florida and Georgia to provide weekend nutrition to food-insecure students.
• Daycare CenterscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with daycares across Florida and South Georgia to deliver age-appropriate books monthly through Feed the Need to Read program.
• AtkinsRéalisminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAtkinsRéalis partners with Hunger Fight for 2nd Annual Engineers Against Hunger meal-packing event.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Feeding America: Largest U.S. hunger-relief nonprofit with a national food bank network. Competes for the same donor pool and corporate sponsorships, though it operates a wholesale distribution model rather than direct child-targeted weekend meals.
• No Kid Hungry (Share Our Strength): Large national childhood-hunger campaign. Overlaps on beneficiary (children facing food insecurity) and donor audience, but operates at advocacy/policy scale with substantially larger fundraising infrastructure.
• Dolly Parton's Imagination Library: High-profile childhood literacy program mailing age-appropriate books monthly to children. Addresses the same early-literacy need Hunger Fight targets with its preschool book distribution, though at much larger scale.

Direct peers

• Blessings in a Backpack: National nonprofit that feeds elementary school children on weekends via backpack distribution. Most direct comparable — same target beneficiary (food-insecure Title I students), same weekend-meal backpack mechanism, same volunteer-and-donor funding model.
• Rise Against Hunger: Global meal-packaging nonprofit running volunteer-driven meal packing events. Directly comparable volunteer-event GTM, shelf-stable meal format, and corporate team-building packaging model that Hunger Fight's packing events emulate.
• Feeding Children Everywhere: Volunteer-driven meal packaging organization distributing shelf-stable meals to food-insecure populations. Closely mirrors Hunger Fight's packing-event unit economics and meal format (rice, soy, vitamins).
• Kids Against Hunger: Volunteer-driven meal packaging nonprofit with similar shelf-stable meal SKUs and community packing events. Comparable cost-efficient per-meal model targeting food-insecure children and families.
• Meals from the Heartland: Regional meal packaging nonprofit running volunteer packing events producing shelf-stable meals. Comparable operating model to Hunger Fight's Jacksonville-anchored warehouse event program.
• Pack Away Hunger: Volunteer-driven meal packaging organization partnering with schools and community groups. Comparable beneficiary base, meal format, and team-building volunteer event GTM.
• First Book: Nonprofit providing books and educational resources to children in underserved communities. Direct peer for Hunger Fight's Feed the Need to Read literacy program — same target demographic and book-distribution channel (daycares, Title I schools).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/hunger_fight
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@hungerfight/featured
• Facebookfacebook.com/hungerfight2012
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hunger-fight-inc-

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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