Food for the Hungry

Name

Food for the Hungry

Legal name

Food for the Hungry, Inc.

Website

https://fh.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Aid and International Development

NAICS

Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Emergency and Other Relief Services (62423), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

akta.pro primary industry

Food Assistance & Nutrition Relief (Emergency Feeding) (BPAGAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Food Security, Agriculture & Nutrition Aid Programs (BPADABAD), Emergency Food Assistance & Nutrition Response (BPADADAE), Food Assistance & Food Banks (BPAGAEAA), Nutrition & Food Security (Global Health) NGOs (HLAJAKAH)

Keywords

• Humanitarian aid services
• Community development programs
• Child sponsorship programs
• Disaster relief services
• Poverty alleviation programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Franklin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Child Sponsorship: Monthly sponsorship program at $38/month where donors support individual children, with funds combined to support entire communities through FH's development programs.
2. Strengthen Communities Donations: Monthly ($5+ minimum) or one-time donations that support community development programs including clean water, healthcare, food security, livelihoods, spiritual development, and education.
3. Gift Catalog: One-time gifts for specific items like goats ($88), chickens ($23), clean water systems ($76), and comprehensive bundles. Most gifts are purchased locally to support community economies.
4. Matching Grant Programs: Donations are matched through grants from institutional donors like World Food Programme, with FH required to contribute a portion of funds to qualify for matching grants.
5. Planned Giving and Legacy Donations: Wills, trusts, business interests, gift annuities, and retirement plan designations through FH Legacy program.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Food for the Hungry is a Christian humanitarian aid and global development nonprofit that delivers community-led development programs, child sponsorship, disaster relief, and advocacy to end extreme poverty. It serves nearly 10 million people across 18-20 countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America through monthly sponsorship, tangible gift catalog donations, long-term community strengthening, and emergency response. The organization combines physical interventions (clean water, food security, healthcare, education, livelihoods) with spiritual development, using locally-staffed teams and a 10-year community graduation exit strategy.

Product overview

Food for the Hungry operates as a single-platform humanitarian organization offering multiple interconnected programs. The core offerings include Child Sponsorship for individual child support and a Gift Catalog for tangible donations, both enabling direct impact. These are supported by Strengthen Communities for long-term development and Emergency Response for disaster relief. The organization also engages partners through Church Partnership, Corporate/Business Partnerships, and Artist Partnership programs. All programs are accessible through the website for donations and engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Child Sponsorship Monthly sponsorship program at $38/month connecting donors with individual children, providing nutritious food, education, clean water, healthcare, family training, and spiritual development for the sponsored child and their community. Includes personal letter correspondence and updates from the sponsored child.
• Gift Catalog Online catalog of tangible aid items available for one-time purchase, including goats ($88), chickens ($23), clean water systems ($76), Mom & Baby Boost ($49), Harvest of Hope for Kids ($100), and comprehensive bundles like Give the Manger ($1,241). Most gifts are purchased locally to support community economies.
• Strengthen Communities Long-term community development program addressing poverty through clean water, healthcare, food security, livelihoods, spiritual development, and education. Accepts monthly donations starting at $5/month or one-time gifts. Currently operates in more than 3,500 communities across 18 countries.
• Emergency Response / Disaster Relief Disaster relief and humanitarian aid program providing immediate assistance to communities affected by crises, accessible via dedicated donation campaigns and a dedicated phone line.
• Church Partnership Program Program connecting churches with specific communities for long-term partnership, including vision trips, child sponsorship aggregation, service opportunities, and youth group engagement. Multi-year engagement model, exemplified by a 20-year partnership supporting a coffee-growing community in Guatemala.
• Corporate and Business Partnerships Partnership program for businesses engaging through employee giving, matching gifts, project funding, and team volunteer activities. Partners include Movement Mortgage, Procter & Gamble, Aqua Tots Swim School, and Deka.
• FH Legacy Planned Giving Legacy giving program accepting contributions through wills, trusts, business interests, gift annuities, and retirement plan designations.
• Government Advocacy Advocacy program engaging with government stakeholders to support policies addressing extreme poverty and humanitarian issues.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 10 million people reached and lives strengthened in 2023
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Expedition ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner20-year church partnership supporting a coffee-growing community in Guatemala through the Pulpa y Pasion project. Empowers 25 families with training and resources to develop thriving coffee businesses, earn sustainable income, and lift families out of poverty. Pastor Donovan leads the partnership bringing real economic changes and community transformation.
• Movement MortgagecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner engaging employees in charitable activities. Employees packed 2,000 educational kits for children in the Dominican Republic. Represents compassionate action turning corporate values into meaningful community impact.
• Procter & Gamble (P&G)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner supporting FH's poverty eradication work. Listed on FH corporate partnerships page.
• Aqua Tots Swim SchoolminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner listed on FH partnerships page, demonstrating business engagement in humanitarian mission.
• DekaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnology solutions partner (deka.solutions) listed on FH corporate partnerships page.
• InterActioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFH is a member of InterAction, the largest U.S. alliance of nongovernmental organizations, and has signed the CEO Pledge on Preventing Sexual Abuse, Exploitation, and Harassment.
• Greater Phoenix Chinese Christian ChurchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChurch partner including member Song Vong who survived Khmer Rouge and now supports FH's Cambodia work, demonstrating personal investment in community transformation.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Compassion International: Compassion is a leading Christian child-sponsorship NGO serving ~2M children across 25+ countries with a church-partner delivery model. It directly competes with FH for evangelical sponsors and uses a nearly identical per-child monthly contribution structure.
• ChildFund International: ChildFund is a child-sponsorship-focused INGO operating in ~25 countries with a comparable community-development and child-protection model. It competes directly with FH for sponsors and institutional partners and shares a similar program methodology and beneficiary profile.
• Save the Children: Save the Children is a leading global INGO focused on child welfare, education, health, and disaster response across ~120 countries. It is a major competitor for both child sponsorship donors and institutional child-focused funding, with a broader (secular) donor base than FH.
• Catholic Relief Services: CRS is the US Catholic Church's international humanitarian agency operating in 100+ countries with food security, emergency response, and community development programs. It competes with FH for institutional funding and shares a faith-rooted identity, though with a Catholic rather than evangelical donor base.
• Samaritan's Purse: Samaritan's Purse is a Franklin Graham-led evangelical humanitarian NGO with major disaster relief (Operation Christmas Child, disaster response) and community programs. It shares FH's faith-based identity, donor overlap, and Franklin TN-area operational base.
• Mercy Corps: Mercy Corps is a large humanitarian INGO operating in 40+ countries with focus on emergency response, food security, and economic development. It competes with FH for institutional grants in overlapping geographies and shares community-led development principles.
• World Vision: World Vision is the largest Christian child-sponsorship and humanitarian NGO globally, operating in ~100 countries with a comparable faith-based, community-development, and disaster-relief model. It is the most direct comparator to FH on sponsorship economics, program methodology, and donor base.

Others

• World Food Programme (WFP): WFP is the UN's food-assistance agency and a current institutional grant-making partner of FH. It is not a direct competitor (it channels funds through implementers like FH) but shapes the institutional funding landscape and operating standards for food-security NGOs globally.

Broad incumbents

• Habitat for Humanity International: Habitat for Humanity is a faith-rooted global nonprofit focused on housing and community development. While narrower in mission (housing vs. food/multi-sector), it competes with FH for faith-aligned individual donors and corporate partners in the US evangelical giving market.
• CARE International: CARE is a major secular humanitarian INGO focused on women's empowerment, food security, and emergency response across 100+ countries. It competes with FH for institutional grants in food security and community development, though with a broader programmatic portfolio and larger institutional footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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Investors

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