Rise Against Hunger

Name

Rise Against Hunger

Legal name

Rise Against Hunger

Website

https://riseagainsthunger.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hunger Relief Services

NAICS

Community Food Services (624210), Community Food Services (62421), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Nutrition & Food Security (Global Health) NGOs (HLAJAKAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Food Assistance & Nutrition Relief (Emergency Feeding) (BPAGAAAD), Emergency Food Security & Nutrition in Humanitarian Crises (BPADAJAI), Food Assistance & Food Banks (BPAGAEAA), School Feeding & Child Nutrition Programs (BPADAJAD)

Keywords

• Hunger relief programs
• Meal packaging services
• Food security programs
• Humanitarian aid distribution
• Volunteer engagement services

Headquarters

HQ city

Raleigh

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Rise Against Hunger generates revenue primarily through individual donations, both one-time and recurring monthly contributions through its Team Nourish monthly giving program. Donors fund meal packaging events, program operations, and emergency relief efforts globally.
2. Corporate Partnerships: The organization partners with corporations for cause marketing campaigns (e.g., Zambrero's Plate 4 Plate), meal packaging event hosting as team-building and CSR/ESG initiatives, and strategic philanthropy. Major donors include Kraft Heinz, Zambrero, and others at $1,000,000+ and $400,000-$999,999 tiers.
3. Faith Congregation Partnerships: Faith communities engage with Rise Against Hunger through meal packaging events and service initiatives, with partners like Elevation Church and Liquid Church hosting large-scale annual events contributing millions of meals.
4. Planned Giving and Estate Gifts: Rise Against Hunger accepts planned gifts including bequests, retirement plan assets, life insurance policies, charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, and real estate donations to ensure long-term mission sustainability.
5. Product Donations and Gifts-in-Kind: The organization accepts in-kind product donations including first aid supplies, antibiotics, over-the-counter products, clothing, blood pressure and diabetes medications, and soap, which are distributed globally through partner networks.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Rise Against Hunger is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that mobilizes hundreds of thousands of volunteers globally to package fortified, shelf-stable meals (rice, soy, dehydrated vegetables, and a vitamin/mineral packet) at in-person and virtual events. The organization ships finished meals through a network of in-country implementing partners to communities facing food insecurity across 41 countries, and implements nutrition, education, and economic empowerment programs alongside emergency relief response.

Product overview

Rise Against Hunger is a nonprofit hunger relief organization offering a portfolio of volunteer engagement, fundraising, and direct service programs centered on meal packaging and community empowerment. The core offering is the Rise Against Hunger Experience meal packaging program, supplemented by virtual Gather for Good events, corporate partnerships for CSR/ESG engagement, and faith community programs. Direct service programs include school feeding initiatives like Feed for Knowledge in Kenya and Harvesting Prosperity and Resilience in Malawi, economic empowerment projects including Empowering Single Mothers in Vietnam and Cents for Seeds in Uganda, and emergency relief response through the Global Emergency Relief Fund. Supporting infrastructure includes Team Nourish monthly giving, Shop Hope Marketplace, Planned Giving estate planning, and the It Starts With a Meal brand movement. The organization serves communities across 41 countries through a network of international offices in India, Italy, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and South Africa.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• It Starts With a Meal®: A registered trademark campaign movement asserting that the journey toward self-reliance and bright futures begins with a single nutritious meal.
• Team Nourish
• Rise Against Hunger Experience
• Gather for Good

Products and services

• Rise Against Hunger Experience In-person and virtual meal packaging events where volunteers assemble fortified meals combining rice, soy, dehydrated vegetables, and a vitamin/mineral packet; meals are distributed globally to communities facing food insecurity.
• Gather for Good

Quantifiable outcome

• Malnutrition rates decreased by 85% in just one year at seven schools in Kenya (Feed for Knowledge project, 2022-2023)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

26 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Unifi AviationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Unifi Aviation has partnered with Rise Against Hunger since 2022, holding annual meal packaging events at ten locations across the U.S. and India. In 2025, employees packaged 161,000 meals in a single day, bringing the company's cumulative contribution to 296,000 meals.
• Rural Family HopecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRise Against Hunger partners with Rural Family Hope to implement the Feed for Knowledge project at seven schools in southwestern Kenya, providing school meals, sustainable agriculture training, school gardens, and water tanks. The project has reduced malnutrition rates by 85% in its first year.
• Salesian MissionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRise Against Hunger works with Salesian Missions to implement school feeding programs in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, the Philippines (Don Bosco Center), and other countries. Programs provide daily nutritious meals to children and vulnerable populations.
• Convoy of HopecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRise Against Hunger partners with Convoy of Hope for meal distribution in the Philippines, Honduras, and other countries. Convoy of Hope operates program centers that serve Rise Against Hunger meals to children and families facing food insecurity.
• Foundation for Community Support Services (FOCUS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRise Against Hunger implements the Harvesting Prosperity and Resilience project with FOCUS in Malawi's Karonga and Mzimba districts, working with 3,100 smallholder farmers to enhance food security through climate-smart agriculture training and village savings groups.
• ZambreroflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerZambrero, a long-time corporate partner, has donated more than 90 million meals through its Plate 4 Plate initiative — for every burrito or bowl sold, a meal is donated. Zambrero hosts annual meal packaging days with thousands of team members globally.
• Kraft Heinz Company / The Kraft Heinz Company FoundationflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerKraft Heinz has been a valued partner driving meaningful impact through micronutrient sachet provision and support for sustainable agricultural development. The Kraft Heinz Foundation's partnership has helped package millions of meals and strengthen communities globally. Donated at $1,000,000+ level.
• Elevation ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSince 2011, Elevation Church has been a partner through its LOVE Week service initiative, with over 30,000 Hunger Champions packaging more than 5 million meals at 130 events. Meals have reached children in over 20 countries.
• Liquid ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLiquid Church hosts an annual 1-million-meal event through its Christmas Outreach initiative, engaging more than 20,000 members and packaging more than 4 million meals since 2021, reaching hundreds of thousands of people in nearly 10 countries.
• FedEx CarescoreGTM or Marketing PartnerFedEx has been instrumental in ensuring safe and timely delivery of donated supplies during emergency responses, including LA County wildfire relief efforts. Listed at $400,000-$999,999 donor tier.
• United AirlinescoreGTM or Marketing PartnerUnited Airlines is listed as a $400,000-$999,999 organizational donor, supporting Rise Against Hunger's global hunger relief operations.
• PwCcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerProfessional services firm PwC is listed as a $400,000-$999,999 organizational donor supporting Rise Against Hunger's mission.
• BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerBD is listed as a $400,000-$999,999 organizational donor, supporting Rise Against Hunger's global hunger relief programs.
• Sunway GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSunway Group, in partnership with Rise Against Hunger, hosted Southeast Asia's largest single-day meal packing event at Sunway Pyramid Convention Centre, producing 2 million meals. The decade-long collaboration has cumulatively packed over 2 million meals.
• Global VolunteerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRise Against Hunger partners with Global Volunteers to implement integrated nutrition, school feeding, and livelihood initiatives in Tanzania's Ukwaga Ward through the Reaching Children's Potential program.
• Catholic Medical Mission BoardcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCatholic Medical Mission Board is listed as a $1,000,000+ organizational donor to Rise Against Hunger.
• Heart to Heart InternationalcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerHeart to Heart International is listed as a $1,000,000+ organizational donor to Rise Against Hunger.
• MAP InternationalcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerMAP International is listed as a $1,000,000+ organizational donor to Rise Against Hunger.
• Love Mercy FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRise Against Hunger partners with Love Mercy Foundation in Uganda through the Cents for Seeds project, helping women build food security and resilience through economic empowerment programs.
• Family Legacy MissionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRise Against Hunger works alongside Family Legacy Missions in Zambia to address immediate nutritional needs through school feeding programs in rural areas, serving more than 350 children from kindergarten to grade 7.
• KAMRAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRise Against Hunger has worked alongside KAMRA since 2019 in Niger to combat food insecurity and support education, focusing on regions affected by conflict and displacement with food distribution and school feeding programs.
• Hope for Burkina FuturescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRise Against Hunger works with Hope for Burkina Futures to implement the HOPE Project near Ouagadougou, providing daily school meals to 1,250 students and weekly food assistance and nutrition education to their families.
• Red Star YeastminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRed Star Yeast provided a $50,000 donation to support the It Starts With a Meal global social media campaign.
• Children of VietnamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRise Against Hunger implements the Empowering Single Mothers project with in-country partner Children of Vietnam, equipping 156 single mothers with safe farming training, microloans, producer groups, market linkages, and education programs for their children.
• Dunwoody United Methodist ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDunwoody UMC has been a long-time meal packaging partner since 2010, hosting annual Foodstock events and will surpass 5 million meals packaged with Rise Against Hunger. Listed at $100,000-$399,999 tier.
• JPMorganChasecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerJPMorganChase is listed as a $100,000-$399,999 organizational donor to Rise Against Hunger.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Direct peers

• Feed My Starving Children: Feed My Starving Children is a U.S.-based nonprofit that mobilizes volunteers to hand-pack nutritionally complete meals for distribution to children in food-insecure countries. It is the most direct competitor to Rise Against Hunger's volunteer-driven meal packaging model and shares a near-identical target donor base of corporate teams, faith groups, and schools.
• Convoy of Hope: Convoy of Hope is a nonprofit humanitarian organization providing food, disaster relief, and community outreach globally, with significant overlap in donor base, in-country distribution partners, and corporate partner engagement. It is both a peer and a distribution partner to Rise Against Hunger.

Broad incumbents

• World Food Programme (WFP): The World Food Programme is the UN's food-assistance branch and the world's largest humanitarian organization addressing global hunger. It is a much larger incumbent operating in many of the same geographies Rise Against Hunger serves, making it a relevant macro peer for funding and partnership competition.
• Feed the Children: Feed the Children is a U.S.-based nonprofit focused on ending childhood hunger through food distribution, education, and disaster relief. It is a comparable scaled incumbent operating in similar domestic and international food-security markets with overlapping corporate donor pools.
• Meals on Wheels America: Meals on Wheels America is a large nonprofit network delivering meals to seniors and vulnerable populations. While its distribution model is direct-to-beneficiary rather than volunteer-packaging, it competes for similar corporate ESG dollars, faith community engagement, and federal/grant funding tied to food insecurity.
• World Vision International: World Vision is a major Christian humanitarian organization operating in roughly 100 countries with programs spanning child sponsorship, nutrition, and disaster response. It is a broad incumbent peer for international faith-aligned NGO funding, corporate partner engagement, and food security programming.
• Share Our Strength / No Kid Hungry: Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign is a leading U.S. anti-hunger nonprofit focused on childhood food insecurity through school meal programs, advocacy, and corporate partnerships. It is a broad incumbent competitor for U.S. corporate CSR dollars targeting child nutrition outcomes.
• Catholic Relief Services: Catholic Relief Services is the international humanitarian agency of the U.S. Catholic community, operating in over 100 countries with substantial food security, agriculture, and emergency relief programming. It is a relevant broad incumbent peer for institutional and faith-based funding tied to global hunger relief.

Emerging players

• Salesian Missions: Salesian Missions operates school feeding and youth programs in many of the same geographies Rise Against Hunger serves. It functions as both a distribution partner and a peer NGO competing for institutional funding and corporate partnerships tied to international child nutrition.
• Food for the Poor: Food for the Poor is a U.S.-based nonprofit that ships food, medicine, and emergency relief to families in the Caribbean and Latin America. It is comparable in mission and donor base, with strong faith-congregation and corporate partner support overlapping with Rise Against Hunger.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles23 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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