Children's Hunger Fund

What Children's Hunger Fund does

Children's Hunger Fund (CHF) is a California-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1991 by Dave and Lynn Phillips in Los Angeles. Headquartered in Sylmar, CA, the organization delivers nutritious meals and the hope of the gospel to children and families facing food insecurity through a church-centered distribution model. Its core operating product is the Food Pak — boxes of nutritious food and essential aid packed by volunteers at CHF distribution centers and distributed directly to families in need through a network of local church partners. Related core products include Meal Paks (lentil casserole kits providing nine high-protein meals per pak), Virtual Food Paks (digital donation equivalent), Project Coin Pak (children's coin collection program), Poverty Encounter (an immersive educational experience on global poverty), and an Emergency Relief program for disaster response. Distribution centers currently operate in Sylmar/Los Angeles, CA and San Antonio, TX, with an 85,000-square-foot Volunteer Center under construction in Prosper, TX slated to open in 2026. As of 2024, CHF reports delivering 750+ million meals, serving 380+ million children across 33 countries and 18 U.S. states, and providing $2+ billion in gifts-in-kind since inception.

CHF's revenue model is donation-driven across four primary streams: individual donations (one-time and recurring), Hope Partner monthly giving, corporate partnerships (e.g., Chorbie's "One Job, One Meal," Rooter Hero's Hero Helps, Whataburger team packing events), and legacy/planned giving through the separate CHF Legacy Foundation. The organization reports that 96% of total contributions support programs serving children and families. Donations are accepted in fiat and 39 cryptocurrencies via the Engiven platform. There is no traditional pricing model — donors contribute at varying levels, with CHF citing an approximate cost of 25 cents per meal provided. CHF's go-to-market is community-led: equipping churches to serve families in need, supported by volunteer engagement, educational experiences, and corporate cause-marketing partnerships. The organization targets scaling to 100 million meals annually by 2030.

Name

Children's Hunger Fund

Legal name

Children's Hunger Fund

Website

https://childrenshungerfund.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Children's Hunger Fund is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1991 that delivers nutritious Food Paks and the hope of the gospel to children and families facing food insecurity. It operates a church-centered distribution model across 33 countries and 18 U.S. states, packing meals at volunteer centers and distributing through trusted church partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Food Relief and Humanitarian Aid

NAICS

Community Food Services (624210), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Emergency Food Security & Nutrition in Humanitarian Crises (BPADAJAI), School Feeding & Child Nutrition Programs (BPADAJAD), Child Nutrition & Meal Programs (CACFP/Snack Programs) (EDACAMAA), Food Assistance & Safety Nets (In-Kind, Vouchers, Cash Transfers) (BPADAJAA)

Keywords

• Food relief distribution
• Hunger relief programs
• Nonprofit meal packing
• Church-based aid
• Disaster emergency relief

Headquarters

HQ city

Sylmar

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Primary revenue stream from individual donors contributing one-time or recurring donations. CHF operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with 96% of contributions supporting programs.
2. Monthly Giving (Hope Partner): Recurring monthly donation program where donors become Hope Partners to deliver ongoing food and hope to children.
3. Corporate Partnerships: Businesses partner with CHF through employee volunteer programs, cause marketing, and corporate donations. Examples include Chorbie's 'One Job, One Meal' program.
4. Legacy Giving: Estate planning and endowment gifts, with CHF Legacy Foundation as the designated beneficiary.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Children's Hunger Fund operates a church-centered food relief program that delivers Food Paks and Meal Paks (nutritious lentil-casserole kits providing nine meals each) to children and families facing food insecurity. Meals are packed by volunteers at CHF distribution centers and distributed to families in need through a global network of local church partners across 33 countries and 18 U.S. states. The organization also operates the Poverty Encounter immersive educational experience, Emergency Relief disaster response, and a related Rethink Mercy Foundation.

Product overview

Children's Hunger Fund operates as a faith-based nonprofit organization that delivers food and the hope of the gospel to suffering children. The core product is the Food Pak program, through which meals donated by supporters are packed into Food Paks that local pastors distribute to families in need. Related products include Meal Pak (lentil casserole kits providing nine meals each), Virtual Food Pak (digital donation option), and Project Coin Pak (coin collection for kids). CHF also offers Poverty Encounter, an immersive educational experience on global poverty, alongside Emergency Relief services for disaster response, and donor management tools including a Donor Portal, monthly giving (Hope Partner), and Legacy Giving options. The organization is currently expanding with an 85,000-square-foot Volunteer Center in Prosper, Texas (opening 2026) that will serve as a regional distribution hub.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Food Paks: Food packages filled with nutritious food and essential aid, distributed directly to families by local churches
• Meal Pak
• Virtual Food Pak
• Project Coin Pak
• Poverty Encounter
• Wentz Volunteer Center
• Hero Helps
• Emergency Relief
• Hope Partner Monthly Giving
• CHF Legacy Foundation

Quantifiable outcome

• 750+ million meals distributed since 1991
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ChorbiecoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 8 July 2025North Texas home services company (lawn care, pest control) partnered with CHF for 'One Job, One Meal' program. For every job completed, Chorbie provides a meal to a child in need. In March 2025, after completing 9,463 jobs, Chorbie supplied nearly 10,000 meals. CEO E.J. McCoy expressed pride in the partnership supporting CHF's mission locally and globally.
• Rooter Hero (Hero Helps)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 14 November 2024Rooter Hero Plumbing & Air's charitable division Hero Helps volunteered at CHF's Los Angeles distribution center on November 14. Team members helped sort and prepare donated goods for distribution to local families during Thanksgiving season. Part of Rooter Hero's annual season of giving and community outreach.
• WhataburgerminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWhataburger team members participated in packing Food Paks at CHF's San Antonio distribution center, described as 'Packing Hope, One Box at a Time' initiative.
• New Birth ChurchescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChurch partner in Los Angeles serving families impacted by the Eaton Fire. Despite having only ~60 members, the church served approximately 1,000 hot meals daily for four weeks following the disaster, distributing food, water, medical supplies, and clothing to Altadena residents.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Food For The Poor: Christian humanitarian relief organization distributing food, medicine, and supplies to impoverished families primarily in Latin America and the Caribbean—closely aligned international food/relief focus with faith-based positioning.
• Mercy Chefs: Faith-based disaster relief organization serving chef-prepared meals to communities and first responders in crisis zones—comparable volunteer-driven food-relief and disaster-response mission with a Christian ministry overlay.
• Convoy of Hope: Faith-based nonprofit providing food distribution, children's feeding, and disaster relief through community outreach and partner networks—directly comparable mission and church-anchored delivery model.
• Feed My Starving Children: Faith-rooted nonprofit that mobilizes volunteers to pack nutritionally complete meals for distribution to children worldwide—the closest structural analog to CHF's volunteer-packed Food Pak model and church/last-mile distribution approach.

Regional players

• City Harvest: NYC-based food rescue organization collecting surplus food for distribution to communities in need—comparable food-relief mission but operates as a secular, regionally focused food rescue rather than a national church-network nonprofit.
• Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County: Regional food bank serving Orange County, California with food distribution, nutrition education, and hunger-relief programs—geographically and functionally comparable food-relief nonprofit, but not faith-based and not international.

Broad incumbents

• Feeding America: Largest U.S. hunger-relief organization running a national network of 200+ member food banks—overlapping mission but operating at materially greater scale and through a secular, food-bank-anchored model rather than church partners.
• Compassion International: Faith-based child sponsorship organization serving children internationally, including nutrition and family-assistance programming—overlaps with CHF on child-focused Christian humanitarian work but anchored in sponsorship rather than food-relief distribution.
• Samaritan's Purse: Large evangelical Christian humanitarian organization with disaster relief, child sponsorship, and international food programs—broader portfolio but shares CHF's faith-based identity and disaster-response orientation.
• World Vision: Major international Christian humanitarian focused on child welfare, food security, and emergency response across ~100 countries—operates at significantly larger scale with overlapping child-nutrition and emergency-relief programs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ServeAChild
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCNstFcNaRXJARbp51PlGM2w
• Facebookfacebook.com/ChildrensHungerFund
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/children's-hunger-fund
• Instagraminstagram.com/childrenshungerfund

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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