Feeding Mouths, Filling Minds

Name

Feeding Mouths, Filling Minds

Legal name

Feeding Mouths Filling Minds

Website

https://feedingmouthsfillingminds.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Nutrition and Food Security Services

NAICS

Community Food Services (62421), Cafeterias, Grill Buffets, and Buffets (722514)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200)

akta.pro primary industry

School Feeding & Child Nutrition Programs (BPADAJAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Central Kitchen & Commissary Operations (Batch Cooking, Satellite Serving) (EDAEAEAG), School Feeding & Social Protection Partnerships (Conditional Cash Transfers, etc.) (EDADALAL)

Keywords

• School meal programs
• Farm to cafeteria
• Agricultural training programs
• Food security initiatives
• Community development projects

Headquarters

HQ city

Milwaukee, WI

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Feeding Mouths Filling Minds is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN: 45-5329525) that funds its operations primarily through tax-deductible donations from individuals, corporations, and foundations. Donors contribute to specific initiatives such as the 2025 Giving Tuesday campaign to expand farm-to-cafeteria programs across East & West Africa.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Feeding Mouths Filling Minds is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit that operates farm-to-cafeteria nutrition programs linking local agricultural production (school gardens, poultry projects, mushroom production, rice and cassava cultivation, solar-irrigated community farms) directly with school meal services. The organization delivers these programs at no cost to beneficiary schools and students across East & West Africa (Tanzania, Rwanda, and Liberia), with services funded entirely through tax-deductible charitable donations.

Product overview

Feeding Mouths Filling Minds is a non-profit organization operating a portfolio of interconnected food security and nutrition programs, not a unified software product. The core offerings include farm-to-cafeteria programs (the central initiative), supplemented by agricultural production programs such as school gardens, poultry projects, mushroom production, rice and cassava cultivation, farmer training, and solar irrigation installation. These programs work together to create sustainable food sources for school cafeterias in East and West Africa. The organization also offers educational engagement through its Global Students Program and Global Student Program Course. Programs span Tanzania, Rwanda, and Liberia, reaching thousands of beneficiaries through integrated food system solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Global Students Program: Educational program for global students
• Global Student Program Course

Products and services

• Farm-to-Cafeteria Programs

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 4,000 beneficiaries reached in the current year across Tanzania, Rwanda, and Liberia
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Mother of Perpetual HelpcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026FMFM's partnership with Mother of Perpetual Help is highlighted in a January 2026 news article titled 'Serving Side by Side: FMFM's Partnership with Mother of Perpetual Help.' The partnership appears to be a community-focused collaboration within Liberia's feeding program ecosystem.
• 1 for the PlanetcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024FMFM has an environmental partnership with 1 for the Planet, described as building a sustainable future together. The partnership was announced in February 2024 on FMFM's website, and 1 for the Planet is featured as a key partner in the organization's ecosystem.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Mary's Meals: Mary's Meals operates school feeding programs that provide daily meals to children in schools across multiple African countries, including Liberia. It is the most direct comparable in terms of mission (school feeding), beneficiary type (school-age children), and geography (East/West Africa).
• Concern Worldwide: Concern Worldwide runs livelihoods, food, and nutrition programs across multiple African countries. Its integrated community-based food security and resilience model directly parallels FMFM's farm-to-cafeteria and farmer training work, with similar target geographies.
• TechnoServe: TechnoServe works on agricultural enterprise development across Africa, including in Tanzania and Rwanda where FMFM operates. While more enterprise-focused, its work on smallholder farmer productivity and market access aligns with FMFM's farmer training and locally grown food sourcing for school cafeterias.
• Food for the Hungry: Food for the Hungry integrates child sponsorship, agriculture, and nutrition programming in developing countries, with sustained community presence similar to FMFM's school-and-farm model. It serves as a comparable faith-rooted, donation-funded organization addressing child hunger through community agriculture.
• Global Communities: Global Communities (formerly Project Concern International) runs food security, agriculture, and community development programs in developing countries, including West Africa. Its integrated community-based food systems approach parallels FMFM's farm-to-cafeteria and local agricultural capacity-building model.
• Action Against Hunger: Action Against Hunger is a global humanitarian organization addressing acute and chronic hunger, with extensive operations in Tanzania, Rwanda, and Liberia. Its nutrition, food security, and community agriculture programs closely mirror FMFM's integrated food-systems approach in the same geographies.
• Self Help Africa: Self Help Africa supports smallholder agriculture and food security in sub-Saharan Africa. While less focused on school feeding specifically, its agricultural development and farm-training programming in Liberia and Tanzania closely mirrors FMFM's farmer training and community farm components.
• Rise Against Hunger: Rise Against Hunger runs meal packaging and school feeding programs in developing countries with a similar nonprofit donation-driven model. Its focus on nutrition for school-age children and global footprint (including Africa) makes it a close organizational and operational peer to FMFM.

Broad incumbents

• World Food Programme: The WFP runs the world's largest school feeding operation, including across East and West Africa, and addresses the same SDG #2 Zero Hunger agenda. It is a much larger incumbent that sets standards and frequently partners with or funds smaller school-feeding NGOs; FMFM operates in WFP-served geographies with overlapping goals.

Regional players

• No Kid Hungry (Share Our Strength): No Kid Hungry campaigns to end childhood hunger, primarily with school meal programs in the United States. While geographically focused on the US, its mission overlap on school-based nutrition and its fundraising/community engagement playbook make it a comparable model for FMFM's donor mobilization approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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