FEEDING OUR KIDS

What FEEDING OUR KIDS does

Feeding Our Kids is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2013 and headquartered in Champaign, Illinois, that addresses weekend and school-holiday food insecurity among children in Champaign County. Its core program, the Weekend Food Bag Program, delivers curated, shelf-stable food bags covering all five food groups plus breakfast and snack items, with portions chosen for nutrition balance, ease of child self-preparation, and backpack portability. Bags are packed and delivered by volunteers to 49 partner schools and childhood programs, where school social workers confidentially identify and distribute them to food-insecure children.

The organization is supported by a small staff of six employees and a broader volunteer base, and is led by Executive Director Alison Dupre alongside Assistant Director Laurie Larson and Director of Nutrition Michaela Kruse. Operational capacity is anchored at Eastern Illinois Foodbank's Urbana facility (since summer 2024), with secondary storage and packing at the Hope Center operated by Vineyard Church (since fall 2021). Funding is sourced from individual donations (including monthly recurring giving), the Adopt-a-School corporate sponsorship program priced at $150 per child per school year across four tiers (Friend, Supporter, Advocate, Partner), and grants from partners including Eastern Illinois Foodbank, Junior League of Champaign-Urbana (via the Robert M. Grossman Trust), and United Way of Champaign County (Farmers Feeding Families Grant).

Distribution is direct to schools in Champaign, Urbana, Fisher, Tuscola, Tolono, Rantoul, Ludlow, Thomasboro, and Saint Joseph districts, with no fee charged to families. Marketing and donor acquisition rely on the feedingourkids.org website, email newsletters, community speaking engagements, volunteer events, and earned media such as WCIA Community Counts. Complementary programs include a Partner School Portal, Summer Meal Sites information hub, recipes and cooking videos on YouTube, and a Charity Running Partner slot at Christie Clinic Illinois Race Weekend 2026.

Name

FEEDING OUR KIDS

Legal name

Feeding Our Kids

Website

https://feedingourkids.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Feeding Our Kids is a Champaign, Illinois 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers curated weekend and holiday food bags to 1,600+ food-insecure children across 49 Champaign County schools, funded by individual donations, corporate sponsorships, and grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Childhood Hunger Relief Services

NAICS

Community Food Services (62421), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230)

akta.pro primary industry

School Feeding & Child Nutrition Programs (BPADAJAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Food & Nutrition Assistance Programs (BPAIAKAF), School Feeding & Social Protection Partnerships (Conditional Cash Transfers, etc.) (EDADALAL)

Keywords

• Childhood hunger relief
• Food insecurity programs
• Weekend food bags
• School-based food assistance
• Nonprofit community services

Headquarters

HQ city

Champaign

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Individual contributions accepted via the website donation portal. Monthly giving through automatic withdrawal is available. No gift is too small.
2. Corporate Sponsorships (Adopt-a-School): Corporate and individual sponsors 'adopt' schools and sponsor food bags for students for the entire school year at various tiers (Partner 30+ kids, Advocate 20-29 kids, Supporter 10-19 kids, Friend 5-9 kids).
3. Grants: The organization receives grants from community partners including Eastern Illinois Foodbank (partnership grant), Junior League of Champaign-Urbana (yearly grant through Robert M. Grossman Trust), and United Way of Champaign County (Farmers Feeding Families Grant).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Feeding Our Kids is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that curates and distributes shelf-stable food bags containing items from all five food groups plus breakfast and snack foods to food-insecure school children in Champaign County on weekends and school holidays. Bags are packed by volunteers at Eastern Illinois Foodbank and the Hope Center, then delivered to 49 partner schools and childhood programs where school social workers distribute them anonymously to identified children. The program is sustained through individual donations, corporate sponsorships, community grants, and volunteer labor.

Product overview

Feeding Our Kids is a nonprofit organization that operates a single unified program providing nourishing food bags to food-insecure school children on weekends and school holidays throughout the school year. The organization runs volunteer-driven food packing and delivery operations across partner schools in Champaign County, supported by the Adopt-a-School sponsorship program and partner school portal. The program is complemented by family resources including recipes, cooking videos, and summer meal site information.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Weekend Food Bag Program The primary charitable program providing nutritious, shelf-stable food bags to food-insecure school children on weekends and school holidays. Each bag contains foods from all 5 food groups plus 2 breakfast and 2 snack foods, selected for nutrition, ease of self-preparation, and child appeal, and packaged to be lightweight enough to carry in backpacks.
• Adopt-a-School Sponsorship A sponsorship program allowing corporate and individual donors to adopt a school and fully fund food bags for students for an entire school year at four tiered levels.
• Partner School Portal A web portal serving the 49 partner schools with operational resources, parental consent collection, and bag quantity adjustment tools for managing the food bag program at each school.
• Summer Meal Sites Program Referral service providing families with information about summer meal sites at local schools for children who depend on school meals during the academic year.
• Family Resources: Recipes and Cooking Videos Educational resources for families served by the program, including recipes that use foods from the bags, cooking videos on YouTube, and information about bag contents.
• Volunteer Program Volunteer engagement program that recruits and coordinates community members to pack food bags and deliver them to partner schools, with structured leadership roles for higher-engagement volunteers.

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Integration1 record

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Two Men and a TruckminorOthersHelps each month by loading bulk purchases of food from Sam's Club and bringing them to the packing location at Eastern Illinois Foodbank.
• Neon MothminorOthersGenerously donates web hosting and web development services to Feeding Our Kids. Also credited as the website developer.
• Hope Center (Vineyard Church)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSince fall 2021, the Hope Center has served as the secondary storage and packing site, and now serves as the office location. Vineyard Church also supports with a sponsorship to Dr. King school and adopted Dr. King Elementary in the 2025-2026 Adopt-a-School program.
• Eastern Illinois FoodbankcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFeeding Our Kids is a partner agency of Eastern Illinois Foodbank, which is the source of much of their food as well as a partnership grant to financially support operations. In summer 2024, Feeding Our Kids moved operations inside Eastern Illinois Foodbank's facility at 2405 North Shore Dr., Urbana, allowing continued growth.
• Regional Office of EducationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupports Feeding Our Kids through printing of resource materials and flyers, and serves as a partner to connect FOK with additional community resources.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• BackPack Program (Feeding America): Feeding America's flagship weekend backpack food program serving food-insecure children across the U.S. — directly comparable to Feeding Our Kids' weekend food bag program in target population, model, and school-based distribution.
• Blessings in a Backpack: National nonprofit that provides weekend food bags to food-insecure school children — the closest direct operational analogue to Feeding Our Kids' backpack/weekend food bag model, with similar school-based, volunteer-driven distribution.
• Kids' Food Basket: West Michigan nonprofit providing nutritious meals and food bags to children, including school-based delivery of evening/weekend meal bags — closely mirrors Feeding Our Kids' model of curated, ready-to-eat food delivered through school partners.

Regional players

• Northern Illinois Food Bank: Regional food bank serving Northern Illinois with similar childhood food security programs — comparable model and geography for benchmarking potential expansion into nearby Illinois counties.
• Greater Chicago Food Depository: Chicago-area food bank running school pantries and child nutrition programs — comparable in scale and model to a future-state Feeding Our Kids if it expanded into a larger urban Illinois market.
• Eastern Illinois Foodbank: Feeding Our Kids' direct partner agency and primary food source; a regional food bank covering the same 18-county region — adjacent model (broader food distribution) and likely competitor for donor dollars within the same geography.

Broad incumbents

• No Kid Hungry: National campaign run by Share Our Strength focused on ending childhood hunger through policy, advocacy, and program grants — overlaps with Feeding Our Kids on mission and competes for the same charitable giving dollars.
• Feeding America: The largest hunger-relief organization in the U.S., operating a national network of food banks that includes Eastern Illinois Foodbank — overlaps with Feeding Our Kids on food sourcing infrastructure and competes for the same donor and grant funding pool.

Emerging players

• FoodCorps: Nonprofit connecting kids to healthy food in schools through service members and educator partnerships — overlaps with Feeding Our Kids on in-school child nutrition but focuses more on education and food access programming rather than direct food distribution.

Others

• Action Against Hunger: Global humanitarian organization focused on child nutrition and food security — thematically aligned with Feeding Our Kids' mission but operates internationally and at much larger scale; relevant for framing the broader category but not a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@feedingourkids7639
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/feeding-our-kids

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

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Investments

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