Hunger Relief International

Name

Hunger Relief International

Legal name

Hunger Relief International

Website

https://hungerreliefinternational.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hunger Relief International is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit humanitarian organization delivering food, healthcare, education, and economic empowerment programs to children and families across Haiti, Guatemala, and Honduras, funded by individual, church, foundation, and corporate donors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Aid Services

NAICS

Community Food Services (624210), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Community Food Services (62421)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Emergency Food Assistance & Nutrition Response (BPADADAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Refugee, IDP & Migration Humanitarian Assistance (BPAGAAAH), Emergency Shelter, Camp Management & Non-Food Items (NFI) (BPAGAAAC), Nutrition & Food Security (Global Health) NGOs (HLAJAKAH), Food Assistance & Safety Nets (In-Kind, Vouchers, Cash Transfers) (BPADAJAA)

Keywords

• Humanitarian aid
• Food security programs
• Child protection services
• Disaster relief
• Community development

Headquarters

HQ city

Edmond

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: HRI receives donations from individual supporters via its website, PayPal, CashApp, Venmo, and ACH transfers. Donors can make one-time or monthly recurring gifts.
2. Monthly Partner Program: Recurring monthly donations from committed supporters that enable HRI to plan and sustain ongoing programs.
3. Corporate Matching & Workplace Giving: HRI accepts corporate matching gifts and workplace giving through platforms like Double the Donation. Also accepts American AAdvantage Miles donations.
4. Foundation and Government Grants: HRI receives grant funding from foundations (e.g., The Tony Robbins Foundation, The Zimmer Family Foundation, Embassy of Japan) and partnerships with organizations like the World Food Programme (WFP) and USAID.
5. Campaign Fundraising: HRI runs targeted campaigns including hurricane relief, year-end campaigns ($100,000 goal), and peer-to-peer fundraising with the S.E.E. (Support.Empower.Elevate.) platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Hunger Relief International (HRI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that delivers humanitarian programs addressing chronic hunger, clean water access, healthcare, child protection, and economic empowerment for vulnerable children and families in Haiti, Guatemala, and other regions. Its core offerings include emergency relief, food and nutrition (school feeding, orphanage support), health programs (clinics, water filters, sanitation), child protection through the Children First program, and empowerment/self-sufficiency via women's empowerment and micro-business training.

Product overview

Hunger Relief International operates as a humanitarian nonprofit organization offering a portfolio of integrated programs addressing food security, health, child protection, and economic empowerment. The core offerings include Emergency Relief for disaster response; Food & Nutrition programs including school feeding and orphanage support; Health services spanning clinics, clean water, sanitation, and hygiene; Child Protection through the Children First Program preventing trafficking; and Empowerment & Self-Sufficiency via women's empowerment and micro-business training. The organization launched S.E.E. (Support.Empower.Elevate.) in February 2026 as a new Special Projects platform enabling direct donor-to-project funding. Programs operate across Haiti, Guatemala, and select other regions, with notable solar energy initiatives for rural health centers. These programs work holistically to keep families together, prevent child abandonment, and build long-term community resilience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• S.E.E. (Support. Empower. Elevate.): HRI's Special Projects platform allowing donors to partner directly on individual projects for orphans, children and families.

Products and services

• Food & Nutrition Program Comprehensive nutrition programs including school feeding, orphanage support, pre-K feeding, and emergency food distribution addressing chronic hunger and malnutrition for children and families in Haiti and Guatemala.
• Emergency Relief Program
• Health Program
• Children First Program Whole-family, multi-pronged program empowering single mothers, preventing child abandonment, deinstitutionalizing orphanages, and providing family reunification services for vulnerable children in Haiti and Guatemala.
• Child Protection Program
• Empowerment & Self-Sufficiency Program
• S.E.E. (Support.Empower.Elevate.) Special Projects Platform Special Projects donation platform that allows donors to fund individual projects for orphans, children, and families and receive photo or video updates once the project is implemented.
• Women's Empowerment Program
• Entrepreneurship / Micro-Business Program
• Parent Training Program
• Clinics Program
• Solar Energy / Health Center Electrification Project
• Recycle for Living

Quantifiable outcome

• 75,697,355 total meals provided through March 2026
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• World Food Programme (WFP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025HRI serves as implementing partner for WFP food assistance programs in southern Haiti, reaching 14,704 households (92,631 people) at 19 distribution sites. Collaboration includes malnutrition screening (5,968 children), community education sessions (3,188 mothers/caregivers), and emergency food distributions. WFP provides food commodities while HRI manages distribution and community engagement.
• C3 GlobalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization working with HRI on international development initiatives.
• Jewish Helping Hands (JHH)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization supporting HRI humanitarian programs.
• The Resource Center (TRC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization collaborating with HRI on development projects.
• AprofamminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGuatemala-based partner organization working with HRI on local programs.
• RTI InternationalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with HRI and USAID on Guatemala programs ensuring children remain in school through nutritional support, hygiene kits, and parent training.
• Filter of HopeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWater filter organization partnering with HRI to provide clean water solutions to families.
• Vitamin AngelsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides prenatal vitamins and health supplements for maternal and child health programs in Haiti, working with HRI to ensure clinics have medical supplies.
• Hope for HaitiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare partner providing support for clinics and medical supply programs in Haiti.
• DonorSeecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorProject-based crowdfunding platform where HRI posted 675+ projects impacting 16,222 lives from 2020-2026. Platform enabled donors to select specific individuals/projects and receive implementation updates. Note: DonorSee has since closed operations.
• Elevate Church (Illinois)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunded shopping spree experience for 44 orphans at ACREJAH and La Bergerie orphanages, providing new clothes and shoes.
• ISWS (International Small Wind Association)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization listed on HRI partnerships page.
• Centro / Guate VoluntariaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGuatemala volunteer organization partnering with HRI.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Catholic Relief Services: Official international humanitarian agency of the U.S. Catholic community, operating food security, health, and emergency response programs in Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras, and elsewhere. Direct mission overlap with HRI at significantly larger institutional scale.
• Samaritan's Purse: Christian humanitarian organization providing disaster relief, food, water, and medical programs globally. Comparable faith-rooted DNA and emergency-response capabilities, but with a much larger operational footprint and budget.
• Compassion International: Large faith-based child sponsorship organization with programs across Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras and beyond. Overlaps with HRI's children-first, family-preservation model but at vastly greater scale and donor base.
• World Vision: Large Christian humanitarian organization operating child sponsorship, food security, and emergency response programs across 100+ countries, including significant Haiti and Guatemala presence. Overlaps HRI's mission but at materially larger scale and broader scope.

Direct peers

• Hope for Haiti: Haiti-focused nonprofit delivering food, healthcare, education, and clean water. Directly overlapping HRI's largest operating geography with a similar integrated-program model — and a current HRI partner.
• Water Mission: Faith-based nonprofit engineering safe water, sanitation, and hygiene solutions in developing countries. Comparable scale, faith origins, and clean-water-plus-community-development model relevant to HRI's water filter and latrine programs.
• Convoy of Hope: Faith-based humanitarian organization providing food, clean water, and disaster response internationally. Comparable in size, faith-rooted mission, multi-program structure, and donor-driven funding model.
• Feed the Children: Oklahoma-based nonprofit focused on childhood hunger, food distribution, and emergency relief across multiple developing countries. Most comparable peer given shared US headquarters region, faith-inspired roots, and food-assistance-plus-empowerment program design.
• Food For The Poor: Christian humanitarian organization delivering food, water, housing, and emergency relief primarily in the Caribbean and Latin America — directly overlapping HRI's Haiti/Central America footprint and donor-funded food distribution model.

Emerging players

• Vitamin Angels: Nonprofit providing vitamins and nutritional supplements to underserved pregnant women and children in developing countries — already a current HRI partner. Comparable mission focus on nutrition, smaller-scale programmatic scope, and complementary rather than directly competing offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/hricares
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hunger-relief-international

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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