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WORLD HUNGER FOUNDATION
NEW YORK, NY · EIN 061762973 · Form 990 · FY2025 · NTEE Q30 · International Affairs · Small ($100K-$1M) · worldhungerfoundation.org
revenue
$825K
expenses
$765K
net assets
$1.0M
employees
0
program ratio
0%
mission · from form 990

World Hunger Foundations Mission is to eliminate hunger in the USA and globally.

profile · synthesized from sources

World Hunger Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded in 2012 with the mission to eliminate hunger in the United States and globally. It provides food, clean water, and basic medications to children in need, operating in countries including the USA, Bangladesh, India, Ukraine, and others affected by natural disasters or poverty. The organization funds its programs through individual donations and grants.

irs program accomplishments · form 990 part iii · fy2025

What they reported doing

  1. #1 primary $0
    Grants paid to the kids in need globally like Bangladesh India Ukraine Tajikistan,.
  2. #2 $0
    Grants to the individual kids and people in need.
named programs · 5 · from sources

What they call their work

Basic Medications
Supplies essential medications to children in poor countries, particularly in Bangladesh and Yemen
Child Sponsorship
Enables donors to sponsor individual children, providing food, water, and medical support
Clean Water Supplies
Provides clean water to children in Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Yemen
Emergency Relief
Delivers food and aid to youth and families affected by natural disasters such as wildfires, tornadoes, floods, and earthquakes in the USA and abroad
Food Distribution
Supplies packaged and sealed food to children in need in the USA and globally, including emergency relief during natural disasters
activities · 5 groups

What they do

  • Charitable Grantmaking to Specific Causes 3 activities
    • Funding grants for children in need in the United States
      Provides grants to support children in need within the United States, including financial donations to St. Jude Children’s Cancer Center in July 2024 and funding for organizations such as Covenant Youth Shelters.
    • Funding grants for children in need internationally
      Provides grants to support children in need in Bangladesh, India, Ukraine, Tajikistan, and other international locations, including financial donations to organizations like Ahbap for earthquake relief in Turkey in 2023.
    • Funding humanitarian and relief organizations
      Awards grants to established humanitarian organizations including American Red Cross, UNICEF USA, Save the Children, World Food Program USA, Action Against Hunger, and Steps of Hope Limited to support global and domestic child welfare initiatives.
  • Food Distribution and Hunger Relief 2 activities
    • Direct food distribution to children in the United States
      Distributes packaged and sealed food items such as rice, beans, peanut butter, canned proteins, flour, honey, jams, beef jerky, noodle soups, and meat to youth and community shelters across the United States. Supplied food to over 34,000 children in 2024 and over 37,000 children in 2025.
    • Global direct food distribution to children
      Supplies food, clean water, and basic medications to children in need globally, distributing large quantities of packaged and sealed food items including rice, beans, peanut butter, canned proteins, and meat. Supplied food to over 730,000 children globally in 2024 and over 715,000 children in 2025.
  • Direct Financial Assistance to Individuals 1 activity
    • Direct financial assistance for critical needs of individuals in crisis
      Provides direct financial support to individuals in extreme hardship, such as covering the cost of a mother's heart transplant surgery in India to prevent her child from selling a kidney, and offering aid to children in Albania affected by an earthquake in 2019.
  • Church and Congregation-Based Financial Aid 1 activity
    • Direct provision of grants to individuals in need
      Provides grants directly to individual children and people in need, including financial support for rent, utilities, and maintenance expenses, as documented in IRS Form 990 filings.
  • Disaster Relief and Recovery Services 1 activity
    • Emergency food relief delivery following natural disasters
      Provides emergency food relief to youth affected by natural disasters, including wildfires and tornadoes, in locations such as Stromsburg, NE, Houston, TX, and Oklahoma City, OK in March 2026.
financials · form 990 · fy2025
revenue
Total revenue$825K
Contributions & grants$624K76%
Program service revenue$00%
Investment income$00%
Other revenue$201K
expenses
Total expenses$765K
Program expenses0%
Admin / overhead0%
Fundraising0%
Salaries & benefits$0
Grants paid out$661K
Largest expense lineProfessional Fees
balance sheet
Total assets$1.03M
Cash$71K
Investments$0
Liabilities$0
Net assets$1.03M
Liquid reserves1.1 mo
5 years on record · 2021–2025 · YoY revenue -13.2%
relationships · 34

Who they work with

  • Action Against Hunger Partner — Recipient of grants from World Hunger Foundation
  • Ahbap Partner — Partner organization receiving funding to support children affected by earthquakes in Turkey.
  • American Red Cross Partner — Recipient of grants from World Hunger Foundation
  • Arbor Youth Services Partner — Youth service organization in Lexington, KY receiving food donations from World Hunger Foundation.
  • Bill Gates Funder — Donor to World Hunger Foundation
  • Bill Gates Funder — Recognized for providing donations to World Hunger Foundation.
  • Casa Youth Shelter Partner — Youth shelter in Los Alamitos, CA receiving food donations from World Hunger Foundation.
  • Covenant House Partner — Partner agency receiving food donations from World Hunger Foundation for distribution to youth shelters across multiple U.S. states.
  • Covenant Youth Shelters Partner — Network of youth shelters receiving support from World Hunger Foundation
  • Crossroad Community Church Food Pantry Partner — Local food pantry in New York, NY receiving food donations from World Hunger Foundation.
  • Haven For Hope Partner — Homeless services organization in San Antonio, TX receiving food donations from World Hunger Foundation.
  • Hope for Youth Partner — Youth service organization in Amityville, NY receiving food donations from World Hunger Foundation.
  • Lappin Foundation Partner — Recipient of donations from World Hunger Foundation in March 2022.
  • Lappin Foundation Partner — Recipient of grants from World Hunger Foundation
  • Larkin Street Youth Services Partner — Youth service organization in San Francisco, CA receiving food donations from World Hunger Foundation.
  • Los Angeles Youth Network Partner — Youth service organization in Los Angeles, CA receiving food donations from World Hunger Foundation.
  • Miami Bridge Youth and Family Service Partner — Youth and family service organization in Miami, FL receiving food donations from World Hunger Foundation.
  • Nazareth Housing Partner — Housing support organization in New York, NY receiving food donations from World Hunger Foundation.
  • Path Partner — Youth service organization in San Diego, CA receiving food donations from World Hunger Foundation.
  • Prince Reza Pahlavi Funder — Donor to World Hunger Foundation
  • Prince Reza Pahlavi Funder — Recognized for providing donations to World Hunger Foundation.
  • Roots Young Adult Shelter Partner — Youth shelter in Seattle, WA receiving food donations from World Hunger Foundation.
  • SISU Youth Services Partner — Youth service organization in Oklahoma City, OK receiving food donations from World Hunger Foundation.
  • Save the Children Partner — Recipient of grants from World Hunger Foundation
  • St. Bartholomew Church Food Pantry Partner — Local food pantry in New York, NY receiving food donations from World Hunger Foundation.
  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Partner — Recipient of grants from World Hunger Foundation
  • St. Jude Children’s Cancer Center Partner — Recipient of financial donations from World Hunger Foundation for supporting children with cancer.
  • Steps of Hope Limited Partner — Recipient of grants from World Hunger Foundation
  • The Children Shelter Partner — Child services organization in San Antonio, TX receiving food donations from World Hunger Foundation.
  • The Hope Covenant House Partner — Youth shelter in North Carolina receiving food donations from World Hunger Foundation.
+ 4 more
strategies · 5

How they approach the work

Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.

  • Child Protection via Foster Care Placement
    methodology: child_protection_through_foster_care
    By creating foster homes in impoverished regions, we protect children from harmful environments and improve their access to nutrition and care, because stable, family-based settings are more conducive to healthy development than institutional or street-based survival.
  • Child-Centered Grantmaking for Basic Needs
    methodology: direct-grant-making-to-individuals
    By providing direct financial grants to children in need, we enable access to food and essential resources, because flexible funding empowers caregivers to address the most urgent local needs in both domestic and international contexts.
  • Direct Relief for Child Hunger
    methodology: hunger_elimination_through_direct_relief
    By providing immediate food and survival essentials to children in crisis, we address acute hunger and improve short-term health outcomes, because timely intervention prevents malnutrition and supports survival in vulnerable populations.
  • Integrated Survival Support Model
    methodology: integrated_survival_support
    By bundling food, clean water, and basic medication into unified relief packages, we improve child survival rates more effectively than single-intervention approaches, because co-located services address the interconnected causes of crisis simultaneously.
  • Long-Term Poverty Alleviation Through Education
    methodology: education_for_poverty_alleviation
    By establishing schools and teaching practical skills in low-income countries, we reduce long-term vulnerability to hunger, because education increases self-sufficiency and breaks cycles of poverty that perpetuate food insecurity.