Feed the Children
| Founded | 1979 |
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| Type | Non-governmental organization |
| Focus | Delivers food, medicine, clothing and other necessities to individuals, children and families who lack these essentials due to famine, war, poverty, or natural disaster |
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Area served
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United States and Internationally |
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Key people
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Travis Arnold., interim - President & CEO |
| Website | www.feedthechildren.org |
Feed The Children, established in 1979 and headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and exists to end child hunger. It is a non-profit relief organization whose stated mission is "providing hope and resources for those without life's essentials". It is one of the largest U.S.-based charities and serves those in need in the U.S. and in 10 other countries around the world. It provides food education essentials and disaster relief. Domestically, it operates 5 distribution centers (located in Oklahoma, Indiana, California, Tennessee and Pennsylvania). In FY 2015, Feed the Children distributed 107 million pounds of food and essentials valued at $302 million to people in the U.S., and internationally, it sponsored approximately 24,500 children, addressing the root causes of poverty through sponsorship of children, communities and schools. It is accredited by guide star exchange and the BBB Wise Giving Alliance and is rated by Charity Navigator.
Through its partnership with NAEHCY (National Association of Educators for Homeless Children and Youth), Feed The Children has distributed more than 500,000 backpacks filled with school supplies, food and personal care items to homeless children enrolled in U.S. public schools. In Africa, Asia, Central and South America, Feed The Children provides more than 350,000 meals daily through school feeding programs.
When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in 2005, Feed The Children self-reported sending over 650 semi tractor-trailers totaling more than 20,000 tons of donated food and relief supplies. Between the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States and the South Asian tsunami in December 2004, Feed The Children self-reported sending more than 15,500 tons of food and relief supplies to the affected regions.
In the 1980s, the Feed the Children campaign was aired in the United States. Featuring impoverished children in need of food and essential supplies, television coverage provided an outlet for visibility. David Dunn Productions filmed the plight of children in need while on location in Africa, bringing home the need for donations. Feed The Children domestic programs are focused on distributing essential items to needy families. Corporate partners donate surplus food and other supplies. Feed The Children's wholly owned for-profit subsidiary, FTC Transportation, Inc., picks up in-kind contributions from corporate warehouses and brings them to one of five Feed The Children regional distribution centers. The supplies and boxes are then delivered to pre-approved, independent partner agencies that, in turn, distribute the supplies through over 50,000 feeding centers, homeless shelters, churches and various other organizations located in communities across the U.S.
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