Food for the Poor
| Founded | 1982 |
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| Founder | Ferdinand Mahfood |
| Type | Non-Government Organization |
| Focus | Impoverished people throughout Latin America and Caribbean |
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Area served
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Seventeen countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Method | Direct assistance of churches and charity organizations operating within in-need areas through the delivery of food, medicine, housing, and other vital goods |
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Key people
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Robin Mahfood (President, CEO), Angel A. Aloma (Executive Director) |
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Employees
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350+ (2012) |
| Website | http://www.foodforthepoor.org/ |
Food For The Poor, Inc. (FFP) is an ecumenical Christian nonprofit organization based in Coconut Creek, Florida, United States that provides food, medicine, and shelter, among other services, to the poor in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Food For The Poor, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) corporation.
Food For The Poor began in 1982 in Jamaica and is one of the largest international relief and development organizations in the United States. The organization serves the poorest of the poor in 17 countries throughout the Caribbean and Latin America, by providing lifesaving food, secure housing, clean water, healthcare, emergency relief, micro-enterprise projects and education opportunities.
Food For The Poor has built more than 81,000 housing units being built in the last decade for the destitute. Since inception, the charity has provided nearly $12 billion in aid. In 2016, Food For The Poor built 9,430 housing units for families in need of safe shelter. Additionally, over the last 10 years, fundraising and other administrative costs averaged less than 5 percent of our expenses; more than 95 percent of all donations went directly to programs that help the poor.
In a survey of the 100 largest U.S. charities for 2016, Forbes magazine ranked Food For The Poor the seventh-largest recipient of private support. Food For The Poor’s charitable commitment ratio was 96 percent.
Food For The Poor received the highest possible ratings from industry observers such as Ministry Watch, Charity Navigator, and the Better Business Bureau.
To link the church of the First World with the church of the Third World in a manner that helps both the materially poor and the poor in spirit.
In 1982, Ferdinand Mahfood began Food For The Poor to aid the poor and downtrodden in Latin America and the Caribbean. Clergy members of many Christian denominations, including Episcopalian, Lutheran and Roman Catholic, are the core of the organization, preaching throughout the United States about the need in the countries they serve.
Since 1982, Food For The Poor has distributed more than $12 billion worth of food, medicine, housing materials, water and other aid to the poor of the Caribbean and Latin America. In 2007, the charity migrated its headquarters from Deerfield Beach, FL to Coconut Creek, FL. Currently, Food For The Poor employs more than 300 people out of its Coconut Creek location, in addition to employing members of the Clergy as speakers across the United States.
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