Feed the Children

What it reported doing in 2024

U.s. Hunger relief and poverty alleviation: feed the children's programs in the united states meet families' immediate needs for food as well as provide the essentials every child needs to stay healthy, learn, and thrive. By mobilizing support from our generous donors and partnering with local community organizations and schools, our programming focuses on achieving consistent impact for children and families by increasing their access to food directly in the communities where they live. Designed to overlap and contribute holistically to reducing hunger and food insecurity in targeted areas, these initiatives include our resource rally, food & essentials hub, summer feed & read, and backpack-n-go programs. (see schedule o for program descriptions) domestic program descriptions: through our resource rally program, we partner with local community organizations to deliver food as well as essential household and personal care items directly to communities where they are needed most. At each resource rally, families receive a 25-pound box of food, a 15-pound box of essential household and personal care items, and other items such as books. We partner directly with school districts to implement our food & essentials hub program, which provides food and essential items, books, and school supplies through school-based pantries to children risking hunger. Our summer feed & read program increases children's access to food during the summer months when they do not have access to meals served at school. The program also combats summer learning loss by providing books and promoting enrollment in summer learning opportunities such as library-sponsored reading programs. Along with school supplies and personal care items, our backpack-n-go program provides child-friendly and easy-to-prepare meals for children to eat when they don't have access to school meals. Additionally, when natural disasters such as tornadoes and hurricanes strike, feed the children works with local community partners to ensure that children and families in impacted areas have the food and essentials they need.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 90.6%; rating input score 91
• Fundraising efficiency: $16.59 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
  • Requires narrative reports: Fail
  • Conducts field audits: Fail
  • May suspend future funding: Fail
  • Requires financial reports: Pass
  • Conducts site visits: Fail
  • Requires grant agreements: Fail
  • May require repayment: Fail
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -10.5%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0.9%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 9th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 8th percentile among comparable filings