Mary's Meals USA Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

Mary's Meals International is a successful global movement that transforms the lives of children with a daily meal in a place of education in 16 of the world's poorest countries. Working collaboratively with local communities, Mary's Meals International establishes school feeding programs that draw children to schools, where they can receive an education that can be a path out of poverty. The Mary's Meals International program supports children but also has a positive impact on their households and communities.Sourcing food locally whenever possible, Mary's Meals International operates in some of the world's poorest, and most remote or conflict-ridden communities. The collaborative Mary's Meals school feeding program is particularly efficient and (cont'd on page 41) scalable, providing a cost-effective model that is a sustainable means to end child hunger. Mary's Meals USA provides grants to Mary's Meals International to fund the school feeding programs. In 2025, Mary's Meals USA marked 16 years of supporting Mary's Meals International's global feeding initiatives. While ensuring that 3 million children receive a nutritious meal every day in a place of education, Mary's Meals International also achieved some major milestones in its mission to fight child hunger and enable education. In the fall of 2025, our global school feeding programs reached 3 million children every school day, and we had the largest single year of growth in the history of our programs, driven by ambitious expansion plans. This was made possible thanks to grassroots giving, campaign appeals, volunteers and supporters worldwide.Across eight countries, programs were scaled up in Ethiopia, Haiti, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, South Sudan, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, to reach more than 650,000 additional children in over 1,300 schools. These expansions were essential in areas affected by hunger and disrupted education due to conflict, climate extremes, and political or economic instability. Additionally, an emergency appeal for drought affected Southern Africa, helped Mary's Meals to expand its school feeding programs across Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, which now sits at more than 2.1 million children. Following significant changes in Kenya, including government-led school feeding initiatives extending their reach and increased support from the Turkana County Government, a decision was made in 2025 to deliver our school feeding program entirely through our trusted local partner, Diocese of Lodwar. To support this transition, Diocese of Lodwar increased the number of Early Childhood Development and Education Centers (ECDEs) in Turkana where it delivers our school feeding program, to reach learners that were previously served by Mary's Meals Kenya. Additionally, Mary's Meals received significant global attention in 2025. In February, Founder and CEO Magnus MacFarlane Barrow was invited to speak at the Vatican's inaugural World Leaders Summit on Children's Rights in Rome. In April, the organization's documentary On the Frontlines of Hunger premiered at the Sarasota (FL) Film Festival and was later screened at Westminster and London's Frontline Club as part of the 40th anniversary of Live Aid, amplifying the voices of communities in Tigray, Ethiopia affected by conflict and climate shocks.Mary's Meals received an official invitation to participate in activities during the Youth Jubilee in Rome in the summer. A prayer vigil presided over by Pope Leo XIV at Tor Vergata was a highlight, with Mary's Meals Youth Ambassadors presenting our work to the vast crowd ahead of the Pope's appearance. Three well-known Catholic singers also performed live on stage as Mary's Meals representatives. Mary's Meals International school feeding model continues to be an effective solution for addressing global hunger as highlighted in our annual Impact Reports, which can be found on our website, www.marysmealsusa.org . Throughout 2024, Mary's Meals tracked child-focused indicators

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 94.5%; rating input score 94
• Program expense ratio: 95.5%; rating input score 95
• Fundraising efficiency: $56.97 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
  • Requires narrative reports: Fail
  • Conducts field audits: Pass
  • May suspend future funding: Fail
  • Requires financial reports: Pass
  • Conducts site visits: Pass
  • Requires grant agreements: Fail
  • May require repayment: Fail
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 1.1%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 1.2%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 16.9% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 17.4% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings