Hunger & Food Policy

September Is Hunger Action Month

September 15, 2023

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September Is Hunger Action Month

Sep 15, 2023

September is Hunger Action month. Consider donating to a Top-Rated charity today. ...

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Celebrate Summer 2023 with a donation to a CharityWatch Top-...

Jun 19, 2023

Happy Summer 2023 from CharityWatch! In celebration of summer why not consider a donation to a CharityWatch Top-Rated Housing & Housing Equity charity or a Hunger & Food Policy charity. ...

Happy Summer 2023 from CharityWatch! In celebration of summer why not consider a donation to a CharityWatch Top-Rated Housing &...

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Happy Father's Day from CharityWatch!

Jun 15, 2023

In honor and celebration of Father’s Day, why not consider a donation to a CharityWatch Top-Rated charity....

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Happy Mother's Day from CharityWatch!

May 08, 2023

In honor and celebration of the special mother in your life, consider a donation to a CharityWatch Top-Rated charity. ...

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5 Steps For Informed Giving

Nov 22, 2022

Giving Tuesday is only a reminder. Every day is a good day to support the charitable causes that are important to you. Find a CharityWatch Top-Rated charity to support...

Giving Tuesday is only a reminder. Every day is a good day to support the charitable causes that are important to you. Find a Char...

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Food For The Hungry Named CharityWatch Top-Rated Charity

Oct 13, 2022

Food For The Hungry meets CharityWatch's benchmarks for Top-Rated status based on our analysis of its fiscal year 2021 financial reporting. However, it is ultimately up to you to decide which charities you want to suppor...

Food For The Hungry meets CharityWatch's benchmarks for Top-Rated status based on our analysis of its fiscal year 2021 f...

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September is Hunger Action Month

Sep 18, 2022

September is Hunger Action month. According to the USDA, more than 34 million people (including 9 million children) in the United States are food insecure.

September is Hunger Action month. According to the USDA, more than 34 million people (including 9 million children) in the United ...

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Non-cash Donations Obscure How Efficiently A Charity Is Real...

Feb 08, 2022

A charity might spent 90% of your donation on fundraising and overhead costs, but by running large volumes of non-cash donations through its books, it can make itself appear to be operating highly efficiently. ...

A charity might spent 90% of your donation on fundraising and overhead costs, but by running large volumes of non-cash donations t...

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You're on the Case! Help CharityWatch Investigate '?' Charit...

Dec 04, 2020

Wise donors like you turn to CharityWatch for ratings and quality reporting on wrongdoing in the nonprofit sector because you know we aren’t afraid to name names and hold charities accountable to their donors...

Wise donors like you turn to CharityWatch for ratings and quality reporting on wrongdoing in the nonprofit sec...

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

Feb 24, 2020

(Updated April 1, 2021) The WHO officially declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11, 2020. This is the first pandemic caused by a coronavirus. The WHO’s director-general stated, “We have rung the alarm bell l...

(Updated April 1, 2021) The WHO officially declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11, 2020. This is the first pan...

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California AG Accuses Another Aid Charity of Misleading Dono...

Jun 24, 2019

The office of the California Attorney General (OAG) "is committed to protecting generous donors from the harm caused by misleading accounting gimmicks," states a May 30th, 2019 press release announcing the OAG's lawsuit......

The office of the California Attorney General (OAG) "is committed to protecting generous donors from the harm caused by misleading...

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Aid Charity's 95% Program Claim Is 'Unfair and Deceptive'

Jul 13, 2018

The California AG has accused Food For The Poor of using an "unfair and deceptive" program percentage statement in its fundraising solicitations. In that "95% Statement," which per the AG, "created a likelihood of confusion...

The California AG has accused Food For The Poor of using an "unfair and deceptive" program percentage statement in its fundraising...

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Feed the Children Facing Official Inquiry & Lawsuit from For...

Mar 06, 2017

(Updated on April 19, 2017) The Oklahoma City based Feed the Children (FTC), which has long received poor ratings from CharityWatch and was named “The Most Outrageous Charity in America” by us in 2009, is now facing...

(Updated on April 19, 2017) The Oklahoma City based Feed the Children (FTC), which has long received poor ratings from Chari...

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You Can't Have Your (Angel Food) Cake and Eat It Too

Aug 01, 2012

Angel Food Ministries (AFM), a Georgia-based nonprofit that provided discounted food to families in need across the U.S., has shut its doors. The group blamed factors such as the poor economy and high food and fuel costs for the s...

Angel Food Ministries (AFM), a Georgia-based nonprofit that provided discounted food to families in need across the U.S., has shut...

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View Through the Looking Glass

Apr 01, 2012

In August of 2011 CharityWatch published The Alice in Wonderland World of Charity Valuation, in which we described a serious problem among many charities that raise and distribute non-cash aid called gifts-in-kind (GIK). Charities...

In August of 2011 CharityWatch published The Alice in Wonderland World of Charity Valuation, in which we described a serious probl...

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Feed the Children Controversies Continue: Charity Accused of...

Apr 01, 2010

More bad behavior has come to light after AIP handed Feed the Children its "Most Outrageous Charity Award" in our last edition of the Charity Rating Guide. After having worked three decades at the charity, founder Larry Jones was ...

More bad behavior has come to light after AIP handed Feed the Children its "Most Outrageous Charity Award" in our last edition of ...

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The Most Outrageous Charity in America: Larry Jones' Feed th...

Dec 01, 2009

From forged audits and alleged employee theft in the late '90s to alleged burglary and board coup staging within the past year, no other major charity can match Feed the Children's record of outrageous behavior over the past ten.....

From forged audits and alleged employee theft in the late '90s to alleged burglary and board coup staging within the past year, no...

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Charity Network Inflates Efficiency and Reduces Accountabili...

Aug 01, 2009

In May of 2009, The Arizona Republic reported on its yearlong investigation of activities between the Don Stewart Association, a Phoenix-based televangelism ministry, and its affiliated secular charities...

In May of 2009, The Arizona Republic reported on its yearlong investigation of activities between the Don Stewart Association, a P...

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Charity Questions the Value of Donated Goods: How $118,000 S...

Apr 01, 2009

Feed the Children is practically a household name thanks to its celebrity endorsers and television infomercials featuring malnourished children in impoverished areas of the globe. The charity claims...

Feed the Children is practically a household name thanks to its celebrity endorsers and television infomercials featuring malnouri...

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Charity Head Stages Failed Coup

Apr 01, 2009

Larry Jones, founder of the well-known hunger charity Feed the Children, was recently mentioned in an ongoing court case in which the group's longstanding board of directors claim they were unlawfully ousted by Jones...

Larry Jones, founder of the well-known hunger charity Feed the Children, was recently mentioned in an ongoing court case in which ...

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All-in-the-Family Charities Receive F's

Apr 01, 2009

While not all charities that have family members running them receive poor grades from the American Institute of Philanthropy, many of them do. The Chronicle of Philanthropy last September published "Family Ties: a Sampling of Cha...

While not all charities that have family members running them receive poor grades from the American Institute of Philanthropy, man...

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Food is Only a Small Portion of What Feed the Children Distr...

Apr 01, 2005

Feed the Children, an AIP F-rated charity that spends only 18% of its cash budget on program services and spends 60% on direct mail and television and radio ads, has been enormously successful obtaining gifts in kind...

Feed the Children, an AIP F-rated charity that spends only 18% of its cash budget on program services and spends 60% on direct mai...

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Are Charity Boards Asleep at the Wheel? Nonprofit Governance...

Apr 01, 2003

Confidence in nonprofit organizations is at the lowest level in two decades and one-third of Americans who are 57 or older have less confidence in nonprofit organizations over the last 2 years, according to a September 2002 survey...

Confidence in nonprofit organizations is at the lowest level in two decades and one-third of Americans who are 57 or older have le...

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Charity Circulated Forged Audits

Nov 01, 2000

When are audited financial statements unaudited? When the accompanying audit report is fake. The fiscal 1999 and 1998 financial statements of Feed the Children distributed to AIP and state regulators contain the forged signature o...

When are audited financial statements unaudited? When the accompanying audit report is fake. The fiscal 1999 and 1998 financial st...

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