Rise Against Hunger
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
RISE AGAINST HUNGER, INC. IS AN INTERNATIONAL HUNGER RELIEF NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT IS DRIVEN BY A VISION OF A WORLD WITHOUT HUNGER AND A MISSION TO END HUNGER IN OUR LIFETIME. RISE AGAINST HUNGER DISTRIBUTES FOOD AND OTHER LIFE-CHANGING AID TO THE WORLD'S MOST VULNERABLE, AND WORKS TO CREATE A GLOBAL COMMITMENT TO MOBILIZE THE NECESSARY RESOURCES. RISE AGAINST HUNGER UTILIZES MULTIPLE PLATFORMS FOR ENGAGING KEY STAKEHOLDERS TO ACHIEVE ITS MISSION AND VISION FOR A WORLD WITHOUT HUNGER. THE ORGANIZATION'S POPULAR COMMUNITY-SUPPORTED MEAL PACKAGING EVENTS ARE IDEAL FOR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROJECTS FOR COMMUNITY LEADERS AND VOLUNTEERS FROM LOCAL CORPORATIONS, FAITH CONGREGATIONS, SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS WHO PACKAGE HIGH-PROTEIN, HIGHLY NUTRITIOUS MEALS.
- Income
- $94.5 million
- Spending
- $88.1 million
- Spent on programs
- 94%
- Reserves
- 1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 99%
- Employees
- 240
- Volunteers
- 281,125
- Highest pay
- $241,866, chief executive officer
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 65 out of 100. Higher than 39% of charities in its peer group (international, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 1.0 months of spending.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 37% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 7% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 32% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1594% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 1 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 35% of charities in its peer group (international, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2511 of 11 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Reports results. Its tax return states measurable results. These are its own figures and nobody has checked them.
Results it reports
- 495,346 people were served through the portfolio's activities worldwide.Work delivered
- Food assistance was distributed in 19 countries.Work delivered
- 1,056,079 people received direct and indirect support such as training and technical assistance.Work delivered
- 7,918,816 people experiencing humanitarian crises were reached in 17 countries.Work delivered
- 281,125 people were engaged through the meal-packaging program.Work delivered
Read from the return by an AI model and shown only where the wording was found in the return. These are the charity's own figures.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $1.3 million spent. THROUGH OUR NOURISHING LIVES PORTFOLIO,THE ORGANIZATION WORKS ALONGSIDE COMMUNITIES TOWARD A FUTURE IN WHICH THEY CAN THRIVE, WHILE SUPPORTING SAFETY NET PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE NOURISHMENT, SERVING AS A CONDUIT FOR SKILLS TRAINING OR SERVICES THAT SUPPORT THE JOURNEY OUT OF POVERTY. ONE IN THREE PEOPLE WORLDWIDE ARE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY VITAMIN AND MINERAL DEFICIENCIES. THE ORGANIZATION'S MEALS ARE FORMULATED TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE ARRAY OF MINERALS AND MICRONUTRIENTS. THE MEALS INCLUDE ENRICHED RICE, SOY PROTEIN, DRIED VEGETABLES AND 18 ESSENTIAL VITAMINS AND NUTRIENTS. THE MEALS AND OTHER FORMS OF IN-KIND AID ARE DISTRIBUTED PRIMARILY TO SUPPORT TRANSFORMATIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SCHOOL MEALS PROGRAMS, VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS, MEDICAL CLINICS AND ORPHANAGES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. THE ORGANIZATION'S MEALS ARE PROVIDED IN SCHOOLS BOLSTERING ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE OF STUDENTS AND IN COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS TO OFFSET PRODUCTIVE TIME LOST WHILE ATTENDING TRAINING SESSIONS. MEALS DISTRIBUTED IN HOSPITALS AND CLINICS MAY SUPPORT PATIENTS' NUTRITIONAL NEEDS AND COMPLEMENT THEIR TREATMENT. IN 2024, THE NOURISHING LIVES PORTFOLIO MANAGED PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS TO BUILD MORE EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE IMPACT. WORLDWIDE 495,346 PEOPLE WERE SERVED THROUGH ACTIVITIES OF THIS PORTFOLIO, WITH THE ORGANIZATION FOOD ASSISTANCE DISTRIBUTED IN 19 COUNTRIES. IN THE NOURISHING LIVES PORTFOLIO, THE ORGANIZATION DISTRIBUTED MEALS TO 52% MALES AND 48% FEMALES, WITH 97% OF THE FOOD ASSISTANCE USED BY YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT 6% OF PARTICIPANTS CONSUMING THE ORGANIZATION FOOD ASSISTANCE WERE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 5, WITH THIS LIFE STAGE BEING EXTREMELY CRITICAL FOR HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH. AS THE ORGANIZATION ALIGNS WITH U.N. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL #2 TARGETS AND INDICATORS, WHICH SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES ENDING MALNOURISHMENT IN CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS OF AGE, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON REACHING THIS CRUCIAL AGE GROUP.
- $890,979 spent. THROUGH OUR EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES PORTFOLIO, WE AIM TO INCREASE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND INCOMES THROUGH PROGRAMS PROMOTING IMPROVED AGRICULTURAL METHODS, BUSINESS SKILLS AND MARKET SYSTEMS. IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, FARMERS ARE SOME OF THE MOST FOOD-INSECURE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. FARM YIELDS ARE CONSTRAINED BY AVAILABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY OF QUALITY SEEDS AND FERTILIZERS. CLIMATE CHANGE HAS MADE WEATHER PATTERNS UNPREDICTABLE, AFFECTING PLANTING AND HARVESTING SEASONS, AS WELL AS THE AVAILABILITY OF FODDER FOR ANIMAL HERDS. THOSE IN RURAL AREAS OFTEN LACK ACCESS TO MARKETS WHERE THEY CAN GET FAIR PRICES FOR THEIR PRODUCE. OUR PROJECTS HELP SMALLHOLDER FARMERS BUILD RESILIENCE TO THE SHOCKS AND STRESSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE BY PROMOTING ECOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO AGRICULTURE, AS WELL AS DIVERSIFICATION. FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT GROW THEIR OWN FOOD, INCOME IS A KEY DETERMINANT IN ACQUIRING ADEQUATE NUTRITION. THROUGH BUSINESS TRAINING, WE HELP INDIVIDUALS INCREASE THEIR EARNING POTENTIAL AND THUS THEIR CONSISTENT ACCESS TO FOOD. IN 2024, OUR OBJECTIVES WERE TO BOLSTER LONG-TERM SELF RELIANT PROJECTS THROUGH EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES, STRATEGICALLY STEWARDING PARTNERSHIPS AND FUNDS TO STRENGTHEN STRATEGY FORMULATION AND DECISION-MAKING. THE ORGANIZATION'S COMMITMENT TO TACKLE COMPLEX, UNDERLYING ISSUES THAT GIVE RISE TO HUNGER AND FOOD INSECURITY WAS ATTESTED THROUGH EIGHT ON-THE-GROUND PROJECTS IN INDIA,MALAWI, MALI, PHILIPPINES,SOUTH AFRICA,SOUTH SUDAN AND ZIMBABWE. THROUGH THESE INITIATIVES, 1,056,079 PEOPLE RECEIVED BOTH DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUPPORT, SUCH AS TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THAT ENABLED THEM TO BENEFIT FROM INCREASED ACCESS TO FOOD AND IMPROVED NUTRITION AT HOUSEHOLD LEVEL,,INCREASED FOOD PRODUCTION AND INCOME GENERATED. THE EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES PROJECTS FOCUS ON SEVERAL OVERARCHING THEMES AIMED FOR GREATER EFFICIENCY AND IMPACT: INCREASED FOOD PRODUCTION, SKILLS TRAINING, ACCESS TO WATER, BUSINESS FINANCING, NUTRITION TRAINING, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND INCREASED INCOMES. OVERALL, THE SUPPORT FROM THE ORGANIZATION FOR PROJECTS WITH WORK TOWARDS ADDRESSING THESE COMPLEX ISSUES DIRECTLY AFFECTING FOOD INSECURITY AND HUNGER HAS HAD AN EXPONENTIAL GROWTH SINCE INCEPTION OF OUR PATHWAYS TO END HUNGER IN 2016 REFLECTING THE CHANGING NATURE AND UNDERSTANDING OF FOOD SECURITY.
- $61.6 million spent. THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUES ITS LEGACY OF COMMITMENT TO BOTH DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL CRISIS RESPONSE AND RELIEF FROM FAMINE, NATURAL AND MANMADE DISASTERS AND HEALTH EPIDEMICS. THE ORGANIZATION RESPONDS TO SUDDEN AND ONGOING CRISES TO MEET IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF AFFECTED POPULATIONS AND SUPPORT THEIR TRANSITION TOWARD RECOVERY. THE ORGANIZATION HAS RESPONDED TO EMERGENCIES BY DISTRIBUTING FOOD ASSISTANCE, NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT, WATER FILTERS, HYGIENE KITS AND OTHER IN-KIND DONATIONS TO THOSE DISPLACED BY NATURAL DISASTERS AND MAN-MADE CRISES. IN BUILDING THE RESILIENCE OF VULNERABLE PEOPLE, THE ORGANIZATION WORKS HAND-IN-HAND WITH A HOST OF ORGANIZATIONS TO ENSURE THAT OUR MEALS AND OTHER LIFE-CHANGING AID CAN REACH COMMUNITIES IN CRISIS EFFECTIVELY AND ACCORDING TO NEED. TO DATE, THE EFFORTS OF THE ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN CONCENTRATED IN RESPONDING TO SUDDEN ONSET DISASTERS SUCH AS FLASH FLOODS, HURRICANES AND EARTHQUAKES, AND RESPONDING TO SLOW-ONSET DISASTERS OR EMERGENCIES DEFINED BY THEIR GRADUAL TRAJECTORY, OFTEN BASED ON A CONFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT EVENTS, BY RESPONDING TO PROTRACTED CRISIS OR COMPLEX EMERGENCIES DEFINED BY A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION OF THE POPULATION BEING ACUTELY VULNERABLE TO DEATH, DISEASE AND DISRUPTION OF LIVELIHOODS OVER A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. TO BETTER PREPARE TO EFFECTIVELY RESPOND TO MOMENTS OF CRISIS,THE ORGANIZATION INITIATED PROJECTS TO PREPARE ITSELF FOR AND REDUCE THE LENGTH OF TIME IN RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES BY PREPOSITIONING SUPPLIES AND INITIATING STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WITH LIKE-MINDED ORGANIZATIONS. IN 2024, THE ORGANIZATION REACHED 7,918,816 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HUMANITARIAN CRISES IN 17 COUNTRIES. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED $60,702,027 MILLION IN CRISIS RELIEF ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF MEALS, CASH GRANTS, GIFTS IN KIND AND SUPPORT FOR TRANSPORT, SHIPPING AND HANDLING, PROVIDING LIFE-SAVING ASSISTANCE IN COLLABORATION WITH 12 PARTNERS AND THE ORGANIZATION CONFEDERATION MEMBER LOCATIONS.
- $19.3 million spent. THE ORGANIZATION ENGAGED 281,125 PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD TO END HUNGER THROUGH ITS EXPANDING MEAL-PACKAGING PROGRAM, ENABLING PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO ENGAGE IN HANDS-ON SERVICE, AS WELL AS TO USE THEIR VOICES TO SUPPORT OUR ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES. THE ORGANIZATION HAS ENGAGED PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD TO END HUNGER THROUGH THE FORMATION OF INDEPENDENT NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION ("NGO") AFFILIATES. IN 2024, THE ORGANIZATION HAD AFFILIATE MEMBERS IN SOUTH AFRICA, ITALY, THE PHILIPPINES, MALAYSIA AND INDIA. ORGANIZATION AFFILIATES HAVE ACCESS TO THE ORGANIZATION KNOWHOW, BRANDING, AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. IN 2024, THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUED TO BOLSTER THE FOUR OVERARCHING STRATEGIC PRIORITIES NAMELY; A)NOURISHING LIVES; B)EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES; C) RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES AND; D) GROWING THE MOVEMENT. WHILE THE ORGANIZATION SERVES AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EACH YEAR, THE GLOBAL NEED IS FAR GREATER THAN THOSE WE CAN REACH THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS ALONE. THE NEED IS GREAT, AND THE ORGANIZATION ACKNOWLEDGES THAT BY RAISING OUR COLLECTIVE VOICES, WE CAN TOUCH MORE LIVES, INCREASE OUR COLLECTIVE IMPACT AND ULTIMATELY HAVE A WORLD WITHOUT HUNGER.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since March 1998.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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