Feed The Children

Feed The Children, founded in 1979, is a non-profit relief organization, guided by Christian values, whose stated mission is "providing hope and resources for those without life's essentials". In FY 2011, Feed The Children distributed more than 104 million pounds of food and other essentials to children and their families in all 50 states and internationally. During its 33-year history, Feed The Children has worked around the globe.

Feed The Children currently has a 4-Star Rating, the highest available, from Charity Navigator, the most experienced charity evaluator in the United States.

In addition, through its partnership with NAEHCY (National Association of Educators for Homeless Children and Youth), Feed The Children has distributed more than 500,000 backpacks filled with school supplies, food and personal care items to homeless children enrolled in U.S. public schools. In Africa, Asia, Central and South America and The Philippines, Feed The Children provides more than 350,000 meals daily through school feeding programs.

Feed The Children is currently the 25th largest charity in the United States, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Feed the Children is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Based on the rating criteria of the American Institute of Philanthropy, Feed The Children receives an "F" rating for financial efficiency for spending only 21-23 percent of its cash budget on charitable programs. Feed The Children disputes this rating, since the American Institute of Philanthropy does not include "gifts in kind" in its ratings, while other established charity rating organizations do include these gifts in their ratings. The American Institute of Philanthropy has long questioned the high value Feed the Children places on its in-kind goods, as have Feed the Children's own auditors. The American Institute of Philanthropy argues that mixing these potentially overvalued items in with the charity's cash spending would make the charity appear to be operating more efficiently than it really is which could be misleading to donors.