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Kraft Heinz Company Foundation Commits $12 million to Rise Against Hunger

NonProfit PRO

Extending a partnership that began in 2013, Kraft Heinz Company Foundation announced a major donation to an international hunger nonprofit organization to help alleviate world hunger.

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Food Bank For New York City: Working to End Hunger since 1983

DipJar

Hunger-relief organizations are among the most supported types of nonprofits using DipJar. Over the course of her career – which includes multiple hunger-related organizations – she has seen firsthand the impact hunger has on communities, large and small. million New Yorkers currently facing food insecurity.

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A powerful new tool to combat hunger and homelessness

Candid

The response was clear: In that moment, our donors were focused most on hunger and homelessness in the United States, two interwoven problems that have been greatly exacerbated by the ripple effects of COVID-19. . The severity of the hunger and homelessness crises varies by region, state, and community.

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Addressing Hunger Together: Submit Your Ideas for the Next Impact Labs

Saleforce Nonprofit

That’s why hunger is such a complex and urgent issue. With 690 million people dealing with hunger — nearly nine percent of the global population — the impacts of inequitable access to food and nutrition have a ripple effect that reaches every corner of society. We Need Your Help: Share Your Ideas for Addressing Hunger.

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How Three Organizations Are Using Link2Feed to Fight Hunger

Tech Soup Blog

alone, more than 35 million people experienced hunger in 2019. In the U.S. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, an additional 42 million people, including 13 million children, could be added to that list.

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Feeding the World Together: Our First Zero Hunger Summit

Saleforce Nonprofit

Last week, we hosted the first ever Zero Hunger Summit during Dreamforce. Food and nutrition insecurity is growing around the world, with over 690 million people dealing with hunger. The Zero Hunger Summit was one of those spaces. So, what comes after our Zero Hunger Summit? The Future of Food Assistance.

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Lillian D. Singh Joins Share Our Strength as Senior VP of Family Economic Opportunity

NonProfit PRO

Share Our Strength, a national anti-hunger organization has appointed Lillian D. Singh as its new Senior Vice President of Family Economic Opportunity.

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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

Hunger is a global issue that affects everyone, everywhere. A couple of weeks ago, we announced our first cohort on Zero Hunger, focusing on food insecurity in the United States. But as we know, getting to Zero Hunger will take collaboration from all regions, with multiple approaches to address the contributing factors.

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Fighting Hunger at the Holidays

Wild Apricot

We're joining with VolunteerMatch to help fight hunger over the holidays. Here is some insight into hunger in North America and food banks that are easing hunger in our communities.

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Share Our Strength President and CEO Tom Nelson To Retire

NonProfit PRO

After 10 years of dedicated service to their mission to end hunger and poverty in the U.S. and abroad, Share Our Strength’s President and CEO Tom Nelson will retire effective June 30, 2022.

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How Nonprofits Can Steward Corporate Donors on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The two organizations are partners that share the same cause – fighting hunger – yet they have different philosophies and audiences, leading them to pursue different approaches with fundraising and communications. This helps them to continue to drive awareness and support for the anti-hunger movement. Feeding America.

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Force Multiplier Podcast Episode 1: Addressing Hidden Hunger in our Communities

Saleforce Nonprofit

The good news, this change is coming slowly with organizations shifting focus and adopting new policies and programs to promote healthier, more balanced lifestyles to increase options and opportunities, especially for those facing real hunger.”. Food insecurity. Nutrition insecurity. Feeding America’s Vast Network of Partners.

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Measuring World Hunger Day

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Measuring World Hunger Day – a guest post by Geoff Livingston. As the lead social strategist for the World Hunger Relief Project a social fundraising giving day on World Food Day this October 16 , I was given two goals: Encourage 10,000 people to raise $200,000.

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Is it a movement or a moment?

Candid

For example, across East Africa, our teams work with Youth Champions to elevate awareness of the drivers of hunger, including the climate crisis, conflict, and chronic inequality. We know hunger is preventable, and the event offered an opportunity to rethink how we approach the issue. If you want to go far, go together.”

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2021 Nonprofit Professionals of the Year

NonProfit PRO

From improving healthcare to ending world hunger to eliminating LGBTQ youth suicide, our 2021 Nonprofit Professionals of the Year honorees have had such a profound impact on making the world a better place.

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North Texas Food Bank Receives $10.5 Million Gift from Perot Family

NonProfit PRO

The Perot donation will give immediate and lasting support to the fight against hunger. The gift provides $10 million that will be permanently invested in the NTFB’s Feeding North Texas Foundation.

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Nonprofits Require Immediate Communication To Serve Immediate Needs

NonProfit PRO

When you think of hunger, severe weather or abandoned animals, I’d be willing to bet your first thought isn’t “that can wait.” These are all pressing, immediate issues, requiring quick intervention — often from local nonprofits — to save lives.

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Collaborating for New Solutions To Persistent Societal Challenges

Saleforce Nonprofit

These days, persistent societal challenges are on the rise: hunger, mental health issues, contagious disease, conflict, chronic inequality, and the climate crisis. An Urgent Issue Today, as many as 828 million people — one in ten worldwide — face hunger, a number that has grown 22 % since the start of the pandemic.

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Food Charities Create Networks of Resiliency with the Tackle Hunger Map

Tech Soup Blog

In 2020, one in five U.S. residents sought out food assistance. That was an increase of 50 percent from the year before, according to Feeding America. The increased need continues to be seen across the country as families contend with rising costs of living.

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A Free Agent for Hunger: Pittsburgh Tote Bag Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Sue Kerr has put her social media savvy to work to fight hunger in the Greater Pittsburgh area and save the environment. We plan to repeat every September to honor Hunger Action Month.”

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Fundraisers, what do we need to do now?

Hands on Fundraising

There’s war, there’s sickness, there’s hunger, there’s injustice, there’s needless death. We live in frustrating, pain-inducing times. Uvalde hit me hard. Those little ones and what they went through! It’s easy to feel powerless. But fundraisers, we need to act. The post Fundraisers, what do we need to do now?

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Four Food Charities Fighting Hunger Locally During a Pandemic

Tech Soup Blog

We spoke to four food security organizations in Colombia, Portugal, South Africa, and the United States to better understand the challenges facing organizations working in food security and the ways the pandemic has shifted operations for them.

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A Farm Bill Should Not Increase Hunger in America

Allegiance Group

Our friends at Feeding America not only provide much needed meals to hungry Americans every day, they also work hard to protect anti-hunger programs like Food Stamps. Their efforts to ensure that these programs aren’t cut from the next version of the Farm Bill is the featured action of the day on Care2.com.

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Why Social Movements Require Entrepreneurial Values

Blue Avocado

When the news broke a few months back about my nonprofit Swipe Out Hunger acquiring the College and University Food Bank Alliance (CUFBA), we received an overwhelming positive response alongside a dose of skepticism about the term “acquire.” What are you, a corporation?”

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How to Run Successful Food Drives to Help Your Community

Donorbox

Forty-one million people struggle with hunger in the United States. Your community is not immune to this problem. The best way to address this food insecurity in your neighborhood is with a food drive. Individuals can run food drives on their own or in conjunction with local nonprofit organizations.

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How Successful Nonprofits Invest, and Reinvest, in their Online Presence

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A few years ago, Hunger Solutions New York (HSNY) targeted service providers as their primary audience. HSNY’s website now also targets individuals looking for hunger-relief services for themselves and their families, and offers content that reflects this shift, such as a SNAP pre-screening tool. The web is always changing.

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I'm Taking the Pledge Against Hunger, Won't You?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Foodbanks, soup kitchens, and many other nonprofits that address the hunger issue are being hit by a triple whammy. That's why I'm taking the pledge to end hunger because if we all do a little bit - it can go a long way. To become a Champion, all you need to do is: Sign the Hunger Pledge. Tags: hunger. And You can too!

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Cash: A Vital Way to Support Families in Need

Charity Navigator

Action Against Hunger , a 4-Star rated nonprofit earning a Leadership & Adaptability beacon, shares a key strategic humanitarian approach, utilized by non-governmental organizations in times of crisis to effectively deliver on their mission. Cash transfers have increasingly become a crucial form of international assistance. Why is that?

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New Food Banks Canada research shows 7 million Canadians report going hungry

Charity Village

More Canadians report they are facing hunger and food insecurity due to rising inflation and housing costs, according to newly released data from Food Banks Canada.

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5 Important Marketing Lessons Nonprofits Can Learn From The Hunger Games

Connection Cafe

Fans’ obsession with the Hunger Games saga isn’t by chance. As a Hunger Games fanatic (if Disney creates a Panem-based theme park, I’ll be first in line to visit the Capitol), I’ve been thinking about how nonprofits can learn from the phenomenon and generate this type of dedicated following. Hunger Games Lesson 3: Precision Matters.

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How to Help After the Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria

Qgiv

Feed the Hunger, Inc. The Syrian American Medical Society is collecting funds to support medical efforts in the area. Islamic Relief USA is also raising funds to help the relief efforts after the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. created a Turkey and Syria Aid and Relief fund to respond to the devastating earthquakes.

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3 Tips For Creating A Nonprofit Strategic Plan

Care2

Whether it's to protect endangered species, fight global hunger or increase children’s literacy rates, your organization aims to make the world a better place. Nonprofits have big goals for the future.

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Bringing Hope Home in Central Florida

DipJar

For millions of Americans, hunger became a new and unwelcome fact of life. The DipJars were on the move during the pandemic, popping up at two local BBQ joints during Hunger Action Month in September. We’re not going to eradicate hunger. The nonprofit had three DipJars and everyone was feeling optimistic. Wish we could.

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82 Fundraising and Social Media Stats for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The top five causes for women are children and youth (15%), animals and wildlife (13%), health and wellness (10%), human and social services (8%), and hunger and homelessness (8%) ( Global Trends in Giving Report ). Their top five causes are children and youth (16%), animals and wildlife (13%), health and wellness (9%), hunger and.

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Try Eating for $4 a Day. Join The Hunger Challenge

Have Fun - Do Good

I didn't, until I read about the San Francisco Food Bank's Hunger Challenge. Last year, 6 food bloggers and recipe developers tried to eat 3 meals on $3 per day during the 2008 San Francisco Food Bank's Hunger Challenge. Hat tip to Tyson Foods Hunger Relief 's post Hunger Twitterers ).

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Are You Ready For the Giving Tuesday Movement?

VisionLink

Our customers will use countless and ‘countful’ volumes of CommunityOS™ data and program resources to articulate the impact of their humanitarian programs across housing, hunger and health services, to name a few. This digital-storytelling becomes critically important when compelling strangers to give dollars toward your work.

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New App-based Nonprofit Aims at Curing Hunger | News - KEYT

AFP Blog

New App-based Nonprofit Aims at Curing Hunger | News - KEYT : "1Family 1Restaurant is a innovative new web based/mobile app program with a goal to cure family hunger in America.

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'Spoontember' Campaign Aims to Spur Action on Hunger - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

AFP Blog

Spoontember' Campaign Aims to Spur Action on Hunger - The Chronicle of Philanthropy : "National food-bank network Feeding America is running a monthlong multimedia effort branding September as "Spoontember" to raise awareness and spur giving to combat hunger, writes Digiday." 'via via Blog this'

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13 of the Best Nonprofit Videos from the Last 13 Years

Nonprofit Tech for Good

World Hunger: A Billion for a Billion. Anti-Defamation League. Follow the Frog. Rainforest Alliance. It’s Time | Marriage Equality. The Things They Said… Survival International. World Food Programme. Hollywood Declares Themselves. The world has changed. You can too. World Wildlife Fund Canada. Global Night Commute: I Got Soul.

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CROS Ministries Grows Individual Gifts by over 533%

Qgiv

So, they shifted their fundraising efforts to focus on Hunger Action Month and their “Stand in the Gap End-of-Year Match Appeal.”. Hunger Action Month. CROS asked everyone to get involved and go “orange” for the month of September in support of Hunger Action Month. They raised $5,711 online during the month of September.

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