Feeding America

Feeding America
Formation1979; 45 years ago (1979) (as America's Second Harvest)
FounderJohn van Hengel
TypeNon-profit
36-3673599
Headquarters161 North Clark Street Suite 700,[1] Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Coordinates41°53′11″N 87°37′36″W / 41.88639°N 87.62667°W / 41.88639; -87.62667
Region served
United States
Membership
200 food banks
CEO
Claire Babineaux-Fontenot
Main organ
Board of directors
Revenue
$3.574 billion (2021)[2]
Websitefeedingamerica.org

Feeding America is a United States–based non-profit organization that is a nationwide network of more than 200 food banks that feed more than 46 million people through food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and other community-based agencies.[3] Forbes ranks it as the largest U.S. charity by revenue.[4] Feeding America was known as America's Second Harvest until August 31, 2008.[5]

  1. ^ "AnnReport 2020" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Feeding America". Forbes. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  3. ^ "Hunger in America 2014". Feeding America. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  4. ^ "#2 The 100 Largest U.S. Charities 2018". Forbes. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  5. ^ "Second Harvest Heartland Feeding America". AgWired: News from the World of Agribusiness. September 2, 2008. Retrieved August 27, 2016.