Our Impact

Our Progress to Date

Much of our progress in 2010 was in building capacity to put momentum behind the No Kid Hungry® Campaign. If you would like to see organizational milestones over the course of our history, please see Our History.

State- or city-based No Kid Hungry programmatic partnerships

  • Established seven partnerships: Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, New Orleans, Washington state and the District of Columbia.
  • Identified 18 additional possibilities for 2011, with a goal of establishing 10 of them.

Nutrition Education

  • Added four Cooking Matters programs in as many states—California, New Jersey, Maine and Connecticut—for a total of 26 programs in 22 states.

School Breakfast

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  • With the Childrens Alliance and End Childhood Hunger Washington, increased participation in Washington state by 32% between 2005 and 2009, and served 1 million more school breakfasts in 2009 vs. 2008.
  • With the Partnership to End Childhood Hunger in Maryland, increased participation 7% in Maryland in 2009.

Summer Meals

  • As part of the Campaign to End Childhood Hunger, increased sites providing summer meals in Colorado to 309, a 54% increase, and served 900,000 more summer meals, more than ever before.
  • With our partners, increased participation in Maryland by 17% (the second-highest increase in the country) and served 8,000 more children.
  • As part of the Florida Partnership to End Childhood Hunger, brought summer meals programs to all 67 counties in Florida, a 78% increase over 2004 levels. In Orange County alone, 5,100 more children received summer meals in 2009.
  • Published a report on the success of our summer meals efforts, Tackling Summer Hunger: Ensuring No Kid Goes Hungry When School Is Out

SNAP (food stamps)

  • With our partners, increased participation in Washington state by 64% between August 2008 and May 2010, helping 370,000 more families receive benefits.
  • Increased number of farmers markets accepting Basic Food Program (SNAP) debit cards by 76% in2009. Basic Food Program redemptions at farmers markets rose $108,738 during that time.

WIC

  • With the Partnership to End Childhood Hunger in the Nation’s Capital, increased participation in the District of Columbia by 17% in two years, providing benefits to nearly 2,500 more pregnant women, infants and children under 5.

Community Investment (grants)

  • In 2009, provided 284 nonprofits with grants totaling just over $4.5 million to support our programmatic priorities.

Public Awareness and Advocacy

    Jeff Bridges helps launch the No Kid Hungry Campaign
  • Launched the No Kid Hungry Campaign Nov. 10, 2010 with national spokesperson and Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
  • Through extensive broadcast, print, and on-line coverage related to the No Kid Hungry launch, dramatically raised the profile of childhood hunger in the U.S. and the solutions provided by the No Kid Hungry strategy. Engaged 26 corporate and anti-hunger alliance partners in public-awareness, cause marketing and employee involvement aspects of the No Kid Hungry Campaign before its November 10 launch.
  • Successfully advocated Congress to add a State Hunger Challenge Grant program to the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill.
  • Brought top chefs to Congressional offices to advocate for a strong Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill.
  • Recruited 700 chefs for the launch of First Lady’s "Chefs Move to Schools".

Fundraising

  • Raised $24.8 million in 2010 through our fundraising platforms (Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation, Great American Bake Sale, Dine Out for No Kid Hungry and A Tasteful Pursuit), donations and corporate sponsorships.
  • Welcomed 20,000 No Kid Hungry Pledge-Takers
  • Provided grants to 305 organizations in 2010, totaling $3.9 million.

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