- Sonya Rice

1. - Sonya Rice

2. What is it ?

3. A Non-partisan, Christian citizens’ movement • Purpose: "to urge our nation's decision makers to end hunger at home and abroad.” • Early 1970’s Catholics and Protestants and Rev. Arthur Simon • 1974:New York, 500 members • Today: 58,000 members nationwide, 3000 churches • Affiliates: Bread for the World Institute

 What is it?

4. What does it do?

5. 850 million people in the world go hungry • Developing countries- 6 million children die each year • U.S. – 12.4 million children in households that skip meals • 1/10 households in the U.S. live with hunger Hunger Statistics

6. “Confronts the problem of hunger” 1. Writing personal letters and emails and meeting with our members of Congress What does it do?

7. What does it do? “Confronts the problem of hunger” by: • 2. working through churches, campuses and other organizations to engage more people in advocacy

8. What does it do? “Confronts the problem of hunger” by: • 3. Inviting churches across the U.S. to take up an annual nationwide “Offering of Letters to Congress” on an issue that is important to hungry and poor people

9. 2012: A Circle of Protection The Offering of Letters to Congress

10. 4 mini-campaigns: 1. domestic nutrition assistance 2. poverty-focused foreign assistance 3. tax credits for low-income families 4. international food aid programs The Offering of Letters to Congress

11. 2007 –the largest ever fundraising increase for food stamps & food banks 2008 – $1.8 billion to respond to the global hunger crisis 2009 – bipartisan bills introduced that began the process of reforming the Foreign Assistance Act Past Campaign Results

12. Financial Report • 2009 program expenses: • Public education $2,372,360 • Outreach and advocacy $1,722,674 • Public policy $1,013,476 Total Program Expenses: $5,108,510 Total Income: $4,636,640 Charity Review

13. Governance: • Chief Executive: David Beckmann (1991) • Compensation: $63,905 • 1.88% (+$134,180 as president of Bread for the World Institute) How does this compare to other organizations? Charity Review http://www.lakejunaluska.com/david-beckmann/

14. Governance for Top NGO’s: • PIH • Ophelia Dahl, President and Executive Director • 0.10% • Doctors Without Borders • Sophie Delaunay, Executive Director • 0.08% Charity Review http://theglobaljournal.net/top100NGOs/

15. Expenses Breakdown Charity Review $5,880,810 $559,959 $146,060

16. Charity Review Doctors Without Borders Partners In Health $86,180,080 $124,080,477 $2,843,081 $18,874,268 $2,358,177 $2,186,692

17. Revenue/Expenses Trend: Charity Review $

18. Charity Review Doctors Without Borders Partners In Health $ $

19. Questions?

20. http://www.bbb.org/charity-reviews/national/law-and-public-interest/bread-for-the-world-in-washington-dc-1548http://www.bbb.org/charity-reviews/national/law-and-public-interest/bread-for-the-world-in-washington-dc-1548 http://www.bread.org/ http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=5376 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_for_the_World http://theglobaljournal.net/top100NGOs/ References