Maine: Food for Maine’s Future Photo by: Josh Franer
ANNUAL REPORT 2012
I am deeply honored to be part of WhyHunger’s Artists Against Hunger & Poverty Program. As a traveling musician, I feel I have a platform and a social and moral responsibility to help raise awareness and funds for community based organizations that work to combat the ever growing and completely solvable problem of hunger and poverty. The food banks in particular were an essential resource for my own family and blessing in my life as a child and young adult. I will never forget the kindness and humility shown to me and my family. Now, it makes me so proud to be able to give something back.� — Brandi Carlile Artist Against Hunger & Poverty
Maine: Good Shepherd Food Bank Photo by: Dennis Walsh
MESSAGE
FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dear Friends, 2012 was a year of resiliency. We saw it in the work of our partners on the ground who helped thousands of families struggling after the devastation of Hurricanes Sandy and Isaac. We saw it in the stories of community power and perseverance at the Food Sovereignty Prize ceremony we hosted in New York City. And in the voices of hope from thousands of National Hunger Hotline callers connecting to local, nutritious food to feed themselves and their children.
Photo by:
Moya McAllister
“Movement building means growing the numbers and commitment of people who are engaged in the struggle to end hunger and poverty at its root causes.” — Bill Ayres
Thanks to the combined efforts of the CBS Radio stations in NYC, Sirius XM Satellite Radio nationally and all our Hungerthon partners, we raised more funds and awareness than ever before through our signature Hungerthon campaign, allowing us to support, champion and serve as an ally to some of the most innovative community-based organizations. We have always believed that the most critical work to fight hunger and poverty in America happens at the grassroots. As a grassroots support organization, we work with thousands of organizations all across the U.S and the world. In 2012, we worked with 21 partners in the U.S., Asia, Africa and Latin America as part of our “Imagine There’s No Hunger” campaign in partnership with Hard Rock International and Yoko Ono Lennon. Through “Imagine,” we’ve helped to ensure that children have access to nutritious food today – over 7.2 million healthy meals - and for the rest of their lives by investing in long-term, sustainable solutions and agriculture training that rebuild local food and farm economies. As you know, summer is the time when children are hungriest because they do not receive school lunch or school breakfast. Partnering with the USDA Food and Nutrition Services we registered 18,275 summer feeding sites, the most comprehensive listing of summer meals programs in the country, and connected thousands of families in need to nutritious, free summer meals for their children.
Since the founding of our organization 38 years ago, we have always taken a dual approach to ending hunger and poverty. We understand that it’s critical to get food to those who are hungry right now. That’s the short-term immediate work. And so we work to connect hungry people to nutritious food while helping emergency food providers to improve the quality of food they provide. And we understand that to end hunger we have to understand and work at the root causes. We partner with dozens of grassroots organizations that have innovative models to promote food justice, reinvent the food system and help people and communities get out of poverty. Through programs like our Community Learning Partners initiative, we connect organizations from different parts of the US to share and replicate their best, most innovative strategies, programs and techniques. We continue on the path we began 38 years ago to fight hunger and poverty from the grassroots up by building a movement. For WhyHunger, movement building means growing the numbers and commitment of people who are engaged in the struggle to end hunger and poverty at its root causes. Successful movement building depends on forging trust and interpersonal relationships between those working together on a common goal. We are delighted to welcome new business partners, media partners, grassroots partners and individuals who joined us on this journey in 2012 and look forward to forging new relationships that help build the movement in 2013 and beyond. We hope you will join us in whatever way works for you. Peace,
Bill Ayres
Co-Founder and Executive Director
It’s not about the money. We would be doing what we could whether anyone noticed or helped support TOCA’s work. TOCA’s partnership with the “Imagine There’s No Hunger” Campaign is really precious. What’s priceless, what’s so precious, is the re-energizing and simply inspiring way that “Imagine” helps us keep on keeping on. This is not easy work, and there are no simple solutions. Some days are very difficult. So to be noticed, by people who we admire so much, and to be linked to folks across the globe who are working so hard on hunger issues in their communities: that is priceless.” — Tohono O’Odham Community Action (TOCA) Sells, Arizona
North Carolina: SEEDS Photo by: Josh Franer
OUR MISSION WhyHunger is a leader in building the movement to end hunger and poverty by connecting people to nutritious, affordable food and by supporting grassroots solutions that inspire self-reliance and community empowerment.
Combating Childhood Hunger: During the summer months, when childhood hunger in the U.S. peaks, WhyHunger helped the USDA connect 2.2 million children to free, nutritious meals in their communities. We increased the number of community-based locations for the USDA Summer Food Service Program registered in our database to 18,275 and referred more than 4,300 low-income families to a meal site in their community, nearly doubling the call volume from 2011.
ABOUT WhyHunger Founded in 1975 by the late musician Harry Chapin and current Executive Director Bill Ayres, WhyHunger is a grassroots support organization that works with more than 8,000 community-based groups across the country and around the world to fight hunger and poverty. What began as a simple commitment between two friends to make a difference has grown into an award-winning global non-profit, leading the movement to end hunger and poverty and creating a just and sustainable food system. From humble beginnings, WhyHunger remains committed to the belief that everyone deserves access to nutritious, affordable food and that together we can truly make a difference. WhyHunger brings its unique assets and history to building a broad-based social movement to end hunger. Our set of core values rests on the understanding that solutions and innovation are often found in the grassroots. WhyHunger’s programs work to support these community-based organizations as they grow and develop, and bring new ideas and practices to creating a just food system that provides universal access to nutritious and affordable food. As a grassroots support organization WhyHunger provides capacity building services, technical support and access to information and financial resources to community organizations implementing new ideas and developing groundbreaking projects to transform their communities. We build networks of grassroots organizations that share a vision of healthy, sustainable and self-reliant communities leading to greater mobilization and stronger advocacy to end poverty and hunger.
CORE PROGRAMS The Global Movements program works through international and U.S. civil society networks to link WhyHunger’s domestic work on hunger and poverty to global movements for food sovereignty and the basic rights to food, land, water and sustainable livelihoods for all people.
The National Hunger Clearinghouse collects, develops and distributes information and resources to help build the capacity of emergency food providers to address the immediate needs of struggling families and individuals while promoting self-reliance and access to healthy food. The Clearinghouse includes the National Hunger Hotline, (1.866-3.HUNGRY or 1.866.348.6479), which refers people in need anywhere in the U.S. to food pantries, soup kitchens, government programs and model grassroots organizations.
The Grassroots Action Network provides capacity building services, mentoring, training opportunities and technical assistance to organizations that are actively forging new ideas to transform communities and end hunger and poverty. Together, with a network of more than 8,000 grassroots organizations, we share their innovations, mobilize resources and connect them to each other in order to support their work to build healthier, sustainable communities that develop local food systems and strengthen local economies.
Artists Against Hunger & Poverty enlists performing artists to raise funds and awareness for the most innovative and effective community-based organizations fighting hunger and poverty on the frontlines in cities, towns and villages all across the world. WhyHunger offers artists, the artist community and the music industry an opportunity to take a stand by using their voices and resources effectively – doing what they already do so well. Through music we can all make a difference in the world.
Oregon: Adelante Mujeres Photo by: Josh Franer
2012 ACCOMPLISHMENTS ≈ Hungerthon:
WhyHunger’s biggest public outreach and fundraising campaign engages listeners through more than a dozen radio stations including all the CBS Radio stations in NYC and Sirius XM Satellite Radio nationally, and an online auction with over 150 unique experiences and memorabilia from top musicians, athletes and personalities. In 2012, we broke 27 years of Hungerthon history, raising more than $825,000 and reaching millions of people on the radio and through top-tier print and social media.
≈ National Hunger Clearinghouse:
Sharing information and resources with thousands of emergency food providers, the Clearinghouse helps build the capacity of grassroots organizations to improve the quality of the food and services they provide to clients, while connecting them to news and resources from the USDA Food and Nutrition Service. In 2012, we released Cooking Up Community, a comprehensive capacity building guide to nutrition education programs across the country, which was shared with over 4,000 unique users and has received extensive praise from food bankers, nutrition educators and academics. WhyHunger is leading the charge to get nutritious food into America’s emergency food system.
≈ Community Learning Project:
In this second year of WhyHunger’s mentoring-based project that brought together 15 community-based groups from different parts of the US to share and replicate their best, most innovative strategies, programs and techniques, we deepened the learning relationship between organic farmers in Arizona and New Mexico working on developing community-based training programs and a food justice network across the southwest border. Additionally, WhyHunger is building strategic alliances between farm-laborers and small farm owners through an on-going partnership between the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in Florida, Food for Maine’s Future in Maine and Family Farm Defenders in Wisconsin.
≈ National Hunger Hotline: WhyHunger’s committed staff, interns and volunteers at 1.866.3.HUNGRY helped more than 22,000 hungry Americans to find emergency food in their neighborhoods and get connected to federal nutrition programs, like SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) and WIC (Women, Infants and Children Program). Together with our grassroots partners in communities all across the country, we are helping seniors, veterans, working families, children and individuals in need access nutritious food all year round.
≈ Artists Against Hunger & Poverty: In 2012, AAH&P raised more than $113,000 dollars through auctions, artist ticket sales, merchandise sales and per ticket concert donations. WhyHunger’s partners at SiriusXM Satellite Radio celebrated their 10 year anniversary with a concert to kick off Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s Wrecking Ball tour at the Apollo Theater in New York City and raised over $1 million for WhyHunger and our grassroots partners. For the remainder of Springsteen’s tour, WhyHunger connected him with our local grassroots partners fighting hunger in every market, allowing local groups to raise funds and awareness at each show. In 2012, artists Trampled By Turtles, Brandi Carlile, Davy Knowles, Blurred Vision and more joined our roster.
≈ Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards: Created in 1985, the annual award supports some of the most innovative and successful community based food, hunger and poverty programs in the U.S. Over the years, WhyHunger has awarded $870,000 to 170 grassroots organizations. In 2012, five winners each received $10,000 to support unique programs ranging from sustainable agriculture-based youth initiatives and farmer training programs to food pantries that work with their clients on self-empowerment and political advocacy skills.
≈ Partnerships: From grassroots groups and national nonprofits to influencers of all kinds, from the public sector to the private, WhyHunger is bringing folks together across industries to find solutions to hunger and poverty in America and around the world. In 2012, we launched partnerships with philosophy, Sesame Workshop, Bloggers Without Borders, PS It Matters, Times Square Alliance, Countdown Entertainment and Eyeball.
≈ US Food Sovereignty Alliance:
In response to the global food crisis several years ago, WhyHunger worked with its national ally partners to convene almost eighty organizations from across the country and a the food system to form an alliance that addresses the root causes of hunger and poverty and promotes the right of people to have control over the food they eat, harvest, sell and produce. The Alliance helps grassroots groups support each other in their own local struggles and links their work with the international movement for food sovereignty. In 2012, WhyHunger worked with Alliance member organizations, shifted its leadership structure to include a majority of grassroots leadership and worked on national campaigns to raise the minimum wage for farm and food workers, while continuing to forge relationships with social movements worldwide such as La Via Campesina and MST in Brazil.
≈B uilding Community Capacity to Eliminate Food Deserts: We continued our work in the Mississippi Delta, southeastern Arizona and the central coast of California organizing multisector coalitions to increase access to healthy and nutritious food in rural areas known as “food deserts.” With funding from the WK Kellogg and Kresge Foundations, we brought together leaders from each region, innovators in the national food justice movement and WhyHunger staff for three days of networking and training in community organizing tools.
WhyHunger has a vision for a society built on self-reliance, economic justice and equal access to nutritious and affordable food. A vision that can be realized by building a broad-based social movement working towards food sovereignty or food democracy that will change our global food system.
What does it mean to be a grassroots support organization?
FROM THE GRASSROOTS UP
Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman at the 2012 Food Sovereignty Prize Ceremony Photo by: Stuart Ramson
MILESTONES Long Term Recovery:
In the aftermath of national disasters like Hurricane Isaac and Hurricane Sandy, WhyHunger’s National Hunger Hotline 1-866-3-HUNGRY fielded calls from hundreds of families affected by the storms, connecting them with emergency food assistance, government programs and support in their communities to ensure they get the resources they need for today and the support to get back on their feet for tomorrow. In 2012, WhyHunger provided funds and support to many of our long time partners in the Tri-State area that have been on the front lines, providing food, water and critical services to their neighbors in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and working on long-term recovery.
Food Sovereignty Prize:
For the first time, WhyHunger hosted the annual Food Sovereignty Prize ceremony to spotlight grassroots activists working for a more democratic food system. The ceremony was held in New York City and featured musician and activist Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman and UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Olivier De Schutter, along with Prize honorees from South Korea, Sri Lanka, Honduras and the U.S. The event drew an audience of almost 400, with a live stream viewed around the world, active social media engagement and press coverage from The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone and others. Though the annual prize began in 2009 as an alternative to the World Food Prize, 2012 marked the first time it has successfully been integrated into the mainstream discussion of hunger solutions.
“Imagine There’s No Hunger” & New Year’s Eve:
Our ongoing partnership with Hard Rock International and Yoko Ono Lennon raised $275,000 in 2012 through the sale of “Imagine” wristbands in Hard Rock Cafes around the world. Launched at a large scale media event in NYC and culminating as the official charity partner of Times Square New Year’s Eve, the “Imagine” campaign reached new heights this year engaging millions of supporters, activating dozens of artist partners and changing the fate of hungry children though sustainable agriculture. In 2012, donations raised throughout the campaign supported grassroots organizations in seventeen countries, feeding 10,000 children and their families and providing children, families and communities with training in sustainable food production to increase their ability to provide for themselves into the future.
Imagine a World Without Hunger: “Imagine There’s No Hunger” is a global campaign working with innovative grassroots partners around the world to feed nutritious farm-fresh food to children in need and teach sustainable agroecological methods of farming to ensure that communities have the capacity and resources to feed themselves today and in the years to come. Inspired by John Lennon’s vision of a world at peace and free from hunger, the campaign is a partnership with WhyHunger, Hard Rock International and Yoko Ono Lennon.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CONAMUCA
USA: Arizona
Impact since 2008 ∆H elped communities grow enough food to provide over 7.2 million meals to children in need ∆ Invested in 28 of the most innovative community based organizations in 17 countries around the globe, building their capacity and supporting local solutions ∆ Activated and educated thousands of supporters across the globe through #Imaginenohunger and text to donate campaign
Tohono O’odham Community Action
NICARAGUA
Project Bona Fide
USA Tohono O’odham Community Action (TOCA),
AZ:
Tohono O’odham Community Action has been able to promote and expand its O’odham School Foods program which has been shepherded and supported by teenagers and young adults rooted in the community. ∆ c reate a native farmer and garden training program where young adults engage with elders from the community and then pass that knowledge down to children at the grade school level ∆ leverage two community gardens and two school gardens to provide over 130,000 nutritious meals in 2012 alone.
17 COUNTRIES ASIA: China India Indonesia Sri Lanka Thailand AFRICA: Cameroon Kenya Lesotho South Africa Uganda NORTH AMERICA: Dominican Republic Haiti United States UGANDA
SOUTH AMERICA: Mexico Nicaragua Panama Venezuela
Hope North
UGANDA Hope North: NICARAGUA Project Bona Fide: Project Bona Fide has been able to provide over 25,000 healthy, local meals to over 1,000 children as well as training in sustainable agriculture at their children’s center, Cafe Infantil. ∆ n ourish children between the ages of three to six years of age and with healthy, nutritious meals that are grown on Project Bona Fide’s Farm, Finca Bona Fide ∆ teach sustainable agriculture training program to the youth at Finca Bona Fide.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Confederation of Rural Women (CONAMUCA): CONAMUCA has utilized their community space, the Tingo Community Center, to create healthy, nutritious meals on-site. ∆ l aunch four vegetable gardens that are growing corn, cassava, pigeon peas, taro, sweet potatoes and other nutrient rich crops that enrich the diets of the 250 children living in the area ∆ s upport a youth-run bread making enterprise at the Tingo Community Center
Hope North has instituted the Nutrition for Improved Learning and Health program, which provides training for 255 students in sustainable agriculture. ∆ s tudents create demonstration gardens that grow maize, cassava, groundnuts and beans ∆ c reate food security at the school and community levels through the training farm at Hope North, to provide 250,000 nutritious meals to the students as well as the staff and limit the organization’s exposure to rising food costs.
STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES World Hunger Year, Inc. (a/k/a WhyHunger) In Fiscal Year 2013, WhyHunger had total income of nearly $3 million with over 92% of expenses being used for programmatic activities that directly fulfill our mission. Our achievement of the respected Charity Navigator four-star rating for the second consecutive year reaffirms our commitment to sound fiscal management, good governance and other best practices that ensure WhyHunger is consistently executing its mission in a responsible way. Increased revenue in 2012 was due to a special Bruce Springsteen benefit concert, hosted by SiriusXM and held at the Apollo theater in NYC on March 9, 2012, that raised $1M to support WhyHunger’s work. For a complete copy of our audited financial statement, visit whyhunger.org.
Year ended March 31, Unrestricted
Temporarily Restricted
2013
2012
Revenue: -
$ 577,461
$ 300,138
Foundation grants and corporate donations
279,594
-
279,594
1,648,610
Artists Against Hunger & Poverty/Hungerthon
844,018
-
844,018
896,807
Special events, net of expenses of $146,076 and $102,160 for 2013 and 2012, respectively
261,035
-
261,035
96,595
National Hunger Clearinghouse Contract reimbursements
250,000
-
250,000
249,996
United States Department of Agriculture grant
200,000
200,000
500,000
Royalty income
529,965
-
529,965
639,673
43,167
-
43,167
496
8,265
3,845
Individual contributions
$
Net realized and unrealized gains on investments Interest and other income, net of Investment fees of $3,972 and $3,049 for 2013 and 2012, respectively
577,461
$
8,265 -
-
-
30,000
569,029
(569,029)
-
-
$ 3,562,534
(569,029)
$2,993,505
$4,366,160
Grassroots Action Network
769,202
-
769,202
735,527
Artists against Hunger and Poverty/ Hungerthon
993,628
-
993,628
909,967
Harry Chapin Self Reliance Awards
109,744
-
109,744
101,536
National Hunger Clearinghouse
498,478
-
498,478
372,928
Global Movements
503,008
-
503,008
434,871
General Media for Program Services
155,067
-
155,067
73,181
Tohono O’Odham Community Action
255,811
-
255,811
143,733
$ 3,284,938
-
$3,284,938
$2,771,743
203,986
-
203,986
192,001
Fiscal sponsorship fees Net assets released from Restrictions Total Revenue Expenses: Program Services:
Total Program Services Supporting Services:
92% goes directly to program work.
Fundraising
130,579
-
130,579
107,139
Total Supporting Services
334,565
-
334,565
299,140
Total Expenses
$ 3,619,503
-
$3,619,503
$3,070,883
(56,969)
(569,029)
(625,998)
1,295,277
1,798,138
569,029
2,367,167
1,071,890
$1,741,169
-
$1,741,169
$2,367,167
Management and General
Expenditures Change in Net Assets Net Assets, Beginning of Year Net Assets, End of Year
March 31,
2013
2012
$ 730,055
$1,851,511
Assets: Cash and cash equivalents
334,035
289,674
Contracts receivable
41,650
62,499
Accounts receivable
273,362
229,238
99,209
105,669
652,506
267,363
$2,130,817
$2,805,954
Grants payable
240,000
370,000
Accounts payable and other liabilities
143,540
61,600
Investments at fair value
Prepaid and other assets Fixed assets, net
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
Liabilities and Net Assets Liabilities:
6,108
7,187
$ 389,648
$ 438,787
1,453,126
1,510,095
Board designated
175,000
175,000
Board designated endowment fund
113,043
113,043
-
569,029
Deferred revenue Total Liabilities Commitment Net Assets: Unrestricted: Operating
Temporarily restricted Total Net Assets
1,741,169
2,367,167
$2,130,817
$2,805,954
“philosophy’s partnership with WhyHunger has inspired our team to fight hunger through creative marketing and fundraising initiatives and to get involved on the frontlines in our own community of Phoenix, Arizona through our work with the St. Mary’s Food Bank. The success of our to believe charity shower gel with Jackie Evancho raised awareness and funds for WhyHunger’s important work to support grassroots organizations fighting hunger in the U.S. and gave our passionate customers the power to make a difference. We are proud to call WhyHunger a partner and know that by supporting in their work, we are all moving one step closer to a world without hunger and poverty.” — Liz Garrett
President of philosophy
Four Star Rating: For the second year in a row, WhyHunger received the highest rating of four stars for excellence in fiscal management, accountability and transparency from America’s leading independent charity evaluator, Charity Navigator. Ninety two cents of every dollar raised goes directly to programmatic work, so when you donate to WhyHunger you can be sure your money is spent responsibly.
For a complete copy of our audited financial statement, visit whyhunger.org.
Board of Directors
Advisory Board of Directors
Edward Barron
Brian McMorrow (Vice Chair)
Robin Batteau
Stephen J. Beninati (Treasurer)
David Miller
Diane Blagman
Attorney/ Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
First Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager, Financial Advisor, RBC Wealth Management
Jen Chapin (Secretary) Songwriter/Performer
Tom Chapin
Professional Engineer, Bohler Engineering, P.C. Director of Operations-North America East, Hard Rock International
Loretta Muñoz
Assistant Vice President Membership Special Projects, ASCAP
Bich Ha Pham
Songwriter/Performer, Sundance Music
Director of Policy, Advocacy & Research, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies
Joe D’Urso
Janet Poppendieck
Songwriter/Performer, Caravan Management, CBGB
Alan C. Handell
Senior Vice President, Content Critical, LLC
Jake Holmes
Lyricist & Songwriter, 3 Tree Productions
Nanette Johns
Doctor of Chiropractic
Ruth Katz
Coordinator, Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
Michael Keats
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
Paul C. Kurland
Partner, Cohen, Rabin, Stine, Schumann, LLP
Author & Professor, Sociology Hunter College of the City University of New York (Retired)
Ann Johns Ruckert
President, Ruckert Music, Inc.
Scott Ryan
Lyricist, Performer
Hon. Jerrold Nadler
Frank Brunckhorst
John J. Poelker
Chairman, Boar’s Head Provisions Company
David Buskin
Owner, Apple Taxi and Limo
Patrick Sullivan
Strategic Partner Development Manager, RightsFlow by Google
Hon. Walter Carrington
Hon. Shirley R. Watkins
Retired United States Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Senegal and Nigeria
Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture (1993-1995); Author
Stephen Chapin Lyricist, Performer
Hon. Thomas Downey
Charles J. Sanders (Chair)
Peter Fornatale (1945-2012)
DJ, 90.7 WFUV-FM, Mixed Bag Radio; Author
Michael Francesa
Executive Director, Ice Hockey In Harlem
Sports Broadcaster, Sports Radio 66 WFAN
Judy Tint
Hon. Patrick Leahy
Attorney in Private Practice
Member, U.S. Senate (D VT)
Karen Washington
Jane Finn Levine
Farmer/Community Organizer/Activist/ President La Familia Verde Garden
Member, US House of Representatives (D NY)
Lyricist, Performer, Playwright
Chairman, Downey McGrath Group, Inc.; former member US House of Representatives (D NY)
John Sanful
Co-Director and Co-Founder KIDS Can Make A Difference
Senior Director of Governmental Affairs, Greenberg Traurig
Vice President, Bank of America Attorney, Special Counsel, Songwriters Guild of America
Laurence Levine
Ed.D; Co- Founder and Co-Director KIDS Can Make A Difference
Executive Management Team Bill Ayres
Executive Director & Co-Founder
Alison Meares Cohen
Senior Director of Programs
Noreen Springstead
Director of Fundraising & Marketing
Marc Weiss
Chief Operating Officer
SUPPORTERS
WhyHunger is eternally grateful for all of its friends who are equally committed to combating hunger and poverty in the United States and across the globe. A very big THANK YOU to all who made a donation to WhyHunger during FY 2013! $100,000+ Hard Rock Cafe Foundation, Inc. Mel and Terry Karmazin Mel Karmazin Foundation Inc.
$10,000 - $99,999 Stephen and Sondra Beninati Cultures of Resistance Network Foundation Elizabeth English Hard Rock International Angela Hinton Eugene and Nanette Johns Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya “MKA-USA” Walk for Humanity Elizabeth Malcolm Panning Capital Management LP Play It Forward Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mayari Pritzker Neil Rock RSF Social Finance The John R. & Inge P. Stafford Foundation The Karma Foundation The Nielsen Company Thrill Hill Productions, Inc. Andrew Waldman and Kathleen Waldman Madden David Way Paige Welch Bob and Heidi Wolk E. Lisk and Elizabeth Wyckoff
$5,000 - $9,999 James F. Allen Alpern Family Foundation ASCAP Peter Bartell Ellen Blum Melvin Brosterman Brad Butwin Catherine Cary Clif Bar Family Foundation Diane Cooke Creative Artists Agency Hon. Thomas Downey Joe and Lisa D’Urso
Frankfort Family Foundation Richard Furst Goldman Sachs Gives Andrew Gorenstein Greenberg Traurig LLP Ray Huckaba Robert Jesberger Jon Landau Management Jake and Anne Kane Lawson Valentine Foundation Corrie Nichols O.L. Pathy Foundation, Inc. Ian Parker Paula Payson Andrew and Annette Pizzo Christina Reik Miles Ruthberg Melanie Tugaoen Larry Walker
$1,000 - $4,999 90.7 WFUV Heather Aberle Joe Angeline Anne Anthis Dr. Michael Arougheti Ayco Charitable Fund, the Reba and Patric Sinisalchi Fund BALCONY Bank of America Matching Gifts Program Billy Barrow Ronald Bernal Dr. Patty and Charles Bernstein Berrien Community Foundation Tzvi Bertram Michael E. Boivin James and Lauren Booth Christian Brindel Darrin Broderson Dr. Maxcy Brown Paul B. Brown Reid Buerger Sean Butler Dr. Diana Chapin Coca-Cola Company Incorporated Lisa Cohen Daniel Colantuono Timothy Conner
Justin Cooke Peter Cooper Cotton Patch Gospel Food Project Steven Crosby Charles Cuneo John Dempsey Devin Deslatte Ralph DeStefano Natale DiDonato Kap Dilawri Melissa and Tom DiTosto Sean Dodds Dominion Enterprises Loren Donino and Thomas Donino Amanda Early Donna Etchison Nick Faitos Celia Felsher Leonard Fichter Frank Finkel Britton Fisher Mary Ann Fisher Neal and Marguerite Fleming Folk Music Society of Huntington US Foods Clark French Lyn Fried Robert Friedland Gary and Carol Friedman George Fuller The Gables Matteo Gallo Julie Ann Geraghty Justin Germano Glass Gardens Shoprite, Inc. Seth Glickenhaus Henry Godfrey and Ginger Schnaper Google Matching Gifts Program GPK Foundation Stephen Grimaldi Himanshu Gupta Connie Hanson Brian Harmon Harry Chapin Memorial Run Against Hunger Lukus Hasenstab Robert Hayes David Heimbach Alexander B. Holz Kathleen Hunter-Steck
Jamie Kapel William R. Karpowic and Elizabeth Nadasdy-Karpowic Richard Katcher David Katz Chanbir Kaur John and Marilyn J. Kelly Simon Khan Harold J. King Andrew Kowalczyk Marilyn Laverty Ryan Lee Legendary Songs Series Michael Lehr Carlos and Charlotte Lima Ken Lipman Carl Lukens and Anne Lukens Cara Macksoud Christopher Manatt Edward Manno Shumsky William Mariano Michael and Mary Mark Margaret Marlowe Alan and Ellen Marzelli MCA Associates, Inc James McCarthy Mary and James McDonnell Anna Mcglade Michael McGraw Jessica McKenna Brian McMorrow Heriberto Medrano Bob Monahan Missy Morris Richard Morrison Leslie Myers Brian Newman Newmark & Co. Real Estate Inc. John O’Neil Larry Patrick John and Kathyrn Peiser John and Joanna Poelker Betty Polansky Rose Polidoro Christopher Pope Janet Poppendieck and Edward Goldberg Post Family Charitable Fund Corey and Nancy Rabin Amy Rabuffo Gerald Raffa Red Bull North America, Inc. Brian Reynolds Matthew Richmond Robert and Barbara C. Rohrlich Niki Rolen Carl Russo Scott and Julia Ryan Alan Sanders and Abbie J. Hodes Charles J. Sanders and Nina Ossoff Dr. Marvin Sanders
Mike Sciarrino Charles Scribner Danielle Seltzer Joseph Sentef Ed Shollenberger Glynette Simoes Rusty Simpson Ted Slater Hal Slifer Brian Smith and Kaliope Kostas Dyan Smith Martin Spilchen Peter Sprasser Jacob Stern Sam Sturino Patrick and Chastity Sullivan Theatre Within, Inc. Martha Thompson Mitchell H. Umanoff Michael Urbano Kurt and Ellen Vandenberg James Velgot Joseph and Julia Vergari Lori Verrall Juan Vigil Viking Global Investors LP Debra Vogel Michael Ward Richard Wardwell Karen Warren Craig Weintraub Jim Willse Paris Young Stephen and Amy Zeder
$500 - $999 Glenn Aber Kerri Aguirre Mary Ann and Steven Allard Dara Altman Gina Auriemma David Baker Edward Barron and Bonnie Luken George Batorfalvy John Beninati Stephen Best Mark Bilski Douglas Buffone Dr. Mark F. Buthorn Sean Cairns Jacque Cancilla Jason and Christina Chapin Jennifer E. Chapin and Claude Stephan Crump Sandy Chapin Richard Charlton Aaron Groff Cohen James Colica Dolores Damm David W. Dangremond Gary Debenedetto
John Deck William Decker Nicholas and Marybeth F. DeFabrizio Rick Depauw Louis Desantis Bridget Desrosiers Julie Donovan Mary S. Driver Margaret Dublin Dane Dunn Andrew Entwistle Robert Fisher Susan J. Fitzsimons Ralph F. Gallucio Ira Gardner Gino Gargiulo Edward Glickman Fred Glienna Shanah Gordon Richard Gottehrer Tony Guida Nancy Hall David Heymann Joseph E. Imholz and Pamela Keeler Imholz Daniel Janal Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Bert Jones Thandie Kadinsky-Papier Thomas Kelley Ellen Klinger Kraft Foods Carrie Kurtz Ted Kushner Johnny Lancaster W. Lang Ann Laughlin Jeff Lax Tom Le Lyn Leone Richard Lerner Michael Lombardo Jed Manocherian Stephen Markleski Charlie Marshall Danny Mashall James P. McGuire Lisa Mcqueary Bailey Melton Alan Merson Dr. David Messinger and Diana Bernal-Messinger Microsoft Matching Gifts Program Dr. Gary Minkowitz Michael and Karen D. Mitri Linda Molinari Ross F. Mongiardo Loretta Muñoz Matt Myles
Bill and Sue O’Brien James O’Brien Diana Ortiz Anthony and Carol Panzica Charles Paradise Kenneth Parks Kendel Paulsen PFI - Plant Fantasies Inc. Pfizer Matching Gifts Program Ian Platt Enrique Posada Bob Prugar PS It Matters LLC Kristine A. Reck Margaret and Joseph Richardson Ted Sabety Sushil Sadh Victoria E. Salter Elizabeth Schaper Mark Scharfman Mark Schlau Gary Schoenwetter Frank M. Schrier Dominique Schulte Brian Siemienas Harmon Skurnik Michael Solomon Solutions For Progress James Stasny Marc and Evelyn Suzdak Kathleen Sweeney-Casey The Clarks Inc. The Nutopians The Orchard Gregg Thomas Alberta Thompson Judy Tint Arthur Toufayan Bruce and Joanna Turtletaub USA For Africa Edwin Vannaman Tony Vaz Hans Veldhuizen Leigh R. Walters John and Gail Waltz Sue Weber Robert and Michele Weiss Caleb Wells Mark Whitmore Dina Zuckerberg Roy J. Zuckerberg Francis Zurawel
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2012 WhyHunger National Gathering Photo by: Michael Hanson
It is with great excitement that the learning and sharing during WhyHunger’s Community Learning Project, has given tools to assess the current culture for food, economic and health justice in our region. It is not only a process of stepping back to assess and move forward, it has been vital to learn face to face and hands on…that has given me clarity on the geography and positioning of the movement in our region that is invaluable for the strong steps forward that are being planned about.” — Cesar Lopez Organic Farmer and Community Organizer, Southern, AZ
My partnership with WhyHunger through the “Imagine There’s No Hunger” campaign enhances my work because they continue to invest not only funds but by really participating and staying involved to assure we collectively end hunger from the roots up.” — Michael Judd Project Bona Fide, Nicaragua
What was most useful to me about the Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award Networking Day was having a space to express, listen, learn and growto see clearly how we are truly the solution we have been looking for.” — Santos Flores SEEDS/DIG, Durham, NC
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