About
Rise Against Hunger is an international hunger-relief nonprofit headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, working toward its vision of a world without hunger. Founded in 1998, the organization mobilizes volunteers to package millions of nutritious meals each year and pairs that food assistance with emergency response and long-term community empowerment programs in remote, last-mile communities around the globe. Rise Against Hunger is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 16-1541024) and holds the Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency (2026).
Mission
Rise Against Hunger's vision is a world without hunger. It focuses its work on remote, last-mile communities within global hunger pockets — places with limited access to nutritious food — noting that nearly 645 million people worldwide face hunger and that almost half of childhood deaths globally occur in malnourished children.
What they do
- Meal packaging events — volunteers at coordinated community and corporate events assemble balanced, nutritious meals that are distributed directly to people in need.
- Emergency response — rapidly deploying funds and resources to address disasters and urgent crises threatening lives and livelihoods.
- Community empowerment — long-term food-security initiatives such as the Harvesting Prosperity and Resilience sustainable agriculture project in Malawi, which engages 3,100 smallholder farmers across two districts with climate-smart agriculture training and access to resources.
Scale and impact
In 2025, Rise Against Hunger reported packaging 68.9 million meals, impacting more than 7.3 million lives, and producing or procuring 3,988 metric tons of food. Beyond its Raleigh headquarters, the organization has offices and affiliates in multiple countries, including India, Italy, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, and Malawi.
Financials
According to ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, drawing on IRS Form 990 filings, Rise Against Hunger reported total revenue of $71,291,174 and total expenses of $70,969,476 for fiscal year 2023, up from $57,782,033 in revenue in fiscal year 2022 and $47,200,303 in fiscal year 2021. The organization states that its annual statements are audited by a CPA firm and that it publishes its full audit and Form 990 federal tax returns on its website, where audited statements and 990s for 2023 through 2025 are available.