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Africa Windmill Project Inc
United States
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Winter Park, FL
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International
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A Well-Fed World
United States
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Washington, DC
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Human Services
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Hope and Health International Inc
United States
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Anchorage, AK
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International
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Stichting Sta op voor Kinderen
Netherlands
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Leeuwarden, Friesland
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Youth Development
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Stichting LunchMaatjes
Netherlands
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Utrecht
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Education
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Stichting de Gouden Poot
Netherlands
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Groningen
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Animal Welfare
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Nanaimo Community Kitchens Society
Canada
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Nanaimo, British Columbia
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Human Services
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Moredun Foundation
United Kingdom
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Midlothian, Scotland
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Animal Welfare
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Leões de Portugal - Associação de Solidariedade Sportinguista, IPSS
Portugal
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Lisboa
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Community Development
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Banco De Alimentos De Ciudad Juarez, Ac
Mexico
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Chihuahua
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Social Services
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Action contre la faim ACF (Canada) / Action against hunger ACF (Canada)
Canada
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Toronto, Ontario
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Human Services
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Winners Chapel International Brisbane Inc.
Australia
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Salisbury, Queensland
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Religion
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Residents Helping Residents (r.a.)
Israel
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Givatayim, Tel Aviv District
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Social Services
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IsraAID - The Israel Forum for International Humanitarian Aid (R.A.)
Israel
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Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District
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Community Development
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Casa do Povo de Abraveses
Portugal
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Viseu
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Community Development
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Fundação Salesianos
Portugal
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Lisboa
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Education
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Fondatie Terninck
Belgium
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Antwerp
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Social Services
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European Food Banks Federation
Belgium
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Evere, Brussels
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Social Services
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Asociación Remar Catalunya
Spain
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Barcelona
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Social Services
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VALORIZA - Associação de Desenvolvimento Local
Portugal
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Amares, Braga
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Arts & Culture
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What is a hunger charity?
Hunger charities work on food insecurity in all its forms: the directory above lists food banks, food rescue and redistribution networks, community kitchens, nutrition programs, and international hunger relief organizations, and filters let you narrow by country and size. The hunger tag is applied by GiveRadar itself, derived from an organization's name, its stated mission, and how its registry classifies it; it is not something a charity can choose or pay for. Many of these organizations also appear under UN Sustainable Development Goal 2, Zero Hunger.
A hunger charity is a nonprofit that gets food to people who cannot reliably afford or access it, from a neighborhood food bank to an international hunger relief organization. The cause covers both sides of food insecurity: immediate need, where households skip meals or depend on food aid, and chronic malnutrition, where diets lack the nutrients people need to stay healthy. The organizations listed here range from volunteer-run local food charities to large operations that move food across borders; the country and size filters above separate one from the other.
How do hunger relief organizations fight food insecurity?
Hunger relief organizations fight food insecurity by moving food from where it is surplus to where it is missing, and by treating the malnutrition that follows when that fails. Typical work includes:
- Collecting surplus food from supermarkets, farms, and producers and redistributing it before it is wasted
- Operating warehouses and delivery networks that keep local pantries, shelters, and soup kitchens stocked
- Cooking and serving meals directly: community kitchens, meal deliveries to homebound people, street outreach
- Screening for malnutrition and running therapeutic feeding programs for children and other at-risk groups
- Distributing cash or food vouchers that let households choose their own groceries
- Teaching skills that stretch food budgets: community gardens, cooking courses, household budgeting
- Advocating for policy changes that reduce food insecurity at its source
Some organizations tagged here also respond to sudden crises; standing emergency responders appear under disaster relief instead.
What to check before you donate to a hunger charity
Before donating to a hunger charity, check how it reports donated food: many food charities count gifts in kind, food given to them at estimated market value, as revenue, so their financial figures can look very different from those of cash-funded nonprofits. That is a normal and legitimate accounting practice, not a warning sign; it just means you should read the filings on a charity's profile to see how much of its budget is donated goods and how much is cash, and what the cash pays for. Two more checks specific to this cause: hunger is local, so use the country filter to confirm an organization actually operates where you want to help, and because giving to food charities spikes around holidays while need runs year-round, look for filings that show steady programs rather than one seasonal push. Each profile here includes registration details where available, filings where filed, and an integrity assessment, which measures how openly an organization discloses, not how effective its work is. Our guide for donors covers the five-step walkthrough in full, and the charity checker finds any specific organization by name.
Common questions
What is a hunger charity?
A hunger charity is a nonprofit that works to get food to people who cannot reliably afford or access it. This includes food banks, food rescue networks, community kitchens, nutrition and therapeutic feeding programs, and international hunger relief organizations. All of them appear in the directory above under GiveRadar's hunger tag, with filters for country and size.
How do I choose a hunger charity to donate to?
There is no single answer, and GiveRadar does not rank charities by effectiveness: the integrity assessment measures disclosure, not impact. Start by deciding whether you want to fund local food aid or international hunger relief, then verify the organization on its profile: registration where available, recent filings, who runs it, and how openly it reports what donations pay for.
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