All nutrition charities
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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 LunchMaatjes
Netherlands
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Utrecht
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Education
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Fundacion Maritere, Ibp
Mexico
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Cuautlancingo, Puebla
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Health
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Um Pequeno Gesto, Uma Grande Ajuda
Portugal
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Oeiras, Lisboa
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Education
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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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Stichting Future Light Football Academy
Netherlands
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The Hague
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Youth Development
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The Mustard Seed Project (kenya)
United Kingdom
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Peterborough, England
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Education
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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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Asociacion Mazahua, Iap
Mexico
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México
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Social Services
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The Turning Point Trust
United Kingdom
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Woking, England
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Education
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Action for the Care and Development of the Poor in the Philippines (acap)
Netherlands
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Paranaque, Metro Manila, Philippines
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International
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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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NPH Österreich
Austria
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Wien
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International
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Save the Children Philippines (General Santos)
Philippines
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General Santos City, Soccsksargen
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Health
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Save the Children Philippines (Iligan)
Philippines
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Orellana Tubod, Northern Mindanao
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Health
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Associação The Big Hand
Portugal
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Setúbal
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Education
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Stichting Diani Childrens Village
Netherlands
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Leusden, Utrecht
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Education
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Stichting One Life
Netherlands
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Streefkerk, South Holland
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Education
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Givedirectly Inc
Netherlands
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New York
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Social Services
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Angat Buhay
Philippines
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Quezon City, Metro Manila
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Social Services
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What is a nutrition charity?
Nutrition charities work on what people eat and what their bodies get from it: treating malnutrition, getting essential micronutrients to children and mothers, and teaching healthy eating. Nonprofits and NGOs tagged to this cause appear in the directory above; country and size filters narrow the list, and each profile opens onto registration data, filed financials, and an integrity assessment. The nutrition tag is assigned by GiveRadar from an organization's name, stated mission, and registry classification; a charity cannot ask for it or buy it.
A nutrition charity is a nonprofit organization that works to improve what people eat and absorb: treating and preventing malnutrition, delivering essential vitamins and minerals, and promoting healthy diets. The label spans clinical and educational work: some organizations treat acutely malnourished children in cooperation with health services, others distribute micronutrient supplements or fortify staple foods, and others teach cooking, breastfeeding, and healthy eating in schools and communities. Nutrition work borders on hunger relief but is not the same thing: food security charities move food to people, while nutrition charities focus on whether that food actually meets the body's needs. The mission shown on each profile is the organization's own wording, which tells you where on that spectrum it sits.
What do nutrition charities do?
Nutrition charities cover the chain from diagnosis to diet: finding malnourished people, treating them, and preventing the next case. Typical work includes:
- Screening children and adults for malnutrition and referring severe cases for medical treatment
- Therapeutic and supplementary feeding programs for people recovering from acute malnutrition
- Distributing micronutrient supplements such as vitamin A, iron, and zinc where deficiencies are common
- Supporting fortification of staple foods and salt iodization alongside producers and governments
- Counseling on breastfeeding and infant and young child feeding practices
- Nutrition education: healthy eating, cooking skills, and prevention of diet-related disease
- Training community health workers to deliver nutrition screening and advice locally
A single organization may cover one point on this chain or several; its filings show where the weight falls.
What to check before donating to a nutrition charity
The first thing to settle about a nutrition charity is whether it treats malnutrition or prevents it, because those are different operations with different footprints. Treatment is clinical work: an organization claiming to treat acute malnutrition should describe where it operates and which health services it works with, and its filings should show program activity that matches. Prevention and education work is lighter and broader, and that is fine, but the filings should match that story too. One reading skill matters more in this cause than most: many nutrition charities receive donated goods such as fortified foods and supplements, and those in-kind gifts are booked at estimated values, so revenue and program spending figures can reflect goods as much as cash. That is normal accounting, not a warning sign; just read the financial breakdown with it in mind where filings separate cash from in-kind. Check each profile's registration and filings on GiveRadar, and read the integrity assessment for what it is: a gauge of how much the charity discloses, never of how well its nutrition work performs. The guide for donors explains each check in turn, and the charity checker looks up individual organizations.
Common questions
What is a nutrition charity?
A nutrition charity is a nonprofit that works to improve what people eat and absorb: treating malnutrition, delivering essential micronutrients, and promoting healthy diets. Some do clinical work such as therapeutic feeding, while others focus on education, breastfeeding support, or food fortification. Many overlap with the UN's zero hunger goal, SDG 2, but nutrition is the narrower cause: it is about the quality of food and diets, not only the supply.
How do charities fight malnutrition?
Charities fight malnutrition in two main ways: treatment and prevention. Treatment means screening for acute malnutrition and providing therapeutic feeding, usually alongside local health services; prevention means micronutrient supplementation, food fortification, breastfeeding counseling, and nutrition education. Filter the organizations on this page by country and size, then read each one's registration, filings, and integrity assessment before you give.
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