Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 1985.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
53 people listed on the 990; $736K paid to officers and key staff.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Powers | $162,239 | $151,804 | — | — | — | — |
| Eugene Cho | $147,177 | $139,023 | $136,825 | $134,597 | $126,689 | $104,500 |
| Heather Valentine | — | — | — | $133,955 | $102,714 | $108,236 |
| Heather Taylor | $113,040 | $88,113 | $91,709 | $71,250 | $55,221 | $57,079 |
| Michele Sumilas | — | — | — | — | — | $98,421 |
| Delma Plummer | — | $85,236 | $91,438 | $88,877 | $80,976 | $84,529 |
| Matthew Gross | $79,599 | $71,911 | $70,148 | $70,794 | $66,130 | $65,113 |
| Jeffrey Nelson | — | $59,882 | $64,863 | $65,523 | $58,903 | $61,961 |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
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Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Advocates for policy changes and increased federal funding to address the root causes of hunger and poverty both in the United States and globally.
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Public Education
2020 Offering of Letters: Bread for the World's 2020 Offering of Letters: Better Nutrition, Better Tomorrow campaign was launched February 2020 with both a global and domestic legislative ask for global nutrition in 2020.
Public Policy
Bread for the World's work in recent years has been focused on the goal of helping to make hunger and poverty a higher U.S. priority - toward the long-term goal of ending hunger by 2030. Secured Broad Bipartisan Support for Global Nutrition.
Outreach and Advocacy
Grassroots Organizing. Bread for the World staff adopted new methods to work during COVID-19. They began with one-on-one outreach to our 225 core leaders. Bread also held a national webinar about COVID-19 that reached more than 500 people and regional group check-in spaces that reached 125 more.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2020 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY20 | End FY20 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $2.1M | $4.6M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $2.8M | $2.9M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $8.0M | $9.1M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $1.2M | $1.4M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $6.8M | $7.7M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $452K | $396K | $21K | $35K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $77K | $73K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $189K | $166K | $9K | $15K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $260K | $228K | $12K | $20K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $159K | $139K | $7K | $12K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $13K | $13K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $20K | $20K | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $848 | $848 | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $411K | $354K | $516 | $57K |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $101K | $76K | $14K | $11K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $29K | $21K | $5K | $3K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $423K | $278K | $96K | $50K |
| TravelLn 17 | $42K | $39K | $2K | $2K |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $29K | $28K | $30 | $29 |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $1.4M | $928K | $4K | $511K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $5.5M | $4.4M | $281K | $788K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $7.4M | $7.4M | $7K | $11.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $9.7M | $6.7M | $2.9M | $11.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $5.6M | $6.4M | −$858K | $8.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $5.6M | $5.2M | $370K | $9.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $6.4M | $5.0M | $1.5M | $9.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 Viewing | $6.3M | $5.5M | $762K | $7.7M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $6,265,583 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 43 of 44 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $6,265,583 across 13 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,503,423 across 15 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $9,071,665 assets, 14 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $7,671,718 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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