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
79 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
46 people listed on the 990; $575K 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.
Questions for Bread for the World INC
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Public Education
2021 Offering of Letters. Bread for the World's 2021 Offering of Letters was launched in early March and was used primarily as an organizing and educational tool. The Offering of Letters spanned four topics-food systems, climate change, economic justice, and racial and gender equity-under the umbrella of a Right to Food.
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. New Global Nutrition Legislation IntroducedFor more than a decade, Bread for the World's advocacy efforts and focus on malnutrition has been central to…
Outreach and Advocacy
Grassroots Organizing. Our grassroots work had three pillars: 1) relationship building with new and diverse constituencies as well as existing constituents, grounded in the Right to Food framework; 2) education and equipping; and 3) mobilization around our legislative agenda, particularly global nutrition.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2021 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY21 | End FY21 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $4.6M | $6.1M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $2.9M | $3.0M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $9.1M | $10.8M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $1.4M | $1.6M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $7.7M | $9.2M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $153K | $106K | $42K | $5K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $1.8M | $1.4M | $371K | $27K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $169K | $117K | $46K | $6K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $272K | $188K | $74K | $10K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $136K | $95K | $37K | $5K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $3K | $3K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $15K | $15K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $493K | $340K | $112K | $40K |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $39K | $7K | $32K | $135 |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $21K | $6K | $14K | $149 |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $378K | $378K | ||
| TravelLn 17 | $52K | $51K | $879 | $136 |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $16K | $15K | $985 | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $1.4M | $1.6M | −$869K | $714K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $5.0M | $3.9M | $255K | $808K |
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 Viewing | $6.4M | $5.0M | $1.5M | $9.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $6.3M | $5.5M | $762K | $7.7M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $6,419,987 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 38 of 39 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $6,419,987 across 11 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,957,261 across 14 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $10,817,860 assets, 14 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $9,205,655 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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