2015 annual report
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Our Mission
Bread for the World is a collective Christian voice
urging our nation’s decision makers to end hunger at
home and abroad. By changing policies, programs,
and conditions that allow hunger and poverty to
persist, we provide help and opportunity far beyond
the communities where we live.
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the World
Bread for the World Institute provides policy analysis
on hunger and strategies to end it. The Institute
educates opinion leaders, policy makers, and the
public about hunger in the United States and abroad.
Bread members from across the country gathered for Bread for the World’s Lobby Day in June in Washington, D.C., to speak with
their representatives in Congress. Members requested their representatives’ support for three pieces of legislation related to child
nutrition programs, re-authorization of safety-net programs, and food-aid reform.
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President’s Review
Thank you for your involvement in the work of Bread for the World.
Laura Elizabeth Pohl/Bread for the World
Our remarkable success in 2015 was a testament to you and to our 70,000
members, to the thousands of churches across the country, and to our many
partners. I give thanks to God for this outpouring of prayer, action, and giving.
The most significant achievement of last year was action by Congress that
made tax credits for low-income working families permanent. These tax
credits help move more than 16 million Americans out of poverty.
Several of our other legislative victories in 2015 were the result of years of
determined advocacy by Bread’s members. For example, the African Growth
and Opportunity Act received a 10-year reauthorization. More than a decade
ago, we began promoting this measure, which was first enacted in 2000.
Rev. David Beckmann
President
Other accomplishments grow out of the ongoing research and analysis
conducted by Bread for the World Institute. Since 2008, the Institute has
provided leadership in highlighting the importance of nutrition during the
1,000 days between pregnancy and age 2. In 2015, both the U.S. Agency for
International Development and Congress took big steps to make maternal
and child nutrition the foundation of our nation’s development assistance.
Another highlight of last year was the visit by Pope Francis to the U.S. in
the fall. In preparation for that visit, I traveled twice to Rome, where I was
honored to meet with Vatican officials. All of us were inspired by the pope’s
historic speeches before Congress and the United Nations.
These and other victories in 2015 set the stage for our work in 2016 to
move Congress to take action on critical issues: more robust funding for
maternal and child nutrition, reauthorization of our nation’s child nutrition
programs – including school meals and summer feeding.
Leading up to the 2016 general election, Bread for the World – on its own
and as part of the Vote to End Hunger coalition – encouraged individuals
to ask candidates for president and Congress how they proposed to make
ending hunger and poverty a priority. Asking these questions of our future
elected leaders increases the chance that our nation will join the rest of the
world in working to end hunger and poverty by 2030.
Bread is able to pursue these far-reaching goals because we are on a firm
financial footing. Thanks to the success of our Bread Rising campaign and to
sound governance by our board of directors, we have the financial stability
essential for good planning and thoughtful action.
Thank you for your part in all of these efforts. I hope you will continue to
be part of our work together to end hunger. We are indeed poised to bring
about the end of widespread hunger both here and around the world.
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2015 Board of Directors
Spencer Bachus
Birmingham, Ala. Former U.S. Representative from Alabama
(Republican).
David Miner
Indianapolis, Ind. Volunteer executive director for the
Interfaith Hunger Initiative.
Stephan Bauman
Baltimore, Md. President and chief executive officer of World
Relief.
Jerry Moran
Plainville, Kan. U.S. Senator from Kansas (Republican).
Rev. David Beckmann
Alexandria, Va. President of Bread for the World and Bread for
the World Institute. Founder and President of the Alliance to
End Hunger.
Matthew Boulton
Indianapolis, Ind. President and professor of theology at
Christian Theological Seminary.
Iva Carruthers
Chicago, Ill. General secretary of Samuel DeWitt Proctor
Conference
Walter Contreras
Los Angeles, Calif. Western U.S. vice president of the National
Latino Evangelical Coalition.
Ronald Cunningham
Dallas, Texas. Bishop of the Christian Methodist Episcopal
Church and presiding prelate of the Eighth Episcopal District.
Derick Dailey
New York, N.Y. Law student.
Porter DeLaney
Washington, D.C. Founding partner of Kyle House Group
Bob Dole
Washington, D.C. Former Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate.
Dick Durbin
Springfield, Ill. U.S. Senator from Illinois (Democrat).
Ruth Farrell
Louisville, Ky. Coordinator for the Presbyterian Hunger Program.
Fred Groos
Stevens Point, Wisc. Family physician on staff at Family
Health/La Clinica de los Campesinos.
Sandra F. Joireman
Richmond, Va. Weinstein Chair of International Studies and
professor of political science at the University of Richmond.
Gerald A. Kolschowsky
Sarasota, Fla. Retired; former chairman and co-CEO of the
OSI Group, LLC.
Leonard Lovett
Alexandria, Va. Ecumenical Officer for Urban Affairs for the
Church of God in Christ.
Denis Madden
Baltimore, Md. Auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Baltimore.
Tara Marks
Pittsburgh, Pa., and Dayton, Ohio. Law student.
Michael Martin
San Francisco, Calif. Internal medicine specialist.
Megan Mayle
Colorado Springs, Colo. Bread activist. ONE Campaign
congressional district leader for Colorado District 5.
Jim McGovern
U.S. Representative from Massachusetts (Democrat).
Shirley Mullen
Houghton, N.Y. President of Houghton College.
Carol Myers
Holland, Mich. Creator and editor of stnicholascenter.org.
Carlos Navarro
Albuquerque, N.M. Volunteer state coordinator for Bread New
Mexico.
Donna Neste
Springfield, Mo., and Minneapolis, Minn. Hunger activist and
Bread member.
Maureen M. O’Leary
New York, N.Y. Retired psychotherapist in private practice.
Chang K. Park
Armonk, N.Y. Founder and CEO of Universal Remote Control, Inc.
Devita Parnell
Lilburn, Ga. Missional Resources Specialist with the
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.
Richard Pates
Des Moines, Iowa. Roman Catholic Bishop of Des Moines.
Katherine Pringle
Pelham, N.Y. Partner, Litigation Department at Freidman, Kaplan,
Seiler, & Adelman, LLP.
Shirley Reed
Washington, D.C. President of the Women’s Missionary Society
of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Lawrence Reddick
Memphis, Tenn. Bishop of the Christian Methodist Episcopal
Church and presiding prelate of the First Episcopal District.
Jonathan Reyes
Washington, D.C. Executive director, Dept. of Justice, Peace, and
Human Development at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Daniel Rift
Oak Park, Ill. Director of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America World Hunger and Disaster Appeal.
Angela Rupchock-Schafer
Plymouth, Ind. Assistant director of communications at Church
World Service and Masters of Divinity student.
William Shaw
Philadelphia, Pa. Pastor of White Rock Baptist Church.
Malcolm Street
Fort Worth, Texas. Owner and operator of assisted living
communities for the frail elderly.
Peace Sullivan
Miami Beach, Fla. Bread member and event host in Florida and
South Carolina.
Elaine Van Cleave
Nashville, Tenn. Hunger and poverty activist.
Martha Ward
Seattle, Wash. Community volunteer to reduce hunger and
homelessness.
Terry Meehan
New York, N.Y. Chairman, Azimuth Investment Management, LLC.
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2015 Legislative victories you helped make possible
Key provisions of the earned income and child tax credits became permanent
Congress passed a tax deal that made permanent the 2009 improvements to the earned income tax credit
(EITC) and the child tax credit (CTC). This was a victory for low-income workers and will prevent 16 million
people – including 8 million children – from falling into or deeper into poverty. Bread members have been
working on making these improvements permanent for six years, and they have been a focus of two Offering
of Letters campaigns. Aside from health care reform, making the EITC and CTC improvements permanent
will do more for Americans living in poverty than any other piece of legislation from the past several years and
perhaps even decades.
Successfully supported programs that reduce hunger and poverty in the United States and abroad
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• For the fifth year in a row, Bread and its partners beat back proposals to dramatically cut funding for
programs that help people struggling with hunger and poverty. In 2015, both the House and Senate passed
budget plans that, if enacted, would have cut low-income programs by more than $3 trillion over ten years.
And year after year, the U.S. House has passed budgets that cut spending by $5 trillion, finding over twothirds of the savings by cutting programs that serve people in need. In 2015, not only did we stop these
proposals from becoming law, but Congress also passed a budget that alleviates scheduled cuts and increases
funding for anti-hunger and anti-poverty programs.
• Congress passed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, which prevents most of the sequestration cuts for 2016
and 2017 from taking place. The budget deal replaces the sequestration cuts with a balanced package, which
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Bread had advocated for. It gives defense and non-defense programs equal relief, and it doesn’t find savings
by cutting other anti-hunger programs. This is an issue Bread had been working on intensely since 2011.
Now, rather than facing continued budget brinksmanship and further cuts to programs assisting people who
can least afford it, Congress can turn toward a more proactive agenda.
• Right before adjourning for the year, Congress passed a 2016 omnibus spending bill, which divides up all
the funding among the various federal programs. In the end, we won a major victory with that bill on both
funding allocations and on preventing bad policy riders from getting attached, such as an increase in cargo
preference and mounting roadblocks to resettling Syrian refugees.
Funding for poverty-focused development assistance abroad rose again
• Funding for international poverty-focused development assistance went up $500 million for an overall
total of $26.6 billion. This increase is due largely to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Syria, Yemen, and
South Sudan.
• Included in the omnibus appropriations bill was $750 million allocated to address the root causes of hunger,
poverty, and violence in Central America, which drive so many migrants to the U.S. without documentation.
Bread advocated hard on this issue in 2014, especially because of the surge in unaccompanied children
crossing the border.
• Funding for global nutrition programs went up by $10 million. This will support countries hardest hit by
malnutrition in the critical 1,000 days between a woman’s pregnancy and her child’s second birthday to scale
up evidence-based, cost-effective nutrition interventions to reduce stunting.
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In 2015, Bread for the World helped win a big increase in funding
for development assistance focused on poverty. This funding will
help improve nutrition for women and children in Latin America
and elsewhere.
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Progress on food-aid reform, including beating back an increase in shipping requirements
• $5 million was appropriated as part of the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child
Nutrition Program to purchase food locally where it is needed, reducing shipping costs and time.
• The Food for Peace Reform Act of 2015 was introduced. This legislation would build on reforms to food aid
in the fiscal year 2014 omnibus appropriations bill and 2014 farm bill.
• We halted the passage of a provision in a final omnibus spending bill that would have taken away $75 million
of food-aid funds to increase the subsidies to the world’s biggest shipping companies. If passed, it would have
reduced the reach of food-aid programs by 2 million people annually.
The African Growth and Opportunity Act was passed
The African Growth and Opportunity Act was extended for 10 more years. Its reauthorization gives more
incentives for businesses to invest and stimulates export-led economic growth in the nearly 40 countries in
sub-Saharan Africa that participate in the program. It also expands U.S. technical assistance specifically
aimed at businesses that engage women and smallholder farmers.
2015 ADVOCACY OUTCOMES
WHAT BREAD FOR THE WORLD AND ITS PARTNERS ACHIEVED
Tax Credits
Circle of Protection
• 16 million Americans, including
8 million children, kept from falling
into or deeper into poverty when key
provisions of the earned income and
child tax credits were made permanent. This is a big, long-time coming
victory for low-income workers.
• No significant cuts to poverty-focused
programs in the appropriations bill for the
fifth year in a row.
• Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 protected
critical programs like K-12 education; job
training; nutrition assistance for seniors; and
Head Start. It ended the threat of
brinkmanship and put off mandatory
sequestration cuts for at least two years.
Poverty-Focused
Development Assistance
• $500 million increase in assistance,
including more help for Syria, Yemen,
and South Sudan.
• $750 million allocated to address the
root causes of hunger, poverty, and
violence in Central America.
• $10 million increase
in funding for global
maternal and
child nutrition
programs.
• Fifth consecutive
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year of
increases.
Food-Aid Reform
• 2 million people can still receive U.S. food
aid because we blocked a provision that
would have shifted funds from food to
subsidies for shipping companies.
• $5 million in McGovern-Dole Program
will allow nutritious food to be
purchased locally, reducing shipping
costs and time.
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Africa Trade
• African Growth and Opportunity
Act extended for 10 years.
• Expanded U.S. technical
assistance for strengthening the
trade capacity for women farmers
and other smallholder farmers.
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Laying the groundwork for future successes
• Congress failed to carry out the five-year reauthorization of the nation’s child nutrition programs. But Bread’s
2015 Offering of Letters: Feed Our Children did help introduce several bills that would improve school meals
and make summer feeding programs
more accessible.
• By the end of 2015, Bread
members had exceeded the goal
of 100 congressional sponsors for
the Global Food Security Act,
which would boost agricultural
productivity by investing in
smallholder farmers.
OTHER SUCCESSES
The Sustainable Development Goals
were adopted
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Bread celebrated the adoption
in September 2015 of a new set of
17 goals that succeed the 2000-2015
Millennium Development Goals.
With the SDGs, the leaders of the
world committed themselves to
freeing the world of hunger and
poverty, reducing inequality, and
improving health in all countries.
As the SDGs were being developed,
Bread for the World Institute co-led
an international coalition to integrate
nutrition into the goals. The coalition
also pushed for a stand-alone goal
on ending hunger and malnutrition.
Bread is pleased that both of these
principles were implemented in the
new set of goals.
Presidential candidates made video statements on hunger and poverty
Bread for the World, as part of the Circle of Protection, secured short videos from ten of the presidential
candidates in the primary races in which they spoke about hunger and poverty. While these issues had not been
central tenets of any of their campaigns, the fact that nearly all of the candidates had made at least one statement
about hunger and poverty is unprecedented and shows more direct attention paid to poverty by presidential
hopefuls than the country has seen in several decades. Bread’s goal is that the next president will make hunger,
poverty, and opportunity a priority, and that Congress and the president together will put the country on track
to end hunger in the U.S. and worldwide by 2030.
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Connections with the World Bank
The World Bank is building new partnerships with
faith communities around the goal of ending extreme
poverty by 2030. Bread for the World participated
in a meeting between World Bank President Jim
Yong Kim and faith groups from around the world
and contributed to an interfaith statement on the
challenge of ending poverty by 2030.
ORGANIZATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
• In September 2015, Bread for the World
convened the “Interfaith Religious Leaders
Summit -– End Hunger by 2030.” The gathering
of more than 100 religious leaders took place the
day before Pope Francis addressed Congress
and met with President Obama. The faith
leaders signed a pledge committing themselves
to changing U.S. national priorities, which was
made public in various media outlets.
• Bread for the World Institute released its
annual Hunger Report for 2016: The Nourishing
Effect: Ending Hunger, Improving Health, Reducing
Inequality. The report examines the connections
between hunger and health. It also presents a
new study showing that in 2014, hunger and food
insecurity increased health expenditures in the
U.S. by $160 billion, which is equivalent to more
than a third of the U.S. government’s annual
deficit.
• Bread for the World helped form the Vote to
End Hunger coalition. The campaign by the
same name was launched during World Food
Prize week at the Iowa Hunger Summit. The
campaign will mobilize grassroots supporters and
leaders to urge the 2016 presidential candidates
to focus on ending hunger, alleviating poverty,
and creating opportunity in the U.S. and around
the world.
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Bread’s Reach
by the Numbers
in 2015
160,311 handwritten
letters and 60,178 emails
sent by Bread members on
the Offering of Letters
topic—child nutrition
reauthorization
250 people participated in
Lobby Day and visited 156
congressional offices
4.8 billion+ media
impressions earned
296,606 members of our
online community and
80,866 online activists
167,484 people participating
in ongoing prayer for an end
to hunger
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WORKING TOGETHER TO END HUNGER BY 2030
A CAMPAIGN TO END HUNGER
“They will hunger no more, and thirst no more.”
– Revelation 7:16
As a collective Christian voice for an end to hunger, Bread for the World seeks to provide
leadership in the international effort to end hunger by 2030. To support this work, Bread for the
World’s board of directors put forth an ambitious plan and launched the Bread Rising campaign
to make hunger and poverty a priority for
our government by 2017 and virtually end
hunger in our country and worldwide by
2030.
The campaign aimed to strengthen Bread
for the World’s advocacy, to equip Bread for
the future, and to make hunger and extreme
poverty national priorities for the U.S.
government.
That meant planning for increased activity
in the critical years of 2013 to 2015 leading
up to the 2016 election cycle. We had a
fundraising goal of $75 million, and we also
asked you, our members and friends, to
increase your prayer and advocacy.
You responded by committing more than
$79 million! Legislative victories in Congress
have followed. Thanks to you, Bread for the World is stronger than it has ever been. Now our
collective vision is set on taking concrete steps to end chronic hunger by 2030.
Crystaline Randazzo for Bread for the World
Over the past three years, this commitment
to the audacious goal of ending hunger
by 2030—both in the U.S. and around the
world—drove the Bread Rising campaign. We give great thanks to Bread for the World’s members who have given so much in time, prayer,
advocacy, and financial support. And we give thanks to God for the vision to see a world without
hunger—and to see our role to play in building God’s kingdom on earth.
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Financial Overview
Bread for the World Revenues
2015
2014
Public support
Contributions
$4,810,786$4,837,710
Foundation grants
0
19,589
Church & denominational support
695,174
620,618
Prior years’ revenue used in current year
414,044
293,487
Total public support
5,920,0045,771,403
Other revenue
237,338
247,075
Total operating revenue
6,157,342
6,018,479
Non-operating revenue: investment income (loss)
27,013
42,758
Total revenue$6,184,355
$6,061,236
Bread for the World Expenses
2015
2014
Program services
General education & research
$2,377,553
$2,460,024
Outreach & advocacy
1,161,1291,014,102
Public policy
919,916
603,936
Total program expense
4,458,598
4,078,062
Support services
Fundraising
1,098,499968,457
Finance and administration
510,165
386,862
Total support expense
1,608,664
1,355,319
Total expense$6,067,262
$5,433,381
Change in unrestricted net assets
-26,548
142,090
Change in temporarily restricted net assets
-270,911
191,917
Perm Restricted net assets
506
362
Net assets (beginning of year)
$6,270,869
$5,936,500
Net assets (end of year)
$5,973,916
$6,270,869
Bread for the World Institute Revenues
2015
2014
Public support
Contributions
$9,536,450$3,901,629
Foundation grants
100,0001,167,709
Prior years’ revenue used in current year
4,333,497
6,086,953
Total public support
13,969,947
11,156,291
Other revenue
283,510
723,405
Total operating revenue
14,253,457
11,879,697
Non-operating revenue: investment income (loss)
-36,532
252,953
Total revenue$14,216,924$12,132,650
Bread Total Revenue
2015
Total Public Support
95.8%
Total Public Support
95.2%
Other Revenue 3.8%
Other Revenue 4.1%
Non-Operating
Revenue 0.4%
Non-Operating
Revenue 0.7%
Bread Total Expense
2015
2015
Program Services
75.1%
Fundraising 18.1%
Fundraising 17.8%
Finance and
Admininstration 8.4%
Finance and
Admininstration 7.1%
Institute Total Revenue
2015
2014
Total Public Support
98.3%
Total Public Support
92.0%
Other Revenue 2.0%
Other Revenue 6.0%
2014
General education & research
$3,592,282
$3,681,729
Outreach & advocacy
1,807,034
1,743,625
Public policy
1,673,7021,466,643
Total program expense
7,073,0186,891,997
Support services
Fundraising
477,108
517,498
Finance and administration
426,660
338,162
Total support expense
903,768
855,660
Total expense$7,976,786
$7,747,657
Change in unrestricted net assets
273,014
2,644,644
Change in temporarily restricted net assets
1,633,628 (4,346,605)
Net assets (beginning of year)
$14,678,173$16,380,134
Net assets (end of year)
$16,584,815$14,678,173
2014
Program Services
73.5%
Non-Operating
Revenue -0.3%
Program services
Bread for the World Institute Expenses
2014
Non-Operating
Revenue 2.0%
Institute Total Expense
2015
2014
Program Services
88.7%
Program Services
89.0%
Fundraising 6.0%
Fundraising 6.7%
Finance and
Administration 5.3%
Finance and
Administration 4.3%
Source: 2015 audited financial statements. Interested individuals may request a copy of the full statements.
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Supporters
Bread for the World and Bread for the World Institute are
grateful for the faithful generosity and active involvement of all
our members. Bread is blessed with thousands of individuals
and families that participate in the Baker’s Dozen monthly
giving program. Hundreds of individuals and families have also
included Bread for the World and Bread for the World Institute in
their wills and estate plans, creating a Legacy of Hope.
Breadwinners
These individuals and families generously
contributed $100,000 or more in 2015.
Dr. Robert and Patricia Ayres
Rev. David and Janet Beckmann
Barbara Dan and Howard E. Butt Jr.
Charles Butt
Eleanor Crook
Gerald A. and Karen A. Kolschowsky
Joseph and Mary Martingale
Carol and David Myers
Chang K. Park
Katherine Pringle and John McCormick
Rick Steves
Rev. Clifford and Bebe Waller
New Century Council
Contributions of $50,000 or more in 2015.
Victor and Michelle Adamo
D. Elwood Clinard
Paula and George Kalemeris
Julia Ladner
Terry and Montie Meehan
Philip and Nancy Miller
Malcolm and Lou Street
President’s Circle
Annual giving of $10,000 or more in 2015.
Judith and Richard Andrews
John and Alix Ankele
Bruce and Marilyn Blackie
Oscar and Pat Boldt
Mary Catherine Bunting
Carol and Ronald Burmeister
Robert and Adele Cahill
Charles Cheever and Nancy Shary
Bill and Caryl Crook
Areta Crowell
Clarence and Lili Darrow
Sandra Davidson
Russell De Young
Rose DiMartino and Karen Smith
Leota Ester
Susan and Jon Etherton
Rev. George Furniss
Dan and Peg Geisler
Christopher and Nancy Gibbs
Stephen and Angela Groth
John and Becky Halleron
John and Felicia Hendrix
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Rev. Robert W. and Judith Herron
John and Ann Hisle
John Hoffmeyer and Janet Corpus
Edward Hoyt and Maureen Connolly
Marilyn and Steven Katzman
Peter and Cynthia Kellogg
Rev. Sandy Larson
Rev. Robert E. Lauder
Robert and Marla Lichtsinn
Roger McCullough and Bob Cardwell
Jerry McPike
David and Helen Mezzera
Jack H. Miller
William T. Miller
David and Robin Miner
David Mitchell
Billie Mullen
Joan Neil
Lee and Heidi Newberg
Patty and John Noel
Maureen O’Leary
Rev. Leo and Linda Patterson
Alan and Lesley Pedersen
Pat and Gayle Pelham
Lee Perlman and Linda Riefberg
Nancy and George Rupp
Candace Rush
John and Diane Schlitt
Kathleen and Todd Shapley-Quinn
David and Beth Shaw
Rev. Arthur and Shirley Simon
Diana Sornborger
Cyrus and Joanne Spurlino
Rev. Stephen and Emmy Stanley
Michael Troutman and
Amy Blumenshine
Meg Wallhagen and
William Strawbridge
Martha and Steve Ward
Kathi and Larry Zimpleman
Council to End Hunger
Annual giving of $5,000 or more in 2015.
W. Shepherdson and Kathryn Abell
Maureen Aggeler
Sharon and Thomas Arendshorst
William and Donna Barr
Joanne and Billy Berghold
Barbara and David Blandino
Lynda Chesterton
The Hons. Robert J. Dole and
Elizabeth Dole
Dr. Ralph and Susan Doughton
Teresa and Timothy Dunbar
Dr. Ed J. Gracely
Garrett Hanson
Mark and Kathleen Helge
Margaret and Rush Holt
Patricia and Roy Hougen
Dr. Maynard and Elaine Jacobson
Ginny and Bob Kane
Tim and Debbie Kaspar
Garnett and Martha Keith
Elisabeth Keller and Steven Bonsey
Arthur Kieffer
Dave and Jan Kreher
Kenneth and Elaine Langone
Rev. and Mrs. Alden Besse
Cathy and Dave Brechtelsbauer
Pamela and Peter Brown
Sheila Burris
Rev. Mary Beth Byrne
Ron and Lynn Byrnes
Dr. James Carney
Peter and Virginia Carry
Kenneth and Carol Clancy
Charles and Ruth Dow
Robert and Debra Ekman
Dana English and Thomas Whalen
Robert and Margaret Fagenson
Christina Ferrari
David Frost
Bread for the World produced fans that said, “I’m a fan of Francis.”
The fans were distributed to people outside while they waited to
hear Pope Francis speak in Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia.
Maxine Lillie
Carol Lombard Lutz
Ann Mallouk
Marjorie Manglitz
Jeanne Manning
Loris Masterton
Marjorie McGahren
Susanne McMillan
Bill and Cathy Muetze
Diane Nixon
Rev. Mark and Linda Nygard
Lorrayne Peterson
Jana E. Prescott
Robert and Kay Riley
Dr. Tom and Alexandra Roddy
Michael Sennott
Robert and Rebecca Shaw
Martin Spalding
Susan and Russell Stall
Bobby and Patricia Terry
Carol Wehrheim
John and Deborah Whittington
Charles and Angela Williams
Founder’s Society
Contributions of $2,500 or more in 2015
to honor Rev. Art Simon as founder of
Bread for the World.
Adlai Amor
Joanne and Donald Bartel
James Gabriel and Ellen Rosenthal
Jean and William Graustein
Douglas and Pattie Gray
Ron and Linda Gunden
David and Margaret Hannay
Roger and Marge Heegaard
Betsy Hendrix
Mark A. Hicks
Stephen and Jan Hitchcock
Peter and Kelley Hoopis
Mary Howkins and David Tolley
John Huitema
Lurly Hunsberger
Ann and George Hunter
David and Mary Beth Jellen
William and Joy Junkert
Rick and Beth Kent
Timothy L. Kingstad
Anne Kuempel
Mary Ann Kundtz
Beth and John Lepinski
Eric Lucas
Katherine and Stephen Mahle
Dr. Michael and Jeannee Martin
Marilyn Mathison
Revs. James and Dean McDonald
Terry and Cornelia Moore
Peter and Christine Moore
J. Mark and Kaye Nickell
Dan and Teresa Nolet
Katherine and Matthew Nowak
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Ann Anderson
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Russell E. Atha III
Cynthia Atkins
Robert and Margaret Ayres
Arleen Baez
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Jim Ball and Maureen Geoghan
Dr. James and Rev. Judith Bangsund
David and Karen Barber
Pamala and Steven Barger
Chris Barrett
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Rev. and Mrs. Richard Guy Belliss
Norman and Peggy Bendroth
Linda and John Benner
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Roberta Bennett
Alice Benson and Kirk Fitch
Perry and Kristen Bentley
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Victoria Beynon
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Judy Bierbaum
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Nancy Bolt
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Deborah and Jeff Bower
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Dr. Walter Brueggemann
Caroline Buckman
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Mary Callahan
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John and Linda Carr
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Roch Carter and Jane Flink Carter
Ron and Judy Carter
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Susan and John Clark
Steven Classen and Kathleen Laughlin
Anne and Greg Clites
Roger Cooke and Joan Cirillo
Linda Cooper
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Alfred and Lucy Crabb
Fr. Michael Cremin SAC
Edgar and Elissa Cullman
Eloise Dale
Richard S. Davies
Nancy Davis
Daniel and Mary Carol Day
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Dealy
John and Tricia De Beer
William T. Deffebach
Michael Dehn and Tara Soughers
Rev. Louis Deimeke
Dr. John R. Delfs and Nanette Bourne
Dennis and Ruth Demmel
Jeffrey Dennis
Mark and Diana D’Evelyn
Dr. Claudia Dickerson
Marion Diener
Herman and Dorothy Diers
Douglas and Patricia Dolan
Sharon Doll
Anne and Joseph Dols
Rev. James Donnell
Jim Drysdale
Rev. Donna Duensing
John and Anne Duffy
Wolcott Dunham and
Joan Findlay Dunham
Reginald Dyck and Kaori Fujishiro
Jason Dykstra
Paul and Sharon Eklof
Jeanne Elmhurst
Daniel and Karen Erlander
Peter and Marty Everts
Bennett Falk and Margaret Moreland
Edward Feroli
Patricia J. Figge
Renata and Flavio Figueiredo
Lewis and Martha Fikes
Elizabeth G. Finch
Clarence W. Firari
Kathleen Fischer and Thomas Hart
Allen and Ellen Fisher
Fr. John J. Fitzgerald
Amy Flannery
Dr. Michael and Betsy Fleenor
Robert J. Flynn
Mark and Catherine Foerester
Rev. Ralph and Lois Fogal
Daniel Forrester
Norma Fritsche
Whitni Funsinn
Margery and Leslie Galbraith
Richard Games
Dr. Edward and Judith Garber
Patrick and Julie Garvey
Philip Gasiewicz
Maria Gaspar
John Gavin
Fred and Nancy Gehlbach
Bill and Eileen Gilles
Alison Gist
Rev. Maurice and Carolyn Goldsmith
James Gordon
Walter and Lola Green
Sr. Jeanne Greenen
Carl Gregorio
Donna and Kenneth Groover
Dr. Thomas and Judy Gross
Dr. Dean Gruner
Joanne Gulsvig
Rev. Charles Gusmer
Ed and Cynthia Gustavson
Nancy Habeeb
John and Julie Hamre
Barbara Hanna
Thelma Hannon
Paul Hansma and Pamela Benham
Cynthia and Paul Hanson
Rev. Duane and Elizabeth Hanson
Lois Harder
Donna Harder
Jonathan Harris and Darla Schumm
Margaret Harris
Rev. Robert and Judith Hartenfeld
Idolia and Art Hawkins
Troy and Heather Hawks
Edna Haworth
Agnes R. Hayden
Stephen and Jude Hayes
Prescott Heald
Thomas and Margaret Healey
Kitty Heise
A. R. Hemmingson
Fr. James Henke
Dr. Ray and Rosemary Hershberger
Harry and Starr Hinrichs
Ivan Hinrichs
Steve and Sandra Hirdes
Lynn and Bruce Holbein
Eric and Virginia Holmstrom
Judy Hoshek and Nick Dobrinich
Frank Howard
Sr. Julia Huiskamp
Marian Huizenga
Timothy and Annette Huizenga
Jule Hunefeld
Joseph Molieri/Bread for the World
Charlie and Mary Beth O’Reilly
Edward and Marlyce Payne
Gerald and Hannah Rees
Rev. Paul and Nancy Rhodes
Janis Rich
Kenneth Roe and Shawn Slywka
David and Deborah Rogers
James and Judy Roos
Peter Schakel
James and Rebecca Shields
Diane Shock
Mark Simon and Catherine Counard
Daniel and Nina Smith
Jon and Rebecca Stellmacher
Sue and Ronald Swanson
Dr. Durahn Taylor
Frances Troxler
Mary and John Vander Maten
Joseph and Eileen Vitale
Rev. James Vojtik
Cameron and Scott Vowell
Leslie and Timothy Wallstrom
John and Lucy Walters
Andy and Anita Ward
George Weller
Judith and Maynard Wellman
Donald Wiesen
Faith leaders from across the country came to Washington, D.C., to urge their congressional
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Kathleen and Patrick Hunt
June Husom
R. J. Hutton
Christine Ihde
Dr. Fernando Isart
Rev. Alexander Jacobs
William and Mary Jacobs
Marthea D. Jager
John and Joan Jakobson
Dr. David Johns
Virginia Johnson
Thad and Suzanne Johnson
Anne Hale Johnson
Sandra and Paul Joireman
Zaira Jones
Robert Jones
Bernadette Jones
Andrea Jones
William and Edie Jorns
Fr. George Kane
Dr. Kenneth and Grady Kase
Kathleen and William Kastilahn
Marina and Stephen Kaufman
Bishop and Mrs. David Kendall
Colleen Kent
Reiley and Deborah Kidd
Mary Killingstad
Bryan Kingsriter and Elaine Allen
Delores Klevos
Linda and Rick Knapp
Christa Knapp
Kenneth Koonce
Joshua Kozycz
Rev. Armin and Evelyn Kroehler
Lisbeth Krogman
Kees Kruythoff
Martha Kuhlman
Patricia and Donald Lamb
Corina Lamotte
Mary Anne and Robert Lanni
Eugene and Catherine Lantz
Terry Larkin
Asma Lateef
Brandt and Christine Lawson
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Stephen and Jennifer LeBlanc
Judith C. Lee
Jack and Karen Leonard
William Lese and Serena Harding-Jones
Carol Leveque
Rev. Sandra Levy
Harry Lincoln and Carolyn Rodda
Marian Lindvall
Rev. John Lohre
David and Karen Lowe
Willa and Theodore Lutz
Grant Macleod
Arthur Maher
Charlotte Mahoney and Peter Albert
Louise Mann
Jack and Barbara Marks
Rev. Roger Marlow
Susan Marquis
Joanne Marshall
Sarah and Vincent Mathews
Nancy and William Mathias
Dr. Ronald Mathsen
Bob and Dody Matthias
Lawrence McBrady
Timothy and Renee McCarthy
Eugene McCarthy
David and Sarah McElroy
Matthew and Alanna McHugh
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McMath
Joel and Gena McWilliams
Erik D. Medina
Elena Melius
Karen Micciulla
Melinda Miller and Christopher Cochran
Norma and Joseph Mitchell
Phillip Molina
Susan Montgomery
Bill Morkill
James and Jackie Morris
Sue Morrissey
Frances Moss
Larry and Karen Mulder
Dennis Murnyak
Mary Myers
Jerry Mylet
Jennifer Smith Nazaire
Joanne Nazarian
Paul Neukirch
Muriel Neve
Kaj Neve and Yvonne Over
Gladys Nieuwsma
Roger and Dotty Nittler
Alice Noble
Beverly Norton
Lorna Nunn
Pamela and Howard Nurse
Dr. Thomas and Ellen Nygaard
Fr. Robert Obermeyer
Paul Offenbacher
Margaret O’Herron and Bob Healy
Jeffrey Ojemann and Karen Selboe
David Oliver
Robert and Dorothy Osborn
Dr. David Page
Russell Palmer and Laurie Nettelmann
Chelsea and Aaron Pang
Carol and Paul Parowski
Bishop Richard Pates
Joseph and Ellen Pellegrin
Joan Pepin and Michael Woods
Fr. Martin Peter
Susan Petersmeyer
Elizabeth Petrick
Annette Pickard
Donna and Charles Pickard
Lewis and Winifred Pinch
Robert Ponto
Gail Povey
Rev. Anton Prange
Kent and Julie Price
Joseph Price
Dr. Norberto Priu
Mark and Jean Raabe
Paul Rabe and Cheryl Gunter
Will and Carolyn Ratliff
Bishop Lawrence L. Reddick III
Katherine and Doug Reilly
Dr. Michael Reilly
Kimberly and John Reisman
Rev. and Mrs. Dennis Remenschneider
Rev. and Dr. James S. Rettig
William and Maura Reynolds
Jeff Rieger
Charles and Lauren Roberts
Robert and Elizabeth Roberts
John H. Rockwell II
G. and Joan Rohde
Fr. Robert Rosing
Dr. Joel Ross
Jean Rothfusz
Mary and Winthrop Rutherfurd
Charles and Margreet Ryan
Mary Ryan
Peter and Bernice Rynders
Ronald and Alice Sage
Judy and Carl Sandlin
John Sanford and Julie Moller Sanford
Carol and Mel Scherpenisse
Harold and Ruth Schmidt
Edith and Gail Schneeberger
Stacey Schneider
Dr. and Mrs. Floyd Schoenhals
Ruby Schroeder
Brian and Rachel Schupp
Jane Scocca
Greg Shaw and Anna Mastroianni
Rev. William Shaw
Grace Sheldon-Williams
Machutmi Shishak
Theodore and Karie Shorack
Steve and Dorothy Shreve
R. Matthew and Jacque Simon
Patricia and John Simonds
Dr. John and Regina Sinsky
Margaret and David Sloat
Peter and Mary Sluka
Jack Smalligan and Carolyn Brock
John and Maryellen Smiley
DeAnne Smith
W. Michael Smith
Stephen Smith
Raymond and Joan Spatti
Rev. Herbert C. Spomer
Theresa Sprain
Michael Spreitzer
Jane and Alexander Stevens
Frances Stevenson
Robert Stewart
James Stipe and Christina Way
Dr. Richard Stoltzfus
James R. Stone III
Gary Stoos
Rosa Stratman
Gordon and Glenda Strother
Joy Stukey
Roger Sullivan
Travis and Dawn Tadlock
Dr. Heinrich Taegtmeyer
Nancy and EJ Tarbox
Gregory and Jolanda Taylor
Norman Theiss and Mary Lowry
Joyce and William Thibodeaux
Evelyn Thomsen
Kathy Thomson
Edward and Marian Tiedemann
Gail Tomberg
Judith Toni
Lois Torvik
Margaret Trageser-Kay and Charles Kay
Lois and Robert Troemel
Carol Tucker-Foreman
Fr. Paul Turner
Rev. William Turpie
Thomas Ulrich
Elaine and Don VanCleave
Robert Connie Vanden Burgt
David and Janelle Vig
Daniel and Linda Vinson
Frank and Teresa Viola
Mark Vollmering
Revs. Thomas and Becky Von Fischer
Willard and Grace Wagner
Kathy Walker
Pauline Walker
James and Malinda Waltz
Phineas and Sylvia Washer
Steve Watson
Michelle Weakfall
Bruce Weber
Daniel Weichart
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Michael Weidemann
Theodore Weill
Hermann and Susan Weinlick
Richard and Dana Wekerle
Donna and Ned Wenstrup
Paul Wenzloff
Andrea Westmeyer
Jean Whiting
Kenneth and Clare Whitney
Kendra Wilde and Ben Spiger
Charlotte S. Williams
George and Carol Williamson
Aletta Wilson
Dr. Donna Winston
Dr. Dennis and Jane Wood
Deanna Woodruff
Marie Woods
Fr. Ronald Wozniak, S.J.
Mary Jane and Allen Yanta
Rev. Charles and Gerry Young
Vivian Zeik Lund and Jim Lund
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Carla Beem
Warren and Amy Belasco
Michael and Valerie Bell
William and Gloria Belli
Rev. Paul Belzer
Christopher H. Bender
Rev. Glen and Catherine Bengson
Andrew and Audrey Benjamin
Ruth and Carl Benson
Grant Benson
Joseph Berberich
Kristin Berkey-Abbott
Lois Bernbeck
Helen Bertles-Ferreira
Dorothy and Guido Bertucci
Susan and Tim Bingham
Richard and Arlene Birdsall
Kathryn Boatner
Rev. Anne Bonnyman
Harry and Thelma Boonstra
Dennis and Kathy Boos
Mark and Janice Bornhoft
Joseph Borodach
Jane A. Borst
Joan Bowen
Meg Bowerman
Patricia Brackley
John and Jane Braunger
Fr. Richard Bresnahan
Carl and Elaine Bretscher
Pastor Steven J. Brice
Renee Carol Brodeur
Cornelia Broekhuijse
Leonard and Kathryn Bronec
Robert Brorby
Bernard and Carol Brown
Janice L. Brown
Jo Brown
Glenn and Marge Brown
Suzanne and Bob Browning
James C. Bryant
Robert and Mary Buccini
Rene Buchanan
Fr. Raymond Bucher
Rick and Jill Buffalini
Mary Buitendorp
William and Louise Bullock
Steve Bulthuis
Mary Burbery
Carol F. Burgess
Anthony and Karen Burgess-Cassler
Charles and Mary Jo Burpee
John and Caryl Busman
Robert Caldwell
Bruce Calkins
Janet Cameron
Beverley Campbell
Manuel Canalita
Rev. and Forrest A. Carhartt
Dr. Jerry Carle
Nancy Carman
Carol Caro
Ronald and Marlene Carpenter
John and Adrienne Carr
Joseph Molieri/Bread for the World
Gerald and Judy Aaker
Robert Adkins
Albert R. Ahlstrom
Carmen and Andrew Aiken
Rev. David Akers
Dr. Michael and Jeanette Altamura
Teresa Amott
Matthew Anderson
Eleanor Anderson
Ronald L. Anderson
Robert and Patricia Arbogast
Mohammed H. Aref
C. Kent Argenta
Clifford and Jeanette Arnquist
Janet Ash
David Askey
William Atlee Jr.
Charles and Jessica Austin
Paul R. Axness
James and Sarah Baar
James and Barbara Babb
Barbara Bahrt-Smith and Philip Smith
Karen Baker
Lynne Baker
Thomas C. Baker
Harry Baltzer
Joseph P. Baranowski
Camille Basile
Paul and LaVonne Batalden
Bishop George Battle, Jr.
Stephan Bauman
Faith Bauman
Ann and John Beane
Suzanne Beaumont
Rev. David Beauvais
Constance Beck and Duane Olson
Gary and Mary Becker
Mark and Judy Becker
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Kenneth Cauthen and Gloria Fish
Kenneth and Rosemary Cavanaugh
Paul Chan and Katie Lorand
Kevin Chang
Clarke and Ardis Chapman
Lola Chlupsa
Alfred and Gladys Claassen
William Claflin
Joann Clark
Marilyn S. Clark
Dr. Barbara Clawson
Nicholas Clifford
Rev. John H. Clifford
David and Rebecca Conant
Jim and Anne Condon
Joan and Ronald Conklin
Nancy Cook
Marsha Cookingham
Dr. Robert Cooper
Elizabeth Cooper
David and A. R. Cooper
Michelle Covey
Kathryn Cramer
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Crampton
John Crank
Saradell Crawford
Samuel and Anna Crawford
Alfred C. Croce
David and Lorraine Crosson
Susan Currie
Peggy Dahms
Ellen and Jim Dalton
Joseph Damario
Maureen and Dennis Darcey
John and Jodi Darrow
Jim and Marilyn Davidheiser
Robert and Jane Davidson
Mary Davies
Rev. Charles P. Davignon
John and Patricia Davis
Jessica Davis
Inez Torres Davis
Marva Dawn and Myron Sandberg
Jorge de Moya
Marla and Bill Decker
Alice Decker
Madeleine Deininger
Sumon Dejavichitlert
Eugene and Diane DeJoannis
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Anna and David Dethmers
Richard K. Deveaux
Wim and Chris DeVos
Rosemary Dexter
Esther Ditmanson
Tracey Doering
Charles Dolan
Christopher R. Donahue
Mary Pat Donelam
Nancy Dorer
Richard A. Dorr
Terre Dorward
James Dougherty
Janice Down
Clara Doyle
Owen Doyle
Rev. Dr. E. Wayne Dreyman
Dorothy W. Drummond
John B. Dwyer
Mr. and Mrs. David Dykhouse
George Eckenrode
Dennis and Terese Eckhart
Brenda Edwards
Pat Egan-Myers
Robert and Beth Ehrsam
Leland M. Eilert
Howard Eisenberg
Mohsen Ekhlassi
Jean Elmore
Judith and Eldon Enger
James and Sharon Engh
Joanne Epply-Schmidt
Sheila and Joseph Erlach
Daniel Everett and Kathleen Blane
Lois Fahey
Thomas and Sonia Faletti
Diane Falk
Peter Farrell
Curtis and Troy Fee
Rev. George J. Fekete
Evelyn Ferguson
Meghan Ferguson-Sauder
James and Carol Ferrans
Ellen Ferrone
Carol Feuerstein
Raymond and Judy Filpot
Patricia A. Finegan
Mary Anne Flournoy
Susan Foerster
Cheryl and William Foote
Yolande and Claude Ford
Dr. Mary Louise Formato
John Foss
Richard France
Fr. Eugene Mark Franceschini, OSM
Mary Francis
Marge Francois
Thomas and Patricia Freeburg
Mary and David Freeman
Dr. David and Connie French
Laurel Friedman
Robert C. Friese
The members of Terintambxye, a support group for victims of rape during the Rwandan genocide, share their struggles with a Bread for the
World Institute research team. Women who were raped had difficulty receiving any government assistance as they were not considered widows.
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Timothy and Katherine Fulnecky
Catherine Furlani
John Galbreath
Jean and Duane Gall
Margie Gallagher
James Gallagher
Kelly Galvin
Gordon Gano
Thomas and Lisa Ganschow
Rev. Richard E. Gardiner
Wilson and Julie Gautreaux
Ralph Gee Jr.
Albert and Barbara Gelpi
Denise Gensler
William and Nancy Gerdes
Archbishop Peter L. Gerety
Charles and Patricia Gerhan
Pamela Gibbings
Herbert and Sharon Gillen
Martha Gillette
James and Christine Gilsinan
Jennifer Gingerich
Dorothy Gist
Sibyl Goerner
Robin Goldstein
Danielle Goldstone
Ronald and Beverly Gori
Gregory Gorman and
Elizabeth Hisle-Gorman
Rev. Robert D. Gosma
Phyllis Grady
Fr. William Graf
Dr. Bill and Deborah Granger
John Grattan Jr. and Kay Pedretti
Marian and Roger Gray
James Gray
James and Mary Gregory
Lanet Gregory
Catherine Gregory
Vernne W. Greimer
Dr. Lyle P. Groeneveld
Ron and Sharon Groger
Rev. Paul A. Gross
Norah Guequierre and Ben Von Fischer
Mark Gunderman
Sharon and Jeff Gustin
John and Jane Guthrie
Steven Haggmark and Nancy Johnson
Marguerite Hallquist
Edward Hamm
Margaret Haney
Lois Hankamp
Katy Harriger
Mary Hartman
Robert and Phyllis Hastings
Robert S. Hathaway
Howard and Eva Havlicsek
Diana Hawthornes
Tina Hayashi
Steven Hays-Lohrey
Kaona and Charles Hazlett
Margaret Healy
L. C. Hebel
Richard Heinze
Carolyn and Dave Hellerich
Dr. Richard Hempstead
Tonya Henninger
Jeanette Herbert
Eileen and Dale Herrstrom
Rev. Donald and Marilyn Hetzler
Pastor Paul and Nancy Heykes
Robert and Miriam Hively
Grant and Kristin Hoekzema
Eric Hoffman
Wayne Hoffman
Rev. Judy B. Hofmann
John Holden and Mary Beaudoin
Michele Holden
Peter B. Holland
Leah and Bill Horton
Bonnie Hourigan
Debra Hover
Renie Hradnansky
George E. Hudak
Ed Huffman
David Hulefeld
Diane and Thomas Hunt
Linda Hunt
Esther Hunter
Elizabeth Hussmann
James Hutchison
Eunice and Paul Hyer
Wim and Kathryn Ibes
Steve Iliff
Bill and Barb Irlbeck
Sandy Irving
David and Rev. Cindy Jacobsen
Dr. Darcy R. James
Rev. Debra Jameson
Ada Jeppesen
Richard and Glenda Jessen
Carolyn and Richard John
Dean Johnson
Joseph and Madeleine Johnson
Carol Johnson
Susan and John Johnson
Warren Johnson
Dr. Lowell E. Johnson
Nancy Jones
Mary Helen Jordan
Karen Josephson and Robert Camacho
Judy Judd
Shannon and Patricia Jung
Kenneth and Sally Kampfe
Hans Karras
John and Gail Kavalunas
Kathryn Keck
J. R. and Beverly Ann Keener
Thomas Kelly
Victor and Debrorah Kennedy
Verdery and Mary Ann Kerr
Christopher Kieler
Margareth Kieschnick and
Philip Hatcher
Doo Nam Kim
Steve and Donna Kirch
Janet and Lloyd Kittlaus
Charles and Judith Klawitter
Paul M. Koch
Philip and Kathy Kohler
Elizabeth Kohler
Karen Koopmans
Judy Kostura and Tom Polk
Fred and Joan Kramer
Suzanne and Henry Kraus
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Uta G. Kriefall
Carl and Sandra Kromminga
Sarah Krueger
Karl and Karen Kumpf
Carolyn Kurucz
The Honorable John J. La Falce
Kirsten Labauve
Rev. Francis J. Labita
Dr. Charles Lakeman
John and Mary Lally
Anne C. Landry
Rebecca and James Langer
Rev. Leo Larrivee, SS
Rachel Larson
Paul Larson
Edward Lavelle
Joseph Leahy
Lorraine LeBlanc
Julie Lefevre
Dallas Lehman
Karen Leith
Nancy and Karl Lemke
John W. Lemly
James Leonard
Mark and Kristie Leverenz
Rebecca Lewis
David and Kathy Ling
Ernest C. Lisi
William L. Loeb Jr.
Helen London
Dr. Thomas G. Long
Carole Long
Carol and Robert Longsworth
Rick and Kathy Lorentz
Fran and Robert Ludwig
Dr. Marvin and Jane Maas
Judith MacDonald
William Madlener
Martin and Jane Maehr
Julie Magnus
Christopher Magri
John and Claire Mannheim
Paul and Dottie Mantsch
John A. Maraz
Kesi Marcano-Collier and Yeman Collier
Martha Margaride
George and Mary Martin
Lawrence and Claire Martin
Ardele Martinez
Helen Martinson
Marilyn Martinson
David and Teri Mathews
Dr. Jacob Mauney
John and MaryAnne Mauriel
Ted and Jacqueline Maxeiner
Joyce Maxwell
Paul J. McCarthy
Philip and Elizabeth McClintock
Marilyn McCloskey
Pamela McCoy
Mike McCurry
Tom and Nan McDaniel
Dr. Robert McDonald Jr.
Todd Helle and Diane McElfish-Helle
Patricia A. McGaffigan
John McGaley
Anne and Arthur McGivern
Jennifer McGrail
Julie McKellar
Dr. Megan McKenna
Linda McKiernan-Allen and Ronald Allen
Brian McLemore
Mimi McMillan
Sharon and Jim McNamara
Mary McPherson
Mike G. McWilliams
Susan and Robert Means
Johanna Y. Meara
Maricela Medina
Dr. Daniel Melkus
Larry and Mary Jo Menninga
John C. Mercier
Susan Merrill
Randy Merrill
Robert Messerschmidt
David and Doris Metzler
Elizabeth Meyer
Kenneth J. Meyer
Dr. Kathleen Mezoff
Vince and Carmen Mezzera
Frances M. Michalkewicz
Dr. Joseph and Linda Michon
Ruth and Edward Mihevc
Joseph and Linda Miller
William R. Miller
Dr. Fred and Joan Miller
Christian M. Milton
Mike Mitchell
Robert Molise
Mary Ann and Mark Moller-Gunderson
Sharon Monday-Dorsey
Ellen and George Monsma
Charles M. Monsma
Carol Monson
Steven Moore
Robert Moore
Fr. Robert B. Moran
Veronica Moran
John More
Marion Moreau
Maria Moret
Kathleen Morgan
Alanna Morin
Julie Morland
Fr. Marvin A. Mottet
Dr. Lou Jean Moyer
Ed Muckley
Marilyn Mueller
Kathleen Muldoon
Dr. Shirley Mullen
Madeline Mullin
Richard and Sheila Mulroy
Katherine Murphey
Anne Murphy
Sr. Mary R. Murphy
David and Melanie Mustone
Stephen and Nancy Myers
Rev. Dr. Larry Neeb
Joseph and Julia Neilson
Fred and Jean Nelis
Kaye Neller
Earl E. Nelson
Jeffrey Nelson
Michelle Nelson
Shirley Nelson
Norbert and Mary Lou Nelson
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Michael and Martha Nesbitt
Dr. Craig Nessan
Cherry Newcom
Dennis Newton
Ruth Nickerson
Glenn Nielsen
Dr. Nicholas Noe
Elizabeth Nordquist
Mary Nosek
Joan Nugent
Ruth Nybro
Dr. Paul Oas
Edward O’Brien
Dr. Kelli S. O’Brien
Ramon Ocasio and Norma Ramirez
Heather O’Connell
Brenda O’Connell
Margaret O’Connell
June O’Connor
Patrick O’Donnell
Brigid O’Donnell
Fr. John G. Oesterle
William and Judith O’Fallon
Patrick O’Hara and Nancy Groenewold
Charles Olmstead
Kristi K. Olson
William and Rita Olson
Maureen O’Reilly
Kathleen O’Reilly
Maria and Joe Otero
Wendy Owen
Rev. John Paarlberg
MaryLou Palmer
John and Mary Paone
Ralph and Stephanie Parchment
Harold and Betty Park
Dorothy Parkander
Vivian and Bob Parrish
John and Paula Parton
Frances C. Pascale
Marti Pastore
John Pasurka
Sunil and Sadhna Patel
Phella and Guy Patterson
Kerri Pedersen
Dr. Deborah Peltier
Rev. Albert M. Pennybacker
Rebecca and Victor Pentz
Pastor Richard Perfetto
Jeanne Perreira
James and Mary Perschy
Lynn Petersen
Paul E. Peterson
Jerrald and Esther Pfabe
James and Nancy Phelan
David Phillips
Carmen Pickering
James F. Pierce Jr.
Alma Plante
Margaret Pleasant
Rev. Alexander T. Pocetto
Joseph and Mary Podorsek
Anthony Pogodzinski
Martha and Wayne Pomerleau
Stephen and Esther Portnoy
Bruce Posthumus
Margaret Powell
Bruce Powers
David and Lois Preisinger
Joyce M. Price
John and Bonnie Priebe
Joan Proell
Mary Pugsley and Steve Butt
Marya Pulaski
Ralph and Leslie Purdy
Walter and Dorothy Rabe
Herbert C. Rader
Michael Radke
Melvin and Dolores Raff
Dr. Claude and April Ragan
Dr. Mary Ramey
Russell and Julia Randle
Colleen Reardon
Daniel and Michelle Reece
Elinor and John Rees
Cynthia Reeves
Eileen C. Reid, RJM
James and Barbara Reilly
Rev. Charles Reinbold
Kari Reiquam
Fr. Richard G. Rento
David and Patti Repko
Elizabeth Resnick
Howard and Dee Reynolds
Dr. Sean Reynolds
Norma and Robert Rhodes
Dee Rhodes
Msgr. Peter R. Riani
Cheryl Rice
John Richards
Judi Richardson
Robert Rigstad
Bethany Ringdal
Stephen P. Rinnert
Jonathan Ritz
David and Susan Roberson
Linda and John Roberto
Gary Roberts
Barbara and Brian Robinson
Kevin Robshaw
John Rodger
Rita Rodriguez
James Rogers
Edmund Ronan
Jean and Tom Roth
Robert Rubenow
Rev. Roger O. Ruff
Stuart Rupke
Virginia Rupkus
Dr. Stephen and Diana Ruth
Rev. Kwen O. Sanderson
Anne Scarff
Paul Scaringi
Rev. Robert Schaden
Vernon J. Schaefer
Loren and Eleanore Scheman
Rev. Marvin A. Schilling
Lilla Schmeltekopf
Eliza Schmidkunz and Glen Gibbons
Rev. Karl K. Schmidt
Stephen and Susan Schmidt
Rev. Kenneth Schmidt
Richard and Catherine Schmit
Rita Schneider
John and Mary Schramm
Robert A. Schramm
Kent and Melissa Schrof
Evelyn M. Schulze
John E. Schwiebert
Nancy Scoles
Bertram Scott
Heather Scott
Michael Scully-Linder
Beth Search
Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.-37) was honored by Bread for the World at
its June Lobby Day reception for her work in ending hunger.
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Beverly and Walter Seidenschwarz
Kathleen Sengstock
Al and Ruth Senske
John and Margit Shanahan
Vincent Shea
Mary Ann and John Sheets-Hanson
Jerry Shell
Jon Shell
Alan and Sharon Shelton
Marilyn Sheppard
Juanita and Paul Sherba
Ingyann Shieh
Dr. Eric Shin
Thomas M. Shine
Bonnie Shinneman
Dr. Donald and Peggy Shriver
Rev. Msgr. Michael Shugrue
Rev. Dr. Kenneth Siess
Rev. Harold R. Sikorski
Dorothy Sime
Cathryn Simon
Raymond and Mary Simon
William and Cheryl Simpson-Whitaker
Tina Singh
Barbara Smith
Donald and Marilyn Smith
Fred Snuggs
Mary B. Snyder
Rev. Walther T. Soeldner
Paul Sonkowsky and Amy Woo
Mary and Timothy Soulis
Donna Spigarolo
Rene Springuel
Doug and Joyce Stakem
Matthias and Martha Stallmann
Barb Staniszewski
Dr. Kathleen Staudt
Marie Steinbeck
Robert and Deborah Sterken
Judith and Arthur Stevens
John and Bobbie Stewart
Dale and Mary Stillwell
Rev. Lloyd and Dorothy Stivers
Laura Stivers
Gerry and Heidi Stolp
Jan R. Stone
Lisa Stracks
Rev. Thomas F. Stratman
Mary Jane Strattner-Gregory
Fred and Gloria Strickert
Thor and Barb Strong
Dave Stuart
Daniel Stubbs
Paul Stuehrenberg and Carole Devore
John and Sandra Stumme
Rev. Robert J. Suit
Rev. John J. Sullivan
Rev. Thomas M. Suriano
Dr. Clement and Anne Sydnor
Jessica Tabler
Prof. Anthony J. Tambasco
Helen Taney
Susan Taquechel
Judith and Paul Tarabek
Leolene Tate
Carol Taylor
Ginny and Clyde Taylor
Charles and Mary Taylor
Andrew Tecson
Robert Tencate
Sr. Frances Thibodeau
Lisa and Oliver Thomas
Elizabeth Thomas
Gomer Thomas
Connie Thompkins
Erik Thompson
Maryjo Thornburgh
Blaise Tobia and Virginia Maksymowicz
George-Ann Tobin
Orton and Karen Tofte
Ghazwan Toma
Gerard Townsend
Gary and Querethea Travis
Phyllis Trible
Natalie Trisilla
Thomas K. Trutner
George Turk
Rev. Darla D. Turlington
Camille Tylden
Marilyn Unruh
Wade and Virginia Upton
Kathryn Usiak
Mark Van Lummel
Michael L. Van Scyoc
Paul M. Vance
John Vandeuren
Steve Vandine and Ellen Schneider
Sacra and Rex Vaughan
Rev. James J. Vaughan
Larry and Carolyn Veeder
Lillian and Bruce Venner
O. Kevin Vincent and Patricia Haman
Dr. Roger and Lusandra Vincent
David Volkman
Vibeke Von Der Hude
Marilyn Voran
Alvin and Joyce Vos
Patricia Wade
Kay Wade
Alexise Waldeck
Judy Walter
May Wang
Fr. Robert Washabaugh
Rev. Leslie and Jeannie Weber
Charleen Weidenbach
Duane and Mary Rose Weiland
Hugh and Nancy Westermeyer
Branston Weyer
John and Helen Wheeler
Mary Alice Wicker
Robert A. Wicker
Peter and Karen Wickstrand
Kathy Wiederin
Jerry and Jo Ann Wiesner
Janet Wilcox
Jean and Robert Williams
Ruth and Walter Wilson
Rev. Albert L. Wilson
John and Amanda Wilson
Connie Wimer and Frank Fogarty
Mary Winham
John Winkel
Nancy Winslow
Susan Winson
Roger A. Wissman
Walter and Jean Wist
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Diana Witt
Sonja Wittich
Stephen H. Wolf
Patricia Wood
Mary Woodall Jappe
Marilyn and Charles Workman
Ranae and James Wright
Barbara Wright
Jean M. Wylie
Randy and Joyce Yates
Richard and Erma Yaussy
Charles and Mamie Yeagle
Aileen Yopp
Dan Young
Pastor John A. Young
Edward and Joan Zahorik
Nedra Zartman
Amy and Stephen Zeder
W. D. Zerega
Dr. Roland and Barbara Zimany
Congregational and Denominational Support
(Gifts of $1,000 or more)
A.M.E. Women’s Missionary Society, Washington, DC
Advent Lutheran Church, Morgan Hill, CA
Advent Lutheran Church, New York, NY
Andrew Riverside Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis, MN
Benedictine Foundation at Washington, DC
Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, Clyde, MO
Bethany Community, Pittsburgh, PA
Bethel Lutheran Church, Rochester, MN
Bethel Lutheran Church, Northfield, MN
Bethesda United Methodist Church, Bethesda, MD
Bon Secours Health System, Marriottsville, MD
Brecksville United Methodist, Brecksville, OH
Broadway Baptist Church, Fort Worth, TX
Buncombe Street United Methodist Church, Greenville, SC
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, New York, NY
Catholic Charities, U.S.A., Alexandria, VA
Center for Student Missions, Washington, DC
Central Christian Church Lexington, KY
Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC
Christ the King Lutheran Church, Durango, CO
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Indianapolis, IN
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, CA
Church of Christ Union, Berea, KY
Church of St. Joseph of Yorkville, New York, NY
Church of St. Vincent De Paul, Albany, NY
Church of the Brethren, Elgin, IL
Church of the Holy Angels, Chagrin Falls, OH
Church World Service, Washington, DC
Community of Christ, Independence, MO
Congregation of St. Joseph, Wichita, KS
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Decatur, GA
Cornerstone United Methodist Church, Bear, DE
Corpus Christi Parish, Bay City, MI
Daughters of Charity of the Province of St. Louise, Saint Louis, MO
East Koshkonong Lutheran Church Cambridge, WI
Evangelical Covenant Church - Covenant World Relief, Chicago, IL
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Chicago, IL
Fairview Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, IN
Faith Christian Reformed Church, New Brighton, MN
Felician Sisters of North America, Beaver Falls, PA
Fellowship Lutheran Church, Tulsa, OK
First Lutheran Church, Blair, NE
First Presbyterian Church, Allentown, PA
First Presbyterian Church of York, York, PA
First United Methodist Church, Evanston, IL
Foods Resource Bank, Western Springs, IL
Franciscan Sisters of Mary, Bridgeton, MO
Grace Lutheran Church, Schenectady, NY
Great Plains Conference UMC, Topeka, KS
Guilford Park Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, NC
Home Moravian Church, Winston Salem, NC
International Orthodox Christian Charities, Baltimore, MD
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Olympia, WA
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Lutheran World Relief, Baltimore, MD
Manassas Church of the Brethren, Manassas, VA
Monastery Portsmouth Abbey, Portsmouth, RI
Mountain View Lutheran Church, Edgewood, WA
Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN
Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, Lenexa, KS
Newman United Methodist Church, Grants Pass, OR
Norbertine Community, Albuquerque, NM
Northminster Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, IN
Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Homewood, AL
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Sioux Falls, SD
Plantsville Congregational Church, Plantsville, CT
Presbyterian Hunger Program, Louisville, KY
Presbytery of Shenandoah, Harrisonburg, VA
Presbytery of the James, Richmond, VA
Protestant Dutch Reformed Church, Brooklyn, NY
Province of St. Joseph of the Capuchin Order, Milwaukee, WI
Ravensworth Baptist Church, Annandale, VA
Redeemer Lutheran Church, Maywood, NJ
Rocky Hill Congregational Church, Rocky Hill, CT
Rutgers Presbyterian Church, New York, NY
Saint Dunstan’s Episcopal Church, Madison, WI
Setauket Presbyterian Church, Setauket, NY
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, Leavenworth, KS
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Nazareth, KY
Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, Houston, TX
Sisters of St. Francis, Clinton, IA
Sisters of the Presentation, Dubuque, IA
St. Andrew Catholic Community, Rochester, MI
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, College Park, MD
St. Barnabas Lutheran Church, Plymouth, MN
St. John Neumann Church, Saint Charles, IL
St. John Vianney Catholic Church, Brookfield, WI
St. John Vianney Parish, Shelby Township, MI
St. Louis Catholic Church, Pinecrest, FL
St. Luke Church, Sister Bay, WI
St. Luke Lutheran Church, Portland, OR
St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, Orlando, FL
St. Mark Church, Emporium, PA
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Tacoma, WA
St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Waverly, IA
St. Matthias Catholic Church, Milwaukee, WI
St. Paul Lutheran Church, Davenport, IA
St. Paul’s United Church Of Christ, Eureka, SD
St. Stephen Lutheran Church, Williamsburg, VA
St. Thomas More Student Parish, Kalamazoo, MI
Sudbury United Methodist Church, Sudbury, MA
The Salvation Army (national headquarters), Alexandria, VA
The United Methodist Church of Evergreen, Evergreen, CO
Third Reformed Church, Holland, MI
Towson Presbyterian Church, Towson, MD
Trinity Episcopal Church, Princeton, NJ
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Camp Hill, PA
Trinity Lutheran Church, S. Milwaukee, WI
Trinity Lutheran Church, Wauseon, OH
United Church of Christ, Cleveland, OH
United Methodist Committee on Relief, New York, NY
University Church in Yale, New Haven, CT
University Lutheran Chapel, Berkeley, CA
Wayne Presbyterian Church, Wayne, PA
Wesleyan Church, Indianapolis, IN
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, NC
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Akron, OH
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, PA
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Alexandria, VA
Westminster Presbyterian Church, West Chester, PA
During the morning briefing on the issues at a church on Lobby Day before visits with legislators on Capitol
Hill, the minds of participants were stretched, but their bodies also needed stretching occasionally too.
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Woodlawn Christian Reformed, Grand Rapids, MI
World Renew, Grand Rapids, MI
Yorkfield Presbyterian Church, Elmhurst, IL
Zion United Church of Christ, Union, MO
Institutional Support
(Gifts of $50,000 or more)
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Chang K. Park Foundation
David & Carol Myers Foundation
Eleanor Crook Foundation
H-E-B
Helen Brach Foundation
Meehan Foundation
Rick Steves’ Europe Inc.
Wallace Genetic Foundation
Institutional Support
(Gifts of $1,000 - $49,999)
Abe Graber Memorial Fund
Abell Foundation, Inc.
Alpine Woods
American Express Foundation
Andrews Foundation
Barnabas Foundation
Benevity Social Ventures Inc.
Blumenshine LLC
Brown Harris Stevens Residential Sales, LLC
Cafe on Vine
Canadian Foodgrains Bank
Capital Group Companies Foundation
Charles Schwab & Company
Christian Church Foundation
Christian Foundation West Michigan
Clermont Foundation
Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation
Community Foundation For the Fox Valley Region, Inc.
Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region’s
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
Community Foundation of Northern Virginia
Congressional Hunger Center
Daniel Lynch Foundation, Inc.
Dealy Legacy Fund of Foundation of the Heart
Deeds Foundation Inc.
Divine Word College
Dynamic Aviation
Edward D. Jones & Company Custodian
ELCA Foundation
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Franklin Templeton Investments
Friendship Force of Olympia, WA
GE Foundation
Gilligan Foundation
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund
Greater New York Hospital Association
H.E.B. Grocery Company
Harbor Investment Advisory, LLC
Healey Family Foundation
Henry Luce Foundation
Highmark Health Director Charitable Donation Program
Howard Miller Company
Impact Mailing of Minnesota, Inc.
ImpactAssets Inc.
Jewish Communal Fund
John R. Jakobson Foundation
Jones Lang LaSalle
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JustGive.Org
Kimberly-Clark Foundation
Larry & Karen Mulder Foundation
Lester Poretsky Family Foundation
Lutz Fund
MacDonald-Peterson Foundation
Madison Community Foundation
Marina P. & Stephen E. Kaufman Foundation
Marist College
Marjorie & Richard McGahren Foundation
Mary J. Donnelly Foundation
Mennonite Foundation, Inc.
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
Minneapolis Foundation
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust, Inc.
National Christian Foundation
Network for Good
New York Community Trust
Novelli Apol Charitable Fund
Ohio National Financial Services
Omaha Community Foundation
OneAmerica Financial Partners
Paul and Pearl Caslow Foundation
Paypal Giving Fund
Pershing, LLC
Peter R. & Cynthia K. Kellogg Foundation
Rancho Santa Fe Foundation
Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund
Robert W. Baird & Co.
Roger Nuncio Foundation
S.C. Ministry Foundation
San Francisco Foundation
Schwab Charitable Fund
Steven Madden LTD
T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving
TD Ameritrade
Thrivent Financial
U.S. Trust
United Way of Central New Mexico
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
WaterStone
Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
Wells Fargo Community Support Campaign
Winston-Salem Foundation
YourCause, LLC
Bread for the World is grateful to the several individuals, families,
and institutions that made generous gifts in 2015 but wish to
remain anonymous.
Space does not permit us to recognize all of our members whose
generous financial support strengthens our collective Christian
voice on behalf of people who are hungry. Our heartfelt gratitude
goes out to them.
Contributions to Bread for the World are not tax-deductible
because its members lobby Congress on behalf of people who are
hungry. Many individuals and families chose to support Bread for
the World Institute. Contributions to the Institute are tax-deductible
and support research and education, including the publication
of the annual Hunger Report and research on maternal and child
nutrition and education.
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