Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC
FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 595 organizations whose IRS filings report $136,631,533 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($17,063,867). 285 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $130M
- Funders on record
- 595
- Grants received
- $137M
- Net assets
- $28M
What Friends of the World Food Program Inc does
Mission
To inspire and mobilize people in the united states to support the mission of the u.n. World food programme to end hunger.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Grants: in 2025, grants from the world food program usa (wfp usa) helped the world food programme (wfp) provide food to people suffering from hunger in the world's poorest countries, including thousands of children in school meal programs as well as those affected by natural disasters and conflict. For the year ended september 30, 2025 wfp usa donated $93,664,053 to the world food programme.
$97,377,424 spentof which $93,935,652 as grants85% of program spendingMarketing & communications: the marketing & communications efforts at wfp usa amplify the organization's efforts to expand u.s. Government and private sector support for solving global hunger by providing marketing and communications expertise and valuable programmatic input. This includes, managing wfp usa's digital properties, strengthening wfp usa brand visibility in the u.s., and putting in place internal communications systems across all departments in support of organizational goals and objectives.
$14,895,936 spent13% of program spendingPublic policy: wfp usa educates members of congress and other officials about international hunger issues and specific policies that could improve u.s. Government efforts to address global hunger. Wfp usa helps highlight wfp's funding challenges and shortfalls, serving as a bridge of information between the agency and congress. Wfp usa also advocates for sufficient resources to ensure that the u.s. Government continues to provide global leadership in reaching vulnerable populations in need around the world. To build strong support for u.s. Leadership in addressing global hunger, wfp usa collaborates with and mobilizes opinion leaders, nonprofits, coalitions and others.
$1,832,769 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $114,106,129.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $25M to $100M (+296%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
99% of FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (17% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Barron Segar
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 53 funders to 243 funders, grant income rose $3.7M → $25M.
100 of 595 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 595 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
67% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 30% · 2019 23% · 2020 14% · 2021 22% · 2022 17% · 2023 15% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
42% of FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
62% of FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $52M that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 44 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $85M arriving through sponsors registered in 31 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 180 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 180 human services nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 51 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC?
- FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 595 organizations whose IRS filings report $136,631,533 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($17,063,867). 285 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC have?
- IRS filings report 595 organizations giving $136,631,533 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC, 285 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $17,063,867 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 595 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing