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4 | 2013 Feed the Children Annual Report 5

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

Dear Friends,

Thanks to the generosity of donors, the shared vision of partners, and the dedication of staff members, Feed the Children will remember 2013 as a year of advances.

How do you measure a year’s success? You can look at the numbers:

• $215 million of food and supplies distributed to over 10 million individuals in the U.S.

• 250 shipments of essentials to help those devastated by the tornadoes in Oklahoma

• 350,000 children around the world receiving nourishing meals every school day

You can look at the accomplishments:

• A four-star rating from Charity Navigator, an honor that recognizes our commitment to accountability and transparency

• A renewed emphasis on child sponsorships

• A new approach to customer service

But most importantly, you can look at the stories.

Every effort we make as donors, partners, volunteers, or Feed the Children employees eventually becomes part of a child’s story. The stories you help us tell on our blog, in our newsletters, and to each other are the end result of immeasurable effort by people dedicated to one mission.

In 2014, we will keep telling the stories—some new, some old, some with beginnings that go back years. Each one a true representation of everything we do at Feed the Children.

Thank you for your help in writing our 2013 story. Your help enabled the communities we serve—moving them even closer to realizing our vision: To create a world where no child goes to bed hungry.

Sincerely,

Kevin L. HaganPresident and CEO, Feed the Children

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Stories of little things bringing big smiles

Dear Miss O,

Thank you for giving me a new backpack. I thank you as many times as there are stars in the sky. You are a good person for doing that.

If you didn’t get me a new backpack, everything in my old bag, it would rip and I would have to stop and pick everything up and make it to class before the bell rings.

Long story short, you saved my grade. You also saved me.

Your friend,

Mario

OVERVIEW Feed the Children serves people in need in the U.S. by responding to disasters, delivering food and essentials, and providing tools for education. In 2013, over 10 million children and families in danger of running out of the basics received $215 million worth of food and essentials.

DOMESTIC

Stories of determination

“We’ll rebuild at some point and we’ll be better. But it’s a lot to put on your shoulders. It helps when there’s an organization like Feed the Children out there, kind of giving you the little extra push to get you going.”

— Oklahoma resident at a 2013 Feed the Children relief event

EDUCATION Giving children access to quality education is a key component in fighting poverty and hunger. In 2013, our efforts in education included:

• Enabling homeless children to go to school with backpacks full of children’s books, school supplies, and personal care products thanks to the donors who funded H.E.L.P. (Homeless Education and Literacy Program). In 2013, this program delivered 65,000 backpacks to children in need.

• Students in Title I schools have a better chance of succeeding because of the school supplies, children’s books, and personal care products they receive twice a year through our Kids School Basics program. In 2013, this project reached schools in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

DISASTER RELIEFWhen natural disasters hit the U.S. in 2013, leaving people in desperate need, they received help and hope from our donors and partners.

On May 20, 2013, an EF5 tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma. This horrific disaster killed 24 people, including seven children at one elementary school. The tornado also destroyed an estimated 1,150 houses, leaving families homeless and devastated. Those affected soon received nearly 250 shipments of food and supplies, weighing more than 2.6 million pounds and valued at $8.5 million, thanks to 50 of our partners.

Additionally, Feed the Children and 56 of our partners responded to the lingering effects of Hurricane Sandy with 145 shipments of food and supplies, weighing 3 million pounds and valued at approximately $8 million.

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Stories of clean water changing everything

When members of Feed the Children’s U.S. staff and volunteers visited the community we serve in Hambongan, Philippines, they were quickly cautioned away from the beautiful beaches because they were contaminated with human waste. The community had no toilets.

Through our sanitation project, we implemented a latrine system and taught the people of Hambongan how to dispose of waste so it wouldn’t go into the water. Every household in the community now has a toilet.

Disease is declining, and quality of life is improving. Instead of staying home seriously ill, more children are attending our school and feeding center. And, now better-educated and equipped to bolster their own community, their parents are part of the savings and loan program we helped establish there, with 10% of their profits going directly back to the school and feeding center.

— Excerpt from “What’s in the Water? 4 Facts That Will Shock You” on blog.feedthechildren.org

INTERNATIONAL

WATERWe also addressed a broad array of water issues. In 2013, 179,000 children and families benefited as Feed the Children installed more than 80 water wells and systems, bathroom facilities, and other clean-water sources in 16 countries. In addition, more than 24,000 children and families are collecting valuable rainwater after we installed large-scale water retention systems.

Stories of survival

At four months old, a severely undernourished infant was sent to a Feed the Children feeding center near her family’s home in Honduras. She stayed at the facility, receiving care and nutritious meals, until she was stable enough to go home.

The infant’s parents still have difficulty providing the essentials for their kids. But Feed the Children remains active, standing strong in the gap and ensuring that this family’s children have a chance at a better life.

— Report from the field, February 2013

OVERVIEWFeed the Children’s mission extends to people around the world. In 2013, we acquired World Neighbors as a subsidiary, expanding our reach to serve people in 18 countries:

All our efforts to help children around the world are built around our Four Pillars philosophy to fighting hunger. This approach—which comprises Food & Nutrition, Health & Water, Education, and Livelihoods —addresses not just immediate food needs, but also the root causes of hunger.

FEEDING PROGRAMSEvery school day in 2013, more than 350,000 children, who otherwise may have gone an entire day without eating, received nutritious meals from our donors and partners.

• Bolivia • Burkina Faso• El Salvador • Guatemala • Haiti • Honduras

• India • Indonesia • Kenya • Malawi • Mali • Nepal

• Nicaragua • Peru • the Philippines • Tanzania • Timor-Leste • Uganda

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Stories of healthy prevention

“I was very worried for my son’s life. The thought of losing my son

was piercing my heart.”

— Ruth Hara, an African mother whose son’s hunger was made worse by parasites. Feed the Children provides her son with vital nutrition and, just as importantly, deworming medicine that will allow him to grow in strength and health.

Stories of healing

The Oklahoma office of Feed the Children sent a traveling medical mission to Guatemala. For a week, the group of health professionals went out to serve in seven communities. The team included a variety of disciplines: general medicine, dentistry, ophthalmology, and pediatrics.

This group can be very proud of their statistics. In all, they saw 10,224 children, adults, and seniors. The local people with disabilities received consultations, medication, and lenses free of charge. In dental clinics, people came in for two or more extractions and got supplies like floss and toothpaste from the staff. Even the pediatric patients got a toothbrush and toothpaste to take home.

In the eye clinic, patients got a visual examination and prescription glasses. Because they work outdoors and are prone to eye disease from over exposure, many patients also got needed sunglasses.

— Report from the field, July 2013

DEWORMING MEDICINEChildren in areas with widespread hunger also face the danger of parasites, which can rob children of the nutrition we provide. To prevent this, we provide deworming medicine to children in Ecuador, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Sao Tome, Central African Republic, Gambia, and Columbia. In 2013, nearly 18 million doses of this medicine were given to 14 million children.

MEDICAL MISSIONSIn 2013, 27,000 patients around the world were treated through our medical missions. In addition, we dispensed 54,000 prescriptions, gave 8,500 eye exams, and provided 2,800 dental exams.

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This list represents the top corporate donors that gave gift-in-kind donations of $1 million or more in FY 2013.

ActavisAveryAvonBarcel USABetter World BooksChurch & Dwight Co., Inc.Colomer USACott Beverages USA, Inc.CVSDannon Company, Inc.Davis VisionDirect Brands, Inc.Disney Publishing WorldwideEnergizer Personal CareEsselte CorporationExel/CloroxFerrara Candy CompanyFGX InternationalFilmyard Holdings, LLCFirst BookFrito-Lay, Inc.Guess, Inc.Hachette Book Group USAHalf Price BooksHero USAHirzel Canning Co. & Farms

H.J. HeinzInstitution Recycling NetworkInternational Masters PublishersJAKKS PacificKao USALowe’sMars ChocolateNestle Prepared FoodsNiagara Bottling, LLCNourish the ChildrenOffice DepotOne World Enterprises, LLCOra OpticalPenguin Random HousePerfect Timing, Inc.PharmaviteRalston FoodsRich Products Corp.TeleperformanceTEVA Pharmaceuticals USATOMSTyson Foods, Inc.UnileverVi-Jon Laboratories, Inc.WhiteWave FoodsYUM! Brands

FEED THE CHILDREN PARTNERS FEED THE CHILDREN BOARD

Rick England, ChairmanGregg Yeilding, TreasurerMichael DinkinsMike HoganMichelle MesenMary Schrick, N.D., Ph.D.Kathy Doyle ThomasMary Wong

FEED THE CHILDREN EXECUTIVE STAFFKevin Hagan, President and CEOTravis Arnold, Chief Operations OfficerTom Davis, Chief Program OfficerCorey Gordon, Chief Marketing and Communications OfficerScott Killough, Ph.D., Senior Vice President of International OperationsMatt Panos, Chief Development OfficerChristy Tharp, Chief Financial OfficerGary Sloan, Senior Vice President of Domestic Operations

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

REVENUES, GAINS, AND OTHER SUPPORT: 2013 2012Gifts-in-Kind 382,943,793 545,570,833

Contributions and grants 65,200,314 71,822,861

Transportation service revenue 3,403,673 2,710,951

Contribution received in acquisition of World Neighbors, Inc. 7,152,364 —

Other revenue 11,489,889 621,810

TOTAL REVENUES, GAINS AND OTHER SUPPORT 470,190,033 620,726,455

EXPENSESProgram services 368,578,659 619,162,645

Fundraising 32,470,505 37,354,685

Management and general 14,451,276 16,442,090

Transportation service expenses 4,337,884 3,061,043

TOTAL EXPENSES 419, 838, 324 676,020,463

PROGRAM SERVICES

Childcare, food and medical 267,436,141 493,844,076

Disaster relief 17,494,062 7,777,248

Education and community development 83,648,456 117,541,321

TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES 368,578,659 619,162,645

NET ASSETS

Unrestricted 140,423,264 99,620,206

Temporarily restricted- purpose restrictions 20,992,816 15,699,644

Temporarily restricted- time restricted 10,531,114 9,072,199

Permanently restricted 2,796, 564

TOTAL NET ASSETS 174,743,758 124,392,049

2013 2012

Gifts-in-Kind 81% 88%

Contributions and grants 14% 12%

Transportation service revenue 1% < 1%

Contribution received in acquisition of World Neighbors, Inc. 2% < 1%

Other revenue 2% < 1%

Program services 88% 92%

Fundraising 8% 5%

Management and general 3% 2%

Transportation service expenses 1% 1%

Childcare, food and medical 72% 80%

Disaster relief 5% 1%

Education and community development 23% 19%

Unrestricted 80% 74%

Temporarily restricted- purpose restrictions 12% 12%

Temporarily restricted- time restricted 6% 7%

Permanently restricted 2% 7%

81%Gifts-in-Kind

88%Program services

72%Childcare, food

and medical

80%Unrestricted

REVENUES, GAINS, AND OTHER SUPPORT:

EXPENSES:

PROGRAM SERVICES:

NET ASSETS:

2013PERCENTAGES

Feed the Children’s audited consolidated financial statements for the years ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 are available at www.feedthechildren.org/reports or upon request.

FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2013 AND 2012

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