Share Our Strength
Share Our Strength is a national organization that funds a variety of anti-hunger and anti-poverty initiatives, with an emphasis on ending childhood hunger. The group is among the largest hunger-related advocacy organizations in the United States, raising $83 million in revenue in 2023. The group is best known for its No Kid Hungry campaign, a national initiative focused on eradicating childhood hunger. Since 2022, the group has been led by Anne Filipic, a Democratic political operative who was director of the White House Office of Management and Administration in the Biden administration and previously worked for the Obama administration, the Democratic National Committee, the Obama 2008 Presidential Campaign, and Enroll America. 1 2 3 4
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Background
Share Our Strength was founded in 1984 by siblings Debbie Shore and Billy Shore whom co-chair the group’s board as of 2024. The group has been based in Washington, D.C. since its founding, and initially was mostly a grantmaking organization. It claims to have formed several activist campaigns regarding hunger and nutrition. Notable activities include the “Taste of the Nation” fundraising event, the Cooking Matters nutrition-education program, and Community Wealth Ventures, a consultancy serving other nonprofit groups. 3 5
Activities
Share Our Strength has grown to become one of the largest hunger and poverty organizations in the United States, reporting over $83 million in revenue in 2023, and $111 million in expenses. A large portion of the group’s activity is centered on grantmaking; the group distributed $38 million in grants in 2022 and $26 million in 2023. The group’s No Kid Hungry Campaign, which it founded in 2010, has become the focus of the group, accounting for $72 million of the group’s $111 million in 2023 expenses. 6
No Kid Hungry
No Kid Hungry was founded as a program of Share Our Strength in 2010 and is the group’s largest program. Most of the group’s public-facing activity takes place under the No Kid Hungry name. The group states that the program, in addition to food distribution, aims to tackle “root causes” of hunger ranging “from jobs that pay low wages to the high cost and inaccessibility of healthy foods, along with other systemic issues… (and) funding organizations that are helping families become more financially secure with a focus on single mothers.” 6 7
The No Kid Hungry campaign also distributes all grants on behalf of Share Our Strength, providing grants to local organizations to fund meal distribution. 7
In 2022, Share Our Strength announced a new $6.7 million campaign to address the “root causes” of hunger by providing grants to left-of-center advocacy groups to promote policies including “leadership and job training, transitional employment, academic support, childcare assistance, access to tax benefits like the Child Tax Credit and a root-cause policy agenda.” 8
Funders of the No Kid Hungry’s policy work include the Albertsons Companies Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation. Recipients of the campaign include the Black Land Ownership Council (BLOC) (Massachusetts), CASH Campaign of Maryland, Foundation Communities (Texas), the left-of-center think tank Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), Policy Matters Ohio, the Reuben V. Anderson Center for Justice (RVAC) (Mississippi), and the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. 8
Controversy
In 2020, the group was criticized for declining a $200,000 donation from rapper Daniel Hernandez (known by his stage name 6ix9ine) while the group released a statement claiming its policy is “…to decline funding from donors whose activities do not align with our mission and values.” Hernandez responded by posting on his Instagram profile alleging the company would, “…rather take food out the mouth of these innocent children…I never seen something so cruel.” 9
Funding
In December 2025, Share Our Strength was one of multiple organizations that received a grant from Yield Giving, the philanthropic initiative started by MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. In 2025 alone, Scott, through Yield Giving, donated over $7.16 billion to philanthropies and other charity organizations around the world. 10
Leadership
Anne Filipic is the CEO of Share Our Strength, serving in the position since 2022. Prior to this, Filipic previously worked as the director of the White House Office of Administration during the Biden administration. Filipic also served several positions within the Obama administration, the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the Obama 2008 Presidential Campaign, and Enroll America. 2 1 In December 2024, Filipic was identified as the White House official who ordered the firings of several junior White House employees due to previous marijuana use in March 2021. According to an article by The Daily Beast, the firing was allegedly seen as “frustrating” to several White House staffers due to “indications from the Biden administration that recreational use of cannabis would not be immediately disqualifying for would-be personnel.” 11
Financial Statistics
Total Assets
Total Revenue
Total Expenses
| Year | Total Assets | Total Revenue | Total Expenses | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $62,632,417 | $79,052,167 | $101,799,409 | View |
| 2023 | $89,661,103 | $83,566,419 | $111,154,661 | View |
| 2022 | $112,717,108 | $85,337,137 | $110,225,226 | View |
| 2021 | $142,760,369 | $145,454,265 | $136,307,642 | View |
| 2020 | $128,318,334 | $159,804,700 | $86,282,451 | View |
Prior year filings: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
Revenue Detail
Expenses Detail
Employee Compensation
- Number of Employees: 346
Highest Earning Employees
Grant Activity
All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:
- Total Grant Value: $268,541,601
- Number of Grants: 4,002
- Number of Funders: 1,422
Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:
All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:
- Total Grant Value: $191,255,838
- Number of Grants: 4,288
- Number of Recipients: 2,623
Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years: