San Diego’s Taste of the Nation, 2003

It takes more than food to fight hunger.
	It takes both short- and long-term solutions to have a lasting impact.	food assistance job training economic development programs advocacy
	It takes each one of us, sharing our strength, to make a difference.	Through creative events and programs, chefs, restaurateurs, authors and artists as well as accountants, consultants and business executives help raise awareness and funds to end hunger and poverty.

Beginnings

The organization began in the basement of a row house on Capitol Hill in 1984. In the beginning, we organized a handful of chefs to cook for fundraisers. Today we mobilize thousands of individuals in the culinary industry to organize events, host dinners, teach cooking and nutrition classes to low-income families and serve as anti-hunger advocates. And we mobilize hundreds of literary professionals to conduct benefit readings and contribute works to Share Our Strength books.

To bring even more resources to the fight against hunger and poverty, we build creative partnerships with a range of industries, including retail, financial services and music — and we create community wealth, resources generated through profitable enterprise to promote social change.

Scale And Responsibility

Share Our Strength:

• raised more than $90 million since 1984, funding more than 1,000 local, state, national and international organizations working to prevent the causes and consequences of hunger and poverty.
• is a fiscally responsible organization. Annual fiinancial statements are reviewed and approved by an independent auditor.
• is lean and effective. 89% of our budget goes to anti-hunger initiatives.