World Food Movement
Our Impact

Fresh, cooked meals reaching communities in need.

Every week, World Food Movement delivers nutritious meals to college campuses and shelters across New Jersey and New York.

68,000
Meals served through August 2026

Our Partners

Our partner sites, updated weekly
Middlesex College
Middlesex College
Weekly meal partner
Rutgers Newark
Rutgers Newark
Weekly meal partner
College of Staten Island
College of Staten Island
Weekly meal partner
Medgar Evers College
Medgar Evers College
Weekly meal partner
Harlem, New York City
Harlem, New York City
Weekly meal partner
Growing
New partner sites added as the program expands

The ledger, so far.

23,000
Meals Served This Year
and growing daily
45,000
Meals Funded to Date
across NJ & NY
100,000
2026 Meal Goal
help us get there
68,000 servedGoal: 100,000 meals by 2026
The Hunger Crisis in America

Why the need keeps growing

The USDA's Food and Nutrition Service runs SNAP, WIC, the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, CACFP and CSFP to address hunger nationwide. Despite these efforts, food insecurity keeps rising.

47.4M
People experienced food insecurity in 2023
Up 3.2 million from the year before.
Source: USDA Household Food Security Report
13.8M
Children in food-insecure households
Nearly 1 in 5 U.S. children, as pandemic-era free school meals rolled back.
Source: USDA Household Food Security Report
9.1%
Rise in consumer prices, June 2021–June 2022
The steepest increase in 40 years, forcing families to choose between medical needs and food.
Source: U.S. Global Leadership Coalition
4M+
College students facing food insecurity
23% of undergraduates and 12% of graduate students nationwide.
Source: The Hope Center for Student Basic Needs (NPSAS:20)
1.5M+
Students experiencing homelessness
8% of undergraduates and 5% of graduate students nationwide.
Source: The Hope Center for Student Basic Needs (NPSAS:20)
653,104
People experienced homelessness in 2023
A record high, up 12% over 2022. New York City and Los Angeles alone hold a quarter of the nation's unhoused.
Source: Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR)

No one should have to wonder where their next meal will come from. We must take bold steps now — with government, the private sector, nonprofits, and communities working together — to build a healthier future for every American.

Susan E. RiceFormer United States Ambassador to the United Nations

Committed to alleviating hunger in America.

World Food Movement works alongside government and community programs, contributing fresh, cooked meals through our feeding programs.

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