Bread for the World

Bread for the World wants Congress to break the cycle of world hunger. The not-for-profit Christian organization with 50,000 members strives to end hunger through political action and volunteering. Its membership spans 2,500 churches in 45 denominations. The organization's partner group, Bread for the World Institute, performs education and research on hunger issues and publishes an annual hunger report. Bread for the World serves as the secretariat for the Alliance to End Hunger, a group of religious groups, foundations, labor unions, business leaders, and other charities. Bread for the World began in 1972 with a plan to bring faith-based organizations together to influence policies on hunger.