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| Form 990, Part III, Line 4c, Program Service Accomplishments: | The U.S. Farm Bill was a central part of our advocacy efforts in 2023. The Farm Bill sets national policies for nutrition, agriculture, conservation, and forestry. This legislation provides nutrition assistance to millions of Americans through programs such as SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). Bread for the World advocated for a fair, equitable, and sustainable farm bill in 2023 when the bill was scheduled to be reauthorized. Bread advocated for enhancements to global maternal and child nutrition through the Food for Peace and McGovern-Dole Food for Education programs. We organized our members and our government relations staff to protect Food for Peace funding, which is used for local procurement of foods, food vouchers, and cash assistance. In November 2023, Congress successfully passed a one-year extension of the 2018 Farm Bill. An extension that amounts to "more of the same" may not seem like victory, but this came in a year when most of the Bread-supported programs in the farm bill were threatened with drastic cuts during the appropriations negotiations process. Bread's network prevented MORE THAN $1.2 Billion from being cut from Food for Peace, which in 2022 reached 53 million people in 21 countries with critical food and nutrition aid. |
| Form 990, Part III, Line 4c | Also included in the omnibus legislation is the House's reauthorization of the Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act, which Bread supported. It seeks to increase access to free meals for children in high-poverty schools and to increase nutrition standards in those meals. Passage of the Keep Kids Fed Act will ensure free summer meals for about 30 million kids in America, regardless of income. The bill included nearly $3 billion to extend all pandemic school meal waivers through the summer, as well as supply chain flexibilities and increased federal reimbursements through the 2022-23 school year. During and after last year's United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP), following Bread for the World's October Climate and Hunger Convocation in Nairobi, Kenya, Bread for the World advocated with high-level government officials for continued action on climate. We expressed gratitude to the U.S. government for their involvement in the intersection between climate change, food security, and agriculture at COP's first ever Food Systems Pavilion. We also applauded the United States' doubling its pledge to the Adaptation Fund to $100 billion. Bread for the World was proud to support the work of the PREPARE initiative, through which the United States has instituted a whole-of-government approach to addressing climate change and food insecurity. The National Strategy that came out of the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health is a long-term vision for addressing hunger in America. It contains many policies that Bread supports and that could have bipartisan support, from school meals to SNAP to the Child Tax Credit. It elevates nutrition security alongside food security - because we want people to thrive, not just survive, by having the right nutrition. The largest victory is the inclusion of a goal to end hunger and increase healthy eating and physical activity by 2030. Bread has long served as a prophetic voice, calling for this ambitious goal. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 | Membership includes individuals or organizations who make an annual financial contribution to BREAD or who otherwise distinguish themselves through their service to BREAD. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a | Each member is entitled to vote for each vacant Board of Director position that is to be filled by voting members. Members can cast their ballots by mail or electronic means. Five hundred member votes constitute a quorum for a valid election. This is the sole voting privilege enjoyed by members. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b | The Controller and Director of Finance compare the Federal Form 990 to the audited financial statements. All variances are verified against schedules to determine that they are correct. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c | On an annual basis, members of the Board of Directors sign a new conflict of interest statement. Any possible conflicts listed are reviewed by the Vice President of Finance and Administration to determine if they truly reflect a conflict. If so, the statements are discussed with the Audit Committee. If the Committee believes the conflict is real, the Board Member is asked to either resign from the Board or to stop the activity that is creating the conflict. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 | Periodically, the human resource department receives general market data from an outside compensation consultant to determine if salaries are in line with organizations of similar mission and/or size. A more thorough market analysis of compensation of specific positions is provided by an outside compensation consultant on an ad hoc basis. The President's salary is reviewed by the Board of Directors on a periodic basis. This is discussed and documented in the executive session. These notes are kept by the Board Secretary and are not open to the public. However, the Board does seek the same independent comparison data for the President that BREAD seeks for all other staff, including other members of the Executive Team. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 | BREAD's website includes governance and financial information. Several charity and business rating sites, such as the Better Business Bureau and Charity Navigator also post these documents and additional information. BREAD also makes information available to the public upon request. |
| Form 990, Part IX, line 11g | Other: Program service expenses 866,530. Management and general expenses 25,359. Fundraising expenses 75,021. Total expenses 966,910. |
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