FAQs
What is World Hunger Relief?
What is the World Food Programme (WFP)?
Why join forces with WFP?
Why are we concerned with the crisis of world hunger?
Are my contributions tax deductible? (U.S.) (outside U.S.)
What is Yum! Brands?
Do any restaurants receive any portion of my donation?
Other FAQs
What is World Hunger Relief?
Started in 2007 as World Hunger Relief Week, Yum! and its brands (KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell) created World Hunger Relief to highlight and drive action in the movement to end world hunger by increasing awareness, raising money for United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and other hunger relief agencies around the globe, and encouraging volunteerism.
Since World Hunger Relief launched in 2007, more than one million of the Company’s employees, franchisees and their families have volunteered more than 21 million hours to aid hunger relief efforts in communities worldwide. The effort has raised nearly $85 million for WFP and other hunger relief organizations and is helping to provide over 350 million meals and save the lives of millions of people in remote corners of the world. In January 2010, Yum! Brands was honored to be named WFP’s Partner of the Year at the World Economic Forum annual meeting at Davos. Additionally, PR Week awarded World Hunger Relief with top honors as the “Cause–Related Campaign of the Year 2010”.
Our core philanthropic mission is to feed people in need. Yum! and our brands have been committed to fighting hunger for more than a decade by donating over 125 million pounds of food, with a value of over $500 million, to those at risk of hunger in the United States. Yum! also has been the primary sponsor of the Dare to Care Food Bank in Louisville, KY for nine years, and has donated nearly $8 million to this local agency.
We understand, however, that hunger has no borders. Hunger affects nearly one billion people around the world every day. As the world’s largest restaurant company, addressing the issue of hunger on a global scale is a natural fit. We reached out to the world’s largest hunger relief agency, and subsequently, our senior executives made visits to WFP operations in Sudan and Guatemala. After seeing WFP in action, we were compelled to create an unprecedented, globally-focused effort to raise awareness about hunger and raise funds to help feed the hungry poor by donating to WFP. With your help, we can make a huge impact and help end hunger around the world for the second year. Together we can help significantly in bridging the gap between hunger and hope.
What is the World Food Programme (WFP)?
WFP is the largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. Each year, on average, WFP feeds more than 90 million people in more than 70 countries.
WFP’s life-saving programs provide safety nets and mother-child health programs in extreme situations. They are not just providing a hand out, but rather a hand up:
- helping villages and communities lift themselves from chronic malnutrition by helping build infrastructures (roads, bridges, schools, medical clinics) in exchange for food.
- providing food and resources to build self-sustaining communities in the most impoverished corners of the world.
- provide school feeding, using as platform for nutritional interventions.
Why join forces with WFP? (and not another hunger relief organization?)
World Food Programme has the resources and track record of making a tremendous impact in hunger relief all around the world. WFP has helped in recent crises such as:
- Earthquake victims in Haiti
- Flood survivors in Nepal
- Cyclone Nargis survivors in Myanmar
- Hurricane Felix survivors in Nicaragua
- Peru earthquake survivors
- Refugees from the Darfur region
Why are we concerned with the crisis of world hunger?
The core philanthropic mission of Yum! Brands is to feed people in need. As the world’s largest restaurant company, Yum! Brands and our restaurants have a long history of fighting hunger in the United States. Yum! and our brands have been committed to fighting hunger for more than a decade by donating over 125 million pounds of food, with a value of over $500 million, to those at risk of hunger in the United States. Yum! also has been the primary sponsor of the Dare to Care Food Bank in Louisville, KY for nine years, and has donated nearly $8 million to this local agency.
We recognize the crisis of hunger extends far beyond the U.S. and we are obligated by a sense of responsibility to end hunger in the communities in which we live and work, and for the greater good of the world entirely. The power and reach of our global system of restaurants, committed franchisees, employees and vendors enables us to interact with millions of customers every day. We have an amazing opportunity to engage millions of people to join us in a unique global movement to end world hunger.
Is my donation tax deductible? How do I get a receipt for tax purposes? (U.S.)
Donations to WFP U.S.A. are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. As a United Nations agency, donations made directly to WFP are generally not tax-deductible for US tax payers; WFP U.S.A. cannot provide a tax receipt for gifts made directly to WFP headquarters in Rome or via wfp.org. It is always advisable to check with your own financial or tax advisor.
We acknowledge all donations with a letter that can be used as a tax receipt. If you make your donation online, you will receive the acknowledgment letter immediately; please print it for your records. Donations sent by mail generally are acknowledged within 2-4 weeks.
Is my donation tax deductible? How do I get a receipt for tax purposes? (outside U.S.)
Donations made directly to the World Food Programme may not be tax deductible in your country of residence. Laws regarding contributions to United Nations agencies vary from country to country. WFP has partnered with several organizations around the world to provide tax deductibility for donors. More information and a list of tax-deductible opportunities is listed on the WFP Tax Deductibility page.
What is Yum! Brands?
Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, is the world's largest restaurant company in terms of system restaurants, with nearly 38,000 restaurants in more than 110 countries and territories. The company is ranked #216 on the Fortune 500 List, with revenues in excess of $11 billion in 2010. The company's restaurant brands - KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell - are the global leaders of the chicken, pizza, Mexican-style food categories, respectively. Outside the United States, the Yum! Brands system opened approximately four new restaurants each day of the year, making a leader in international retail development. The company has consistently been recognized for its reward and recognition culture, diversity leadership, community giving, and consistent
shareholder returns.
Does Yum! Brands or any of its restaurants (KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Long John Silver's and A&W Restaurants) receive any of my donation?
No. Your donation goes directly to feeding people who would otherwise be faced with the possibility of not having anything to eat. Funds donated by customers during World Hunger Relief will directly support the greatest needs of WFP's food relief programs in the least developed nations around the world. The Yum! Foundation will make a matching contribution of all consumer funds raised during World Hunger Relief to cover WFP's global administrative fees (up to $1.5 million).
Other important FAQs:
How is WFP U.S.A. funded?
How is WFP funded?
How is my donation used?
How can I obtain WFP U.S.A.'s financial information?
How can I make my donation for a specific country/program/region?
How can I make an automatically recurring donation?
How can I make a donation in memory or in honor of someone?
Is WFP U.S.A. a 501(c)3 organization?
Can I donate food or other supplies?
Does WFP U.S.A. share or sell the names of donors or those on its mailing list?
Can I volunteer with WFP?
What can I do besides donate money to help WFP and WFP U.S.A. in their efforts?
Is hunger really that big a problem?
