Mike Goorhouse is president and CEO of the Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area, where he oversees community impact, endowment investment policies, and internal operations. He is recipient of the Catalyst Award by Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy and has been named one of the top 30 civic leaders under 30 in the nation by Splashlife and the National Conference on Citizenship. Gooorhouse previously served as vice president for donor development at the Community Foundation. He is a former board member for Project Clarity, Learning to Give, Kids Food Basket, Association for a More Just Society, and the Fellowship Reformed Church. He is Reformed Church in America.
These fact sheets provide a snapshot of hunger and poverty in the United States and in each state plus Washington, D.C.
Conflict is a main driver of the recent increase in hunger around the world and of forced migration. Hunger also contributes to conflict.
“As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him and established in faith.” These words from Colossians 2:6 remind us of the faith that is active in love for our neighbors.
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As the president and Congress are preparing their plans for this year, almost 100 church leaders—from all the families of U.S. Christianity—are...
This devotional guide invites deepened relationship with and among Pan-African people and elected leaders in the mission to end hunger and poverty.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is designed to respond to changes in need, making it well suited to respond to crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bread for the World and its partners are asking Congress to provide $200 million for global nutrition in the fiscal year 2020 budget.
In 2017, 11.8 percent of households in the U.S.—40 million people—were food-insecure, meaning that they were unsure at some point during the year about how they would provide for their next meal.