Open day at Kwa Ngethe school

Giving Circles

A select group of inspired donors committed to ending classroom hunger in Africa

Giving Circles are a wonderful way to stay invested and connected with Food4Education and the children and communities we serve.

School feeding at Kimorori School in Muranga

We're now feeding over 700,000 children every day

Thanks to our centralized kitchen model, our burgeoning government partnerships, and deeply supportive philanthropists, we now feed over 700,000 children a hot nutritious meals every day.

And yet still, our work is far from done.

Food for Education Q3 2025 impact report cover

And we need our village to help.

We invite you to join the Founders’ Circle or Nourishment Circle – vital groups of F4E supporters giving $1,000+/year or more each year.

With your support, we can reach our goal of serving 1 million children each day, and even sooner replicate what we do in other countries across Africa. We already plan to bring our model to two other countries by 2030. We are more than half way there!

To join the Founders’ Circle or Nourishment Circle, please see below or email us directly.

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Founders' Circle

Server: $1,000*
Feeds 19 children for a full school year

Tapper: $2,500
Feeds 47 children for a full school year

Sous: $5,000
Feeds 94 children for a full school year

Accelerator: $10,000
Feeds 187 children for a full school year

Giga: $25,000**
Feeds 468 children for a full school year

Sustaining Community: $50,000**
Feeds 872 children for a full school year

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Nourishment Circle

Blueprint Designer: $100,000
Underwrite 4 schools serving daily meals to a total of 1,750 children each day

Transformative Kitchen: $250,000
Feed an entire county – 5 schools with 4,575 children

Legacy of Abundance: $500,000
Funds 15 small climate-friendly rural kitchens to serve 2,865,000 meals

Angel Feeding the Future: $1,000,000
Build one mega kitchen with the capacity to feed 20,000 children every single school day

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* Donors giving $1,000+:
> Receive a personalized note from an F4E student and will be invited to an annual meet and greet with Founder and CEO, Wawira Njiru, in NYC

** Donors giving $25,000+:
> An opportunity for you to volunteer with F4E in Kenya
> A bespoke safari planner to execute your Kenya Safari trip
> A personalized letter from F4E Students

Giving Circles

Thank you to our Founders’ and Nourishment Circle members and individual supporters.

BluePrint Designer

Underwrite 4 schools serving daily meals to a total of 1,750 children each day

  • Anonymous
  • Chuck Robbins
  • Hoag Family Foundation

Sustaining Community

Feeds 872 children for a full school year

  • Goodman Family Foundation
  • Iris Tam
  • Karam Family Fund

Giga Chef

Feeds 468 children for a full school year

  • Chris Martin
  • Follow Your Dream Foundation
  • Kirsten + Michael Beckwith
  • Lewis Family Foundation
  • Ronald Sager

Accelerator Chef

Feeds 187 children for a full school year

  • American University Philanthropy Dept.
  • Anonymous
  • Assaf + Shelly Harlap
  • Factory for Good
  • Jane + Steve Hipp
  • Jeffrey Harris + Judith Wasserstein
  • TWILA
  • The Life You Can Save

Sous Chef

Feeds 94 children for a full school year

  • Milton Family
  • Filson Family Foundation
  • Jason + Larasati Segal
  • Jessica + Brock Allen
  • Outlaw State of Kind Fund
  • Pure Wilderness Safari
  • Taft Foundation

Tapper

Feeds 47 children for a full school year

  • Arch Rock Philanthropy
  • Grace + Mark Thomsen
  • Kirk Connors

Server

Feeds 19 children for a full school year

  • Aaron Bruner
  • AFL Telecommunications LLC
  • Affshin Family Fund
  • Andrea Caffrey
  • Cathy + Edward David
  • Cortez Family
  • Christine Varney + Tom Graham
  • Clinton Walls
  • Colin McCarty
  • Daniel Homrich
  • Ed + Heidi Mills
  • Elliott + Phyllis Rosen
  • Eyitola St. Matthew-Daniel
  • Frances Stevenson
  • Gaev Keeka
  • Ingrid Johnson
  • Jamey Shachoy
  • Jan W Low
  • Joseph Dasovic
  • Mallory + Devin Mudge
  • Melanie Webster + Richard Lin
  • Patricia McBryde
  • Paul T. Walton Jr. Charitable Foundation
  • Robert Stevenson
  • Roberto Diaz
  • Srivar Kalisetti
  • Tony Long
  • William Peterson
  • Wolfensohn Family Foundation
  • Welmie Laubscher
  • Wray Thorn + Melissa Francis
  • Robert Diaz

Reach out to Ariel@food4education.org to learn more about our Founders’ Circle

Foundations

Thank you to the following Foundations who support Food4Education.

  • Acton Family Giving
  • AKO Foundation
  • Cartier Philanthropy
  • CIFF (Children's Investment
Fund Foundation)
  • Co-Impact
  • Dioraphte
  • Dovetail
  • DvF Foundation
  • ELMA Philanthropies
  • Frey Charitable Foundation
  • Gen Africa
  • Greenwood Place
  • James Percy Foundation
  • Jasmine Social Investments
  • Jester Foundation
  • Jeff and Marieke Rothschild
Foundation
  • Mackenzie Scott
  • Mulago Foundation
  • Nathan and Elizabeth Blecharczyk
  • Novo Nordisk Foundation
  • Patchwork Collective
  • Peter Cundill Foundation
  • Pictet Group Foundation
  • Pilot House
  • Pivotal Ventures
  • Ray and Tye Noorda Foundation
  • Reed Hastings
  • Rippleworks
  • Safaricom Foundation
  • SAS-P
  • Screaming Comet Foundation

  • Skip Foundation
  • Skoll Foundation
  • Stanbic Foundation
  • Stavros Niarchos Foundation
  • Swiss Family Foundation
  • The Carl Victor Page Memorial Foundation
  • The Pramila Trust
  • Vitol
  • Whole Foods Market Foundation
  • Yajilara Trust

Our support for F4E was immediate. With strife and hatred so much present in the world, we feel that feeding children and building community ought to be a priority for all of us. We are proud to play a small part in the work of F4E.

Elliott + Phyllis R. / Founders' Circle Members

Given that one in our people on earth will be from Africa in only 25 years, I don't believe there is a more important investment these days.

Anonymous Nourishment Circle Member

For me philanthropy isn’t about getting your name on a wall.

Anonymous Founders' Circle Member

I invest in Food4Education because I'm confident in its sustainability over time - between philanthropy, government investment and parents, I'm not alone as a funder.

L. Jonass / Nourishment Circle Member

Sample itinerary

A sample itinerary of a full day of volunteering with Food4Education, part of the benefits you receive as Founders’ Circle Giga and Accelerator Chef members.

7:00 AM

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Visit the "giga" Kitchen - Africa's largest kitchen - see “de-canting” and dispatch, and immerse in the hustle and bustle of 60,000 meals made

8:00 AM

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Ride the transport trucks that deliver 60,000 meals to 20+ schools

9:00 AM

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Visit a 32,000sq foot warehouse and see rice piled to the ceiling and beans sorted by the millions

10:30 AM

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Visit a local school and meet the children and head teacher

12:30 PM

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Serve as a "tapper" and tap students' smart bracelets to receive their meal OR be a server and feed hundreds of students their school lunch

1:30 PM

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Have lunch and meet with a kitchen manager and a parent to discuss F4E's program and impact