Ministry Spotlight: Feed My Starving Children
Ministry drops to a 2-star financial efficiency rating
Feed My Starving Children’s donor confidence score fell 20 points after its financial efficiency rating dropped from three stars to two. MinistryWatch’s financial efficiency rating measures how much money goes directly to ministry.
Photo via Feed My Starving Children Facebook Page
Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) believes hope starts with food. As a Christian nonprofit, FMSC is dedicated to seeing every child whole in body and spirit. FMSC works with food distribution partners that stay with communities for the long haul, empowering them to move from relief to development.
According to the FMSC website, “FMSC meals are developed by food science and nutrition professionals to supplement nutritional needs and reduce problems with malnutrition.”
FMSC’s key Bible verse is Matthew 25:35: “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat.”
In 2025, FMSC’s fundraising expense ratio increased from 6% in 2024 to 9%. Rising above the sector median flagged a change in their financial efficiency. Dan Stennes Rogness is Vice President of Finance for FMSC.
“We did a feasibility study and launched a capital campaign in FY2024-25. We also contracted with an outside agency to strengthen our direct mail campaign and also provide analysis on major givers,” Stennes Rogness said.
These factors affected the ratio for fundraising costs as a percentage of overall costs.
Total expenses also dropped due to a decline in post-Covid donations. FMSC shipped over 440M meals in 2023-24 as compared to only 375M in 2024-25, a program output ratio change of 98% to 78%. Total expense costs went from $74,099,697 in 2024 to $65,733,066 in 2025.
Additionally, FMSC’s reserve accumulation ratio rose over the median this year, skyrocketing from -41% in 2024 to 9% in 2025.
FMSC is not a member of the ECFA.
“We are rated by Charity Navigators and Candid which gives us greater reach since our ministry is beyond just evangelicals. In addition, the fee structure for EFCA is steep,” Stennes Rogness said.
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Feed My Starving Children has an C Transparency Grade—it posts its Form 990s and audited financials on its website, but loses points for not being a member of the ECFA.
MinistryWatch Donor Confidence Score: 50 (out of a possible 100) “Exercise Caution”
MinistryWatch Financial Efficiency Rating: 2 Stars (out of a possible 5 Stars)
MinistryWatch Transparency Grade: C
ECFA Member? No
Revenue in Most Recent Year Available: $70,484,783
Five-Year Revenue Trend: Increasing (by about 40%)
Percent of Revenue Feed My Starving Children Spends on Fundraising: 9%
Percent Peer Group Spends on Fundraising: 6%
CEO/President: Mark Crea
President’s Salary and Other Compensation: $358,009
A complete MinistryWatch profile for Feed My Starving Children can be found here.
