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Bread for the World Institute

Public charity · Grantmaker Washington, DC EIN: 51-0175510 Website

To provide analysis and education on hunger issues in the United States and around the world.

Key facts about Bread for the World Institute

In short: Bread for the World Institute gave $10K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $10K), mostly in District of Columbia. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
51-0175510
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$10,000
Grants made (2025)
1
Average grant
$10,000
Median grant
$10,000
Total assets
$22,426,638
Primary geography
District of Columbia (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$22.4M

+4.2% YoY

Annual Giving

$10K

Grant Count

1

Avg Grant Size

$10K

About Bread for the World Institute

Based on IRS filings

Bread for the World Institute is a public charity focused on International, Foreign Affairs & National Security, based in Washington, DC. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $22.4M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $10K. Net investment income was $1.3M.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

Cities

Washington

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$20K$40K$60K0 grants2019 0 grants2020 0 grants2021 Total only2022 Total only2023 0 grants2024 1 grant2025

From 2022 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $2K (2023) to $46K (2022). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $10K.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Friends Committee on National Legislation: $10KFriends Committee on NationalLegislation$10K

The largest 2025 recipient was Friends Committee on National Legislation ($10K).

Grant Size Distribution

1 grants across all recorded years

1<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 1 grant of 1 (100%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Friends Committee on National Legislation Washington, DCGeneral Support$10,000

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$5M$10M$15M$20M2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$22,426,638$21,521,982$15,707,266
Revenue$8,438,465$14,011,183$6,681,781
Expenses$7,063,536$7,017,329$6,698,052
Net Investment Income$1,265,214$850,914$903,074

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 29, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS June 27, 2023)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS June 24, 2024)
  4. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 18, 2026)

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Bread for the World Institute is led by Eugene Cho, President & CEO since 2025 (on filings since 2020); 7 of 42 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Eugene Cho

    President & CEO

    President → President & CEO, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    20.5 hrs/week

    $125K (2020) → $177K (2025)

  • Jeremy Everett

    Chair

    Director → Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Heather Taylor

    Managing Director

    Director of Communications → Managing Director, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    17 hrs/week

    $57K (2019) → $94K (2025)

  • Matthew Gross

    Director

    Director Organizing → Director & Organizing, 2022

    Director & Organizing → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    18 hrs/week

    $72K (2021) → $74K (2025)

  • Edward Kaufholz

    Director

    Director & Communications → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    22 hrs/week

    $82K (2022) → $92K (2025)

  • Abiola Afolayan

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    37.5 hrs/week

    $140K (2024) → $156K (2025)

  • David Miner

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Victor Adamo

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Beverly E Mitchell

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joyce Rothermel

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Susan Henry-Crowe

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kate Howe

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Adam Edgerly

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Faustine Wabwire

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Frank Dew

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Katie Sexton Wood

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nikki Toyama-Szeto

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eric Roemer

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Heber Brown

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jason Fileta

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeanette Salguero

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jennifer Pelling

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rebecca Middleton

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eddy Aleman

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Grace Shim

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Karen Georgia A Thompson

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Karen Smith

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lori Tapia

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Max Finberg

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Wear

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sandra Joireman

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stephen Reeves

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chang K Park

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dave V Repko

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Austin

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Fatima Yakubu-Madus

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeffrey Leath

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gail Smith-Gliss

    Controller

    On filings since 2021

    20 hrs/week

    $63K (2021) → $71K (2025)

  • LaTashia Satterfield Ogunlana

    Vice President of Finance & Administrator

    New on the 2025 filing

    21.5 hrs/week

    $65K (2025)

  • James B Walker

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mariam Mengistie

    Vice Chair

    Director → Secretary, 2022

    Secretary → Vice Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kate Judge

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (63)
  • Former: Allison Mark (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Delma Plummer (2019–2024) — Vice President Finance & Administratio
  • Former: Jeffrey Nelson (2019–2024) — Director & Finance
  • Former: John T Hendrix (2019–2024) — Treasurer
  • Former: Richard Coll (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Larisa Friesen (2022–2024) — Vice President Development
  • Former: Bob Terry (2024) — Director
  • Former: Dave Miner (2024) — Director
  • Former: Bobby S Terry (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Carol Myers (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Fernando Tamara (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Heather Hardinger (2019–2023) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Katherine Pringle (2019–2023) — Chair
  • Former: Lawrence Kirby II (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Michael Goorhouse (2021–2023) — Treasurer
  • Former: Nancy Neal (2021–2023) — Minister & Spiritual Formation
  • Former: Amy Reumann (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Frank Madison Reid (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Patricia Frey (2023) — Director
  • Former: Dawn Pierce (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Doug Beacham (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Frances Simpson-Allen (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Heather Valentine (2019–2022) — Director & Government Relations
  • Former: Jim McGovern (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Kate Weaver (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Tom Hart (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Al Tizon (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Cecilia Williams (2022) — Director
  • Former: Amy Ruemann (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Beth Bostrom (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Carlos L Malave (2019–2021) — Secretary
  • Former: Chris Coons (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Claire Gholston (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Jeffrey Haggray (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Jo Anne Lyon (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: John Carr (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Robert Dole (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Sharon Thornberry (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: William Moore (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Edith Avila Olea (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Franklin M Reid (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Asma Lateef (2019–2020) — Director of Institute
  • Former: David M Beckmann (2019–2020) — President
  • Former: James Lund (2019–2020) — Vice President Development
  • Former: Jerry Moran (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Kara Bobroff (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Lawrence Reddick (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Michael Martin (2019–2020) — Treasurer
  • Former: Michele Sumilas (2019–2020) — Managing Director
  • Former: Mike Goorhouse (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Richard Pates (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Stephen Hitchcock (2019–2020) — Senior Manager-Development
  • Former: Ted Yoho (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Britta Hamre (2020) — Director
  • Former: Ricaedo Ramirez (2020) — Director
  • Former: Angela Rupchock-Schafer (2019) — Director
  • Former: David Husby (2019) — Director
  • Former: Iva Carruthers (2019) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Janet M Corpus (2019) — Director
  • Former: Jonathan Reyes (2019) — Director
  • Former: Shirley Cason Reed (2019) — Director
  • Former: Spencer Bachus (2019) — Director
  • Former: Susan Stall (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Eugene Cho — President/CEO: $177KEugene ChoPresident/CEO$177KAbiola Afolayan — Director: $156KAbiola AfolayanDirector$156KHeather Taylor — Managing Director: $94KHeather TaylorManaging Director$94KEdward Kaufholz — Director: $92KEdward KaufholzDirector$92KMatthew Gross — Director: $74KMatthew GrossDirector$74KGail Smith-Gliss — Controller: $71KGail Smith-GlissController$71KLaTashia Satterfield Ogunlana — VP of Finance & Admin: $65KLaTashia Satterfield…VP of Finance & Admin$65K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $177K, to Eugene Cho (President/CEO). 7 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Bread for the World Institute

How much does Bread for the World Institute give each year?

Bread for the World Institute gave $10K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990.

How large is Bread for the World Institute?

Bread for the World Institute reported $22.4M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $8.4M.

What is Bread for the World Institute?

Bread for the World Institute is a public charity focused on International, Foreign Affairs & National Security, based in Washington, DC. It holds $22.4M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Bread for the World Institute operate?

Bread for the World Institute has awarded grants in District of Columbia.

What is Bread for the World Institute's EIN?

Bread for the World Institute's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 51-0175510. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

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