Almost 400 million children around the world go to bed hungry every night.

The UN World Food Program (WFP) offers a nutrient-packed meal to school children in 74 countries.

In 2008, FEED projects partnerships raised over $4 million for WFP school feeding.

The FEED Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness and funds to ensure nutritious school meals for all children as a first step to improving the global food system. In partnership with FEED Projects, LLC, the FEED Foundation has provided over 50 million school meals to children in the developing world through the United Nations World Food Progam school feeding operations.

The FEED Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit organization founded in July 2008 by Ellen Gustafson and Lauren Bush. We started the Foundation because of our shared commitment to raise valuable funds and support for the United Nations World Food Program's school feeding efforts. We have extended our focus to look holistically at the global food system and find ways to make it better for all people. We are also looking at how we can affect change in related areas, like agriculture, education, and health.

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Nicole Sexton - is the Chief Executive Officer of the FEED Foundation. Prior to joining FEED, Nicole was the Executive Outreach Director for ONE, the grassroots campaign and advocacy organization committed to the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa. At ONE, Nicole managed the organization’s grasstops/VIP relationships. Nicole was instrumental in getting the participation of key members of the ONE VOTE 08 delegation that traveled to Rwanda, a trip that led to a renewed commitment by both parties to increase foreign investment in the developing world. She also planned and executed ONE's activites during the 2008 Conventions in Denver and Minneapolis, including a World Vision partnership to build care-giver kits in the two cities.

Prior to joining ONE, Nicole served as the Director of Finance for the National Republican Senatorial Committee from 2002 – 2005, raising $95 million dollars. She served as PAC Director and Corporate Donor Program Director for the National Republican Senatorial Committee from 2001- 2002, raising $15.5 million. She has worked as the Membership Director for Club For Growth, the Deputy Finance Director for Forbes 2000, McIntosh for Congress and the Event Coordinator for Goldsmith for Governor.

She comes by an interest in improving the Food System honestly, having been born and raised in New Orleans, Lousiana. Nicole graduated with a BA in Art History from Southern Methodist University and interned at the White House under Bush 41. She recently released a novel, Party Favors, which is a tongue-in-cheek look at the world of political fundraising.

Ellen Gustafson - is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of the FEED Foundation. She is also co-Founder and Executive Vice President of FEED Projects, LLC, a charitable company that creates good products that help better the world. For each FEED Bag sold, a measurable donation is given to support school-feeding programs for hungry children. Working together the FEED Foundation and FEED Projects, LLC have provided over $5.5 million to UN World Food Program school-feeding operations since April 2007.

Previously, Ellen was a Public Information Officer and Spokesperson for the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), where she directed projects in the New York Communications office and met WFP Honorary Spokesperson and FEED co-Founder, Lauren Bush. At WFP, Ellen managed U.S. media relations, launched the 52-school Universities Fighting World Hunger initiative, and oversaw U.S. celebrity outreach.

Before joining WFP, she was a Production Researcher for the ABC News Investigative Unit, where she wrote and edited pieces on international terrorism for Senior Investigative Correspondent Brian Ross. Ellen also worked at the Council on Foreign Relations, the foremost US foreign policy think-tank, as a Military Research Associate, acting as the sole researcher for four senior military officers, and as a Communications Associate. Ellen has a B.A. in Political Science from Columbia University and is pursuing a Masters in Food Studies at New York University. She serves on the Columbia University Alumni Board of Directors and on the Advisory Board of Doc to Dock, Inc, a non-profit bringing medical supplies to African hospitals.

The FEED Foundation is represented by an apple tree. The fruit of the apple tree symbolizes health and the branches of the tree symbolize The FEED Foundations commitment to help ensure that all people everywhere have access to healthy nutritious food.