What does it mean to be a Hunger Project investor?

 

The way that The Hunger Project raises its money is as important as how we spend it. Nearly all our funding comes from highly committed individuals who direct a meaningful share of their financial resources to achieving the end of hunger.

Those who give their money to The Hunger Project do not see themselves as donors - giving their money to someone who is, in some way, less than themselves - but as investors, as stakeholders, standing in full and coequal partnership with hungry people in achieving a future free from hunger.

Investors in The Hunger Project experience a return on their investment that is immediate and lasting - the joy and satisfaction that come from investing their resources in a way that benefits all humanity, and leaves a legacy for future generations that would not otherwise be possible.

10 reasons to invest in The Hunger Project

1. The Hunger Project does not give handouts. We build self-reliance, empowering people to achieve permanent solutions to chronic hunger.

2. The Hunger Project works at the heart of the problem, rather than making small contributions at the periphery. You have the chance to participate at the cutting edge in transforming the critical issues for humanity’s future — the empowerment of women, and the decentralization of local democracy.

3. The Hunger Project is strategic — we are powerfully positioned to catalyze what must be done to end hunger in the key areas where action is required.

4. The Hunger Project depends on the money of individual investors like you, not on funds from government agencies.

5. The Hunger Project utilizes your resources in innovative, high-leverage ways and with complete integrity.

6. The Hunger Project allows you to put your resources to the highest possible use — the benefit of all humankind.

7. Hunger Project invests in people, putting you in direct partnership with thousands of the most experienced and committed leaders for the end of hunger around the world.

8. The Hunger Project mobilizes all sectors of society to work together — government, business, academia and grassroots organizations.

9. The Hunger Project makes a difference at both grassroots and leadership levels, enabling hungry people to transform their lives, and leaders to translate that local experience into lasting, society-wide changes.

10. Investing in The Hunger Project will deepen your own global citizenship — your own connectedness to all people and to our natural environment. The Hunger Project will transform you as it transforms the world.

How much should I invest?

The Hunger Project invites us to invest at our highest appropriate level:

• a level that expresses our commitment to the well-being of the entire human family;
• a level that gives us a real stake in the outcome - as true partners in the process of creating a new future;
• a level that begins to demand from us the kind of courage hungry people must find, as they confront tradition to educate their daughters, establish a new partnership between women and men, risk their livelihood to take out loans to try a new crop;
• a level that challenges us, shakes us out of the patterns of consumption that surround and seem to engulf us.

What are the ways I can invest?

• Invest now now on your credit card, by check or by stock transfer.
• Join the Financial Family (FF), our monthly investor program.
• Join the Global Investment Group (GIG) whose 600+ investors at the level of $5,000, $10,000 or more each year provide more than 75% of our funding.
• Become a Leadership Investor, at the level of $25,000 and more each year, often in multi-year commitments through initiatives such as the Millennium Leadership Campaign and through underwriting epicenters.
• Engage in Women and Philanthropy is a special program for women to lay claim to their financial power and direct it to those issues that most affect their sisters in the developing world.
• Give through the philanthropy of your corporation or foundation, including applying to your company to make a matching gift for your investment.
• Through your estate planning, by including The Hunger Project in a will, trust or as a beneficiary of an insurance policy.
• Devote a percentage of the sales of your business, or through creating your own fundraising initiatives

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