Oregon & SW Washington Nonprofit
Even one hungry child is one too many.
Our Giving Table delivers whole, nutritious meals and everyday necessities to foster kids and underprivileged children across Oregon and SW Washington — every week.
2,000
Meals prepared every week
Good for one kid, one weekend. Sourced from local farms, cooked by volunteers, delivered to DHS offices and schools.
As seen on
- KOIN 6
- KATU 2
- KGW 8
- Portland Monthly
Corporate matching through
Meal partners
Pizza distribution & free-pizza vouchers
Donates time and food for our events
Our Mission
“Our mission is to ensure every child in foster care & less privileged homes throughout Oregon & SW Washington have the access to nutrition, hygiene, physical activity & everyday necessities to secure a brighter future. Breaking the cycle of generational poverty & lack of education, SEVERAL kids at a time.”
Our Giving Table is an organization of volunteers and sponsors who get sustainable meals and life’s necessities into the hands of foster kids and other underprivileged children every day, right here in our own backyard.
OGT is founded on the agonizing fact that tens of thousands of children in Oregon are either chronically hungry or starved for real, nutritious food. The situation is all the more grave in summer, when school meals are unavailable. Therefore, we prepare and package whole meals every day — the food we feed our own kids — packed with the proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals that kids need not just to survive, but to thrive.
Legal name
Feeding Kids In Our Backyard Inc
DBA Our Giving Table
EIN
81-4284286
Recognized by
Portland Monthly’s “Best New Nonprofit” 2020
Service area
Oregon & SW Washington
Who Will Benefit
Over 200,000 Oregon kids suffer food insecurity.
Our goal is to see to it no school-aged child in Oregon ever again knows the anguish of hunger and malnutrition. We have a long way to go to help them all.
Hunger to a child is a constant presence, even if they can’t articulate it. Beyond the hunger pangs themselves, malnourishment threatens mental and physical development, harms the body, and weakens the spirit. Our objective is not only to make sure they are fed and can focus on learning but to help them and their families break the cycle of generational poverty and malnutrition.
Today we are bettering the lives of thousands of Oregon and SW Washington kids who would otherwise go hungry. We are dedicated to reaching and rescuing thousands more.
200,000+
Oregon kids face food insecurity
Worse every summer, when school meals disappear. We have a long way to go to reach them all.
Food: No Greater Gift
Thinking we could raise funds for some small gifts, we recently asked 150 underprivileged kids we support to tell us what they would like for the holidays. The #1 answer: food. They worried where their meals would come from during two weeks away from school.
Kids Helping Kids
Schools are introducing teens early to the many dividends of volunteerism. If you have teens at home who are looking for ways to be of service to their community, OGT gratefully welcomes their help — we will find ways to accommodate their abilities and schedule!
Child Hunger Is Everywhere
Food insecurity exists in every Oregon and SW Washington neighborhood and community, no matter how affluent statistically. Often hungry kids are invisible: they rarely show up at school because they lack the clothes, transportation, energy, or family stability to do so. You can help us show them that somebody cares.
Who this reaches
Hunger doesn’t look like you’d think. It’s invisible.
It shows up in every neighborhood, including the ones you’d call affluent. Kids miss school for lack of clothing, transportation, or stability at home — not for lack of wanting to be there. Here’s what showing up for them adds up to.
Impact Facts
Serving Size: 1 Child at a Time
- Kids Reached
- 0+
- Meals Delivered
- 0+
- Weekly Capacity
- 0
- Volunteers Active
- 0+
- Funds Raised
- $0+
across Oregon & SW Washington
cumulative, since founding
meals prepared per week, current
drivers, cooks, and mentors
over the last five years
* Figures reflect cumulative totals reported by Our Giving Table and are updated as new numbers come in.
How we work
From the farm to the table, fast.
Identify
We partner with Oregon DHS, local schools, and parent-teacher organizations to find the kids who need us most — the ones who often go unnoticed.
Source
Wholesalers, suppliers, and local farms provide fresh fruits, vegetables, unprocessed meats, and whole grains — the food we'd feed our own kids.
Prepare
Volunteers cook whole meals under the supervision of nutritionists and chefs, reaching nearly 2,000 healthful meals a week.
Deliver
A crew ranging from high schoolers to seniors drives meals directly to DHS offices and elementary schools every week.
Events & programs
Meals are just the start.
Oaks Park Day
We rent out a section of Oaks Park for an afternoon of rides, games, face painting, hot dogs and hamburgers, and drinks — a free day out for the kids we serve and their families.
Papa Murphy's Pizza Distribution
The 86 metro-area Papa Murphy's restaurants are owned by almost 30 small business owners who've come together to tackle hunger in our community — delivering pizza and free-pizza vouchers to DHS offices and families throughout the year.
All Kids Have Talent
Our annual fun- and fund-raiser gives kids a stage to show off their talent — singing, dancing, whatever they've got. It's kids supporting kids, and it works wonders for their self-esteem, proof of just how powerful these kids are.
Christmas Drive
Families sponsor other families for the holidays, shopping their wish list of gifts. We collect everything and deliver it straight to the family's local DHS office in time for Christmas.
Community Fundraisers
We host fundraising events all year with the supporters and members of our community who keep meals and everyday necessities flowing to the kids who need them.
Gallery
Moments from the work.
In action
Don’t just take our word for it.
KATU
Everyday Heroes: Al-Amir owner provides 1,000 meals a week to foster kids, students
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KGW
Portland restaurant giving food boxes to families in need
Read the story →
KOIN
Papa Murphy's helping local charity fight hunger
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KATU
Lincoln High School football players organize food drive
Read the story →
Instagram · @ogtfeedourkidz
Christmas 2025 — watch the recap
Watch →When we asked what they wanted for the holidays, the top request wasn’t a gift. It was food.
Often reported by the schools and case workers we partner with
Ways to help
Pick your amount. We’ll tell you exactly what it buys.
$25
One weekend, covered
Three wholesome meals and six fruit & veggie snacks for a kid who'd otherwise go without between Friday and Monday.
$100
One month, covered
Roughly four weekends of meals for one child — the gap school lunches don't fill.
$500
One classroom, stocked
Helps stock a school pantry so teachers can quietly meet a hungry kid's needs all semester.
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Planning a food donation instead? Call us first at 503-784-4121.
We’re a 501(c)(3) charitable organization (EIN 81-4284286). All donations are 100% tax deductible, and 100% of your gift goes directly to helping families.