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, education & everyday necessities to secure a brighter future. Breaking the cycle of generational poverty, SEVERAL kids at a time.”
Our Giving Table brings volunteers, donors, and community partners together to provide nutritious meals, everyday essentials, and meaningful support to children who need it most, right here in our own community.
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 same 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
Oregon & SW Washington Nonprofit
Even one hungry child is one too many.
Our Giving Table delivers whole, nutritious meals and everyday necessities to children facing food insecurity and financial hardship across Oregon and SW Washington.
1,800
Meals delivered every week
1,800 meals delivered every week to local schools and DHS offices.
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
Who Will Benefit
Over 200,000 Oregon youth 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. Every child we haven’t reached yet is still waiting.
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 break the cycle of generational poverty.
Today we are bettering the lives of thousands of Oregon and SW Washington youth who would otherwise go hungry. We are dedicated to reaching and rescuing thousands more.
Food: No Greater Gift
Thinking we could raise funds for some small gifts, we recently asked 150 less privileged youth 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, and 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 youth go unnoticed: 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
The need is real, and it’s in our own backyard.
Right here in Oregon and SW Washington, it shows up in every neighborhood, including the ones you’d call affluent. Youth 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
- Youth Facing Hunger
- 0+
- Meals Delivered
- 0+
- Volunteers Active
- 0+
- Funds Raised
- $0+
across Oregon & SW Washington
cumulative, over 9 years since founding
food, clothing & hygiene drive volunteers, mentors, and project organizers
over the last five years
* Figures reflect cumulative totals reported by Our Giving Table. Last updated September 2026.
How we work
Four steps. One mission.
Identify
We partner with Oregon DHS, local schools, and parent-teacher organizations to find the youth who need us most, the ones who often go unnoticed.
Source
Wholesalers and suppliers provide fresh fruits, vegetables, unprocessed meats, and whole grains: the same food we'd feed our own kids.
Prepare
Skilled cooks prepare whole meals designed by our nutritionists to fuel growing youth.
Deliver
We use a variety of methods and partnerships, from volunteer drivers to school and DHS partners, to get meals to local schools and DHS offices every week.
Events & programs
Meals are just the start.
Oaks Park Day
Hosted by OGT and our sponsors, this free afternoon at Oaks Park is full of food and activities, including rides, games, and face painting, where the youth we serve can leave their worries behind.
See Oaks Park Day→Holiday 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 the holiday season.
Partnership
Papa Murphy’s and Our Giving Table.
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.
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
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KOIN
Papa Murphy's helping local charity fight hunger
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KATU
Lincoln High School football players organize food drive
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Instagram · @ogtfeedourkidz
Christmas 2025 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
Six whole meals plus fresh fruits and vegetables for a youth who'd otherwise go without between Friday and Monday.
$100
One month, covered
Roughly four weekends of meals for one child, covering the gap school lunches don't fill.
$500
One classroom, stocked
Helps stock a school pantry so teachers can quietly meet a hungry youth's needs all semester.
You’ll be securely redirected to Donorbox, our donation processor.
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.