Org profiles: 3.3 Food utilization
One of the UN’s four dimensions of food security. Baseline numbers for a proof of concept,
subject to change.
| Attribute |
Details |
| Official focus |
The nutritional and biological use of food. |
| Description |
How the body processes and absorbs nutrients. Requires food that is safe, nutritious, and properly prepared. Heavily dependent on non-food factors: clean water, adequate sanitation, and healthcare that prevent water-borne illness. Good care and feeding practices, food preparation, dietary diversity, and intra-household distribution together determine nutritional status. |
| Total utilization orgs |
4,618 |
| Median budget USD (self-reported) |
$80,000 |
| Excludes non-reporting segment |
10.8% |
Africa
- Covered jurisdictions: EG, GH, KE, NG, ZA
- Orgs in region: 544
- Median budget USD (self-reported): $53,096 · excludes non-reporting segment = 18.9%
- Regional focus: Community WASH infrastructure: wells/boreholes, clean-water access, and health-safety workforce training to optimize metabolic food absorption and avoid waterborne pathogens.
- Keywords: water resource development, public health intervention, health education, borehole construction, addressing water shortage challenges, health and sanitation initiatives, community health worker training
⭐ Featured profile: Mobile health & rural nutrition networks
Remote clinics, health-support charities, and mobile field teams conducting child growth monitoring, maternal nutrition counseling, and rural food-ration distributions. Count: 90
APAC
- Covered jurisdictions: IN, JP, TH
- Orgs in region: 654
- Median budget USD (self-reported): $64,155 · excludes non-reporting segment = 19.4%
- Regional focus: Grassroots clean-water procurement: water filters, hand pumps, drinking-water surveys, and village sanitation and hygiene programs.
- Keywords: community health, community health services, hand pump water projects, water filter distribution, health and sanitation programs, hygiene awareness programs, drinking water surveys
⭐ Featured profile: Community nutrition training
Elevating rural food security through multi-village training camps focused on sustainable agriculture, nutrition literacy, and hygienic food preparation. Count: 260
Middle East
- Covered jurisdictions: AE, SA, TR
- Orgs in region: 62
- Median budget USD (self-reported): $160,000 · excludes non-reporting segment = 21.0%
- Regional focus: Public metabolic-defense frameworks: water-well building, large-scale clean-water distribution, and frontline community WASH deployment.
- Keywords: health, health initiatives, water well construction, water station installations, water/sanitation/hygiene (WASH), water distribution (20/40/60 bottle packages), water supply projects, in-kind support (food baskets, water tanks)
⭐ Featured profile: Perishable redistributors
Highly structured, centralized national food-banking networks coordinating multi-site collection, storage, and cross-provincial redistribution with commercial retail partners. Count: to be determined
Continental Europe
- Covered jurisdictions: CH, ES, IT, NL
- Orgs in region: 432
- Median budget USD (self-reported): $107,336 · excludes non-reporting segment = 14.6%
- Regional focus: Formalized nutrition interventions: safe-handling workshops, culinary-literacy labs, and household clean-water filtration technology.
- Keywords: nutrition education, food safety advocacy, water and sanitation, community cooking programs, ceramic filter candle water purification technology, dietary counseling, community nutrition programs, food safety workshops
⭐ Featured profile: Educators for food safety & hygiene
Empowering local food banks and soup kitchens with standardized hygiene certifications, dietary allergen-tracking training, and regulatory food-safety compliance. Count: 160
United Kingdom
- Covered jurisdictions: GB
- Orgs in region: 545
- Median budget USD (self-reported): $100,000 · excludes non-reporting segment = 18.5%
- Regional focus: Structural interventions on hygiene poverty: washing and shower amenities for unhoused populations and distribution of household personal-care and hygiene packs.
- Keywords: water access and infrastructure, hygiene poverty intervention, shower and hygiene facilities, hygiene kit distribution, water access projects, water and sanitation programs
⭐ Featured profile: Perishable distributor
To be determined. Count: to be determined
Latin America
- Covered jurisdictions: BR, CO, MX, CL, AR, PE, EC, DO, GT
- Orgs in region: 668
- Median budget USD (self-reported): $49,346 · excludes non-reporting segment = 13.2%
- Regional focus: Dual-layered systems delivering expert-designed nutritional modeling and dietary education alongside localized sanitation improvements and water-processing installations.
- Keywords: community health, community health services, health education, distribution of nutritional packages, nutritional balance education, nutritionist-designed food packages, water processing plant installation, sanitation improvements, nutritional supplement provision
⭐ Featured profile: Specialized medical care
Supporting vulnerable children, adolescents, and high-risk patients battling complex conditions (such as cancer) with therapeutic nutrition, medical delivery, and family psychological counseling. Count: 160
North America
(Most validated cohort: non-reporting segment near zero.)
- Covered jurisdictions: US
- Orgs in region: 1,713
- Median budget USD (self-reported): $200,000 · excludes non-reporting segment = 0.2%
- Regional focus: Clinical and educational frameworks: therapeutic food-consumption paths, allergen/metabolic screenings, tailored dietary provisions, and structured nutrition-assistance programs.
- Keywords: child nutrition, food and nutrition services, hunger and nutrition support, medical nutrition therapy, dietary-needs screening, dietary-specific grocery provisions, nutrition benefits enrollment assistance, nourish cooking class, interactive nutrition workshops
⭐ Featured profile: Pop-up food safety instructor
Delivering mobile, community-based culinary literacy and safe food-preparation workshops directly to low-income neighborhoods and food deserts. Count: to be determined