2026 Best of Business: Giving Back

2026 Best of Business: Giving Back

Our annual list of favorite vendors and service providers. Here are readers' giving back picks.

Charitable Organization

Gold | Feed My Starving Children

Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) has nourished youth and helped them thrive by providing 5 billion meals around the world. Since 1987, the Coon Rapids organization has been sending its nutrient-rich MannaPack meals to families, reaching people in 110 countries. FMSC fuels its operations through donations and hands-on volunteer efforts to pack meals at three Twin Cities locations, sites in Illinois, Arizona, and Texas, and mobile events nationwide. It empowers communities by working with on-the-ground humanitarian organizations and missions for food distribution. FMSC holds itself to high standards of stewardship and for 20 years has earned the highest rating from Charity Navigator.

Silver | Animal Humane Society

Bronze | Second Harvest Heartland