A new chapter in the fight against hunger and poverty

For too long, the hardest part of getting help in America has not been whether help exists, it has been finding it. Billions of dollars in aid and thousands of programs sit ready every year, and yet families in crisis are left calling agency after agency, hitting dead ends, wrong numbers, and lists that went out of date months ago.

The American Society for the Prevention of Hunger and Poverty was built to change that. Today, we are reintroducing ASPHP and our flagship platform, JohnHelp, with a renewed and simple commitment: to make finding help easy, human, and free for everyone who needs it.

JohnHelp connects any person, or any nonprofit serving them, to trusted local resources across all twelve cornerstones of poverty: food, housing, healthcare, jobs, financial stability, education, homeless services, transportation, mentorship, literacy, legal rights, and elder care. Ask in plain language. Get matched to what you qualify for. Take a clear next step.

We are not here to replace the extraordinary organizations already doing this work in every community. We are here to make their reach wider and their days easier, to give a small team the reach of one many times its size, and to make sure that no family gives up before they ever reach the help meant for them.

This is a new chapter, and we are only at the beginning. If you need help, start with JohnHelp. If you run a nonprofit, partner with us. And if you believe, as we do, that no one should face hunger or poverty without knowing where to turn, stand with us.