The SPOON Foundation does NOT provide food aid, but rather  teaches others how to feed children safely and adequately using the organization's resources. Spoon gives them the tools and expertise needed to provide optimal care in low resource settings, as well as train them to teach others, thereby cascading SPOON's impact to reach more children.

SPOON spreads its expertise and tools through international and local partners who are already established on the ground, leveraging their regional knowledge, relationships and staff presence to expand quickly and effectively. This strategy, rooted heavily in partnership, allows SPOON to deliver solutions that are locally contextualized, locally owned, and sustained over the long term.

SPOON complements traditional nutrition programs through SPOON's package of assessment and intervention tools that address what and how children are fed. SPOON experts have designed solutions to accommodate the crucial and unique nutrition and feeding needs of children impacted by disability and/or institutional care. These tools address many of the root causes of malnutrition.