User:Gwennie-nyan/Operation BBQ Relief

Operation BBQ Relief is a nonprofit organization focused on food distribution (specifically barbecue) as a form of disaster response based in Missouri, United States.

Organization History
The organization was founded on June 13, 2011 after a grassroots response to the May 22, 2011 Joplin tornado by competitive barbecue pitmasters. Since its founding, the organization has served millions of meals at deployments across at least half the states in the US and many scores of disasters.

Financial History
The organization has been a 501(c)(3) organization since February 09, 2012.