{"id":100742,"date":"2025-07-29T00:47:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T00:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/100742\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T00:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T00:47:10","slug":"kids-meals-cfo-honored-in-houston-business-journals-inaugural-cfo-awards-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/100742\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids\u2019 Meals CFO honored in Houston Business Journal\u2019s inaugural CFO Awards | Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Garden Oaks-based nonprofit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kidsmealsinc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/kidsmealsinc.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1753813164169000&amp;usg=AOvVaw11cSfGnXyxnfobBc8cazzl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kids\u2019 Meals, Inc.<\/a>, the only free home meal delivery program for food-insecure preschool-aged children in the U.S., is proud to share that Chief Financial Officer Curt Morgan was honored recently at the Houston Business Journal\u2019s inaugural<a id=\"m_18559196177768014OWA17f2106a-7034-ccae-3a2a-cc52aa0dd5e2\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/houston\/c\/meet-hbjs-best-cfo-awards-2025-honorees.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/houston\/c\/meet-hbjs-best-cfo-awards-2025-honorees.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/houston\/c\/meet-hbjs-best-cfo-awards-2025-honorees.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1753813164169000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1HIeZD1j01TG8vdUz9DPbq\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u00a0<\/a><a id=\"m_18559196177768014OWAba165d37-6eee-907a-f4dc-da7e7a753110\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/houston\/c\/meet-hbjs-best-cfo-awards-2025-honorees.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/houston\/c\/meet-hbjs-best-cfo-awards-2025-honorees.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/houston\/c\/meet-hbjs-best-cfo-awards-2025-honorees.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1753813164169000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1HIeZD1j01TG8vdUz9DPbq\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CFO Awards<\/a>, held at River Oaks Country Club. The event recognized top financial leaders in Greater Houston, with over 30 impactful leaders and guests gathering to celebrate the exceptional leadership, strategic vision, and financial stewardship the honorees exude.<\/p>\n<p>Since joining Kids\u2019 Meals, first as a consultant and then as CFO, Morgan has helped guide the organization through a period of transformative growth, including securing a New Markets Tax Credit investment yielding $6.2 million that helped fund the organization\u2019s new ExxonMobil Campus opening later this year. This expansion more than doubles Kids\u2019 Meals\u2019 capacity and positions the nonprofit to serve 26,000 children every weekday by 2031.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Curt Morgan Headshot.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"866\" height=\"487\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Curt Morgan (submitted photo)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is an honor to be recognized, but this award is really a reflection of the incredible team at Kids\u2019\u00a0Meals and the mission we serve every day,\u201d said\u00a0 Morgan. \u201cI believe in the power of authenticity. Staying true to our values, especially in leadership, builds trust and drives real impact. I\u2019m proud to support an organization that leads with both heart and purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Morgan\u2019s focus on long-term sustainability has allowed the organization to expand its reach responsibly while staying true to its mission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurt\u2019s leadership has elevated our organization in many ways,\u201d said Beth Harp, CEO of Kids\u2019 Meals. \u201cThanks to his expertise and understanding, we\u2019ve expanded our operations and are serving more children than ever before. He is deeply committed to supporting the organization in making real, lasting change in the lives of the families we serve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kids\u2019\u00a0Meals continues to grow as a reliable resource for thousands of families in the Houston area. In addition to delivering more than 9,000 meals each weekday, the organization connects families to wraparound services to help end the cycle of poverty. With a mission to end childhood hunger, Kids\u2019\u00a0Meals is not only feeding children but actively working to create lasting change in the communities it serves by helping families move toward long-term stability and opportunity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garden Oaks-based nonprofit\u00a0Kids\u2019 Meals, Inc., the only free home meal delivery program for food-insecure preschool-aged children in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":100743,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[64,718,4345,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-100742","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-community","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114933769512347005","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}