NonprofitsBlessings In A Backpack Inc

Human Services

Blessings In A Backpack Inc

LOUISVILLE, KY

Total revenue

$13.7M

Total expenses

$13.9M

Net assets

$10.3M

Grants received

$18.5M

735 grants

EIN

261964620

Tax year

2024

Mission

To mobilize and provide food for school aged children across america who might otherwise go hungry.

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$13.3M
Program service revenue
Investment income$375K
Other revenue
Total revenue$13.7M

Expenses

Grants paid$9.1M
Salaries & benefits$3.7M
Fundraising$1.4M
Other expenses$1.1M
Total expenses$13.9M
Total assets$11.3M
Net assets$10.3M

People

23 listed

NameRoleCompensation

ERIN KERR

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Board

$220K

40 hrs/wk

OTIS USHER

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Board

$169K

40 hrs/wk

CHRISSY COCRANE

BOARD CHAIR

Board

1 hrs/wk

STEPHEN RUBLEY

VICE CHAIR

Board

1 hrs/wk

TIMOTHY COX

TREASURER

Board

1 hrs/wk

DAWN MELCHIORRE

SECRETARY

Board

1 hrs/wk

MARY LEE MONTAGUE

CHAIR GOVERENCE COMMITTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

TIFFANY BROWN

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JOSEPH DEPIPPO

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

LAURA EIKERENKOETTER

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

GJ HART

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

GWENDOLYN G HIGH PHD

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

STACI RAWLS

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

DR THOMAS TUCKER

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

SCOTT WHICKER

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

KATHLEEN BUSH

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

CAMILLE HYMES

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

PEGGY PARISH

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

ELIZABETH GRIZZLE

CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

Staff

$165K

40 hrs/wk

BRENT GLASS

VP-CHAPTER RELATIONS

Staff

$129K

40 hrs/wk

MARGARET JACKSON

DIR OF STRATEGY/PEOPLE, INTERIM CDO 7/1/24-2/28/25

Staff

$120K

40 hrs/wk

ANGELA ABRISHAMI

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Staff

$117K

40 hrs/wk

HEATHER DAMBROSI

VP - NATIONAL FOOD SOLUTION

Staff

$114K

40 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 200 of 735

FromAmountPurposeYear
$187K
TO SUPPORT PROGRAM
2024
$85K
EOY GIVING
2024
$61K
Donation
2024
$50K
ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2024
$49K
BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK CHICAGO AND FEEDING THE KIDS IN CHICAGO ON THE WEEKENDS
2024
$45K
2024
$44K
Allocation for General Support
2024
$43K
Mission Support
2024
$37K
FOOD PROGRAM
2024
$35K
General program support
2024
$29K
ENDING CHILD HUNGER ON THE WEEKENDS.
2024
$28K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$25K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$25K
FUNDING WILL SUPPORT AN ADDITIONAL 67 STUDENTS AT SEABREEZE ELEMENTARY AND PROVIDE THEM FOOD FOR THE WEEKEND.
2024
$25K
food for weekend backpack program
2024
$25K
WEEKEND FOOD IN BACKPACKS FOR SAN CARLOS ELEMENTARY KIDS
2024
$23K
BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK WAUKESHA COUNTY
2024
$23K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$22K
Fighting Hunger in the U.S.
2024
$20K
FOOD PROGRAM
2024
$18K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$18K
UNRESTRICTED CHARITABLE GRANT
2024
$17K
FIGHT HUNGER
2024
$15K
FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN
2024
$15K
Grant provides weekend food bags to 120 food insecure elementary children at any of our 13 program schools in HISD and SBISD each weekend of the 2024-2025 school year.
2024
$15K
General Exempt Function
2024
$15K
TO FEED LOW-INCOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN
2024
$14K
NAT'L PROG. DONATION
2024
$13K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$12K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$11K
General Support
2024
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION
2024
$10K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2024
$9K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2024
$8K
GENERAL OPERATING COSTS
2024
$8K
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
2024
$8K
To outfit and feed underpriviledged children during Back to School and when school is not in session.
2024
$8K
OPERATIONS
2024
$7K
YOUTH WEEKEND FOOD
2024
$6K
HUMAN SERVICE
2024
$6K
TO PROVIDE FOOD BAGS FOR STUDENTS
2024
$6K
GENERAL ASSISTANCE
2024
$6K
FOOD, MEAL, AND/OR INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT
2024
$6K
RESOURCES TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE GO HUNGRY
2024
$5K
DOMESTIC NEEDS
2024
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$5K
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
2024
$5K
OUTREACH PROGRAMS
2024
$5K
BACKPACKS FOR SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCH
2024
$4K
CHARITABLE
2024
$3K
TO SUPPORT BRING YOUR CHILD TO WORK DAY
2024
$3K
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
2024
$3K
PROGRAM SERVICES
2024
$3K
FURTHERANCE OF CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2024
$3K
General Operating Support
2024
$3K
Matching Grant
2024
$3K
Discretionary Grant
2024
$1K
FOR FUND #2205 PALM VALLEY, FLORIDA
2024
$1K
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION
2024
$500
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$500
DONATION TO GENERAL FUND
2024
$400
General & Unrestricted
2024
$200
MATCHING GIFTS
2024
$30
MATCHING CONTRIBUTION (GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT)
2024
$20
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$193K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$179K
TO SUPPORT PROGRAM
2023
$131K
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
2023
$107K
WEEKEND FOOD BACKPACKS FOR LOW-INCOME FCPS STUDENTS, FCPS SUCCESS PROGRAM AND CHILDREN ATTENDING FREDERICK COUNTY YMCA HEAD START PROGRAM, SHELVING, UNRESTRICTED
2023
$100K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$87K
LOVE GROVE, LONG BRANCH, VENETIA, MAYPORT 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR - 50%
2023
$83K
Donation
2023
$80K
EOY GIVING
2023
$77K
DONATION TO BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK WEEKEND NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR LONG BRANCH, VENETIA AND LOVE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2023
$75K
TO FUND A THREE-YEAR, 1:1 CHALLENGE GRANT TO SUPPORT PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS RECEIVING SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PACKAGES
2023
$57K
Allocation for General Support
2023
$53K
Mission Support
2023
$50K
GENERAL USE
2023
$45K
SUPPORT FEEDING SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN IN NEED ON THE WEEKENDS.
2023
$43K
TO ASSIST YOUTH AND FAMILIES IN NEED.
2023
$40K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2023
$36K
2023
$35K
Program support for Travelers employee packing events
2023
$33K
CHILDREN FOOD INSECURITY
2023
$26K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$25K
General Exempt Function
2023
$25K
General program support
2023
$25K
PROGRAM FUNDING
2023
$25K
SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT A/C #1912
2023
$25K
FEEDING KIDS ON THE WEEKENDS IN CHICAGOLAND
2023
$25K
DIRECTED TO SELECTED SCHOOLS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NEMOURS.
2023
$25K
TO PROVIDE FOOD PACKS DURING FALL BREAK, WINTER BREAK, SPRING BREAK, AND SUMMER FOR STUDENTS AT BEACHES SCHOOL WHO RELY ON FREE AND REDUCED-PRICE LUNCH DURING THE SCHOOL WEEK
2023
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$24K
FOOD PROGRAM
2023
$22K
BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK WAUKESHA COUNTY, SPECIFICALLY THE OCONOMOWOC SCHOOL DISTRICT
2023
$22K
FOOD PROGRAM
2023
$20K
MEALS FOR AT-RISK STUDENTS
2023
$20K
BRIDGING THE WEEKEND HUNGER GAP FOR BYCK ELEMENTARY
2023
$20K
FEEDING THE FUTURE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
2023
$19K
NAT'L PROG. DONATION
2023
$19K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$18K
P20 HUMAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
2023
$18K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$18K
Support for assistance and food in Waukesha county
2023
$16K
TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
2023
$16K
HUMAN SERVICES
2023
$16K
UNRESTRICED GRANT
2023
$15K
3 weekend meals/child for 115 children
2023
$15K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$15K
TO FEED LOW-INCOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN
2023
$15K
PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF AND PROVIDE CHARITABLE RELIEF TO THOSE IN NEED.
2023
$14K
FIGHT HUNGER
2023
$13K
Funding for food for HISD and SBISD food-insecure children
2023
$13K
GENERAL OPERATING
2023
$12K
OPERATING EXPENSES
2023
$11K
General Support
2023
$10K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2023
$10K
Provide care, shelter, tutoring etc
2023
$10K
TO HELP CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WHO STRUGGLE WITH FOOD INSECURITIES.
2023
$10K
MOBILIZES COMMUNITIES, INDIVIDUALS, AND RESOURCES TO PROVIDE FOOD ON THE WEEKENDS FOR SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN ACROSS AMERICA WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE GO HUNGRY
2023
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING
2023
$10K
FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN
2023
$10K
OPERATING EXPENSES
2023
$10K
CHARITABLE
2023
$10K
This grant provided weekend food meal bags for Pre-K - 5th grade children who are attending HISD's Grissom Elementary School in the Houston Independent School District a Title One designated school.
2023
$10K
NUTRITION
2023
$10K
Fighting Hunger in the U.S.
2023
$10K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2023
$10K
PROGRAM SUPPORT - PROVIDE FOOD
2023
$9K
GENERAL OPERTING SUPPORT
2023
$9K
RESOURCES TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE GO HUNGRY IN HUNTINGTON COUNTY
2023
$9K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2023
$8K
ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS
2023
$8K
GLOBAL VOLUNTEER WEEK- ANN ARBOR- FOOD PACKING EVENT
2023
$8K
FEED UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN OVER THE WEEKENDS
2023
$8K
OPERATIONS
2023
$7K
FUNDS TO SUPPORT MISSION
2023
$7K
Human Services
2023
$7K
Weekend meals for students
2023
$7K
GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION
2023
$7K
YOUTH WEEKEND FOOD
2023
$7K
FOOD, MEAL, AND/OR INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT
2023
$6K
RESOURCES TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE GO HUNGRY
2023
$6K
GENERAL
2023
$5K
HUMAN SERVICE
2023
$5K
INDIANA CHAPTER
2023
$5K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2023
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$5K
FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO BE USED FOR ORGANIZATION OBJECTIVES
2023
$5K
ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2023
$5K
FIGHTING HUNGER
2023
$5K
DOMESTIC NEEDS
2023
$5K
JANUARY 2024 DAY OF SERVICE
2023
$5K
2023 THANKSGIVING DONATIONS (FOODS)
2023
$4K
ENDING CHILD HUNGER ON THE WEEKENDS.
2023
$3K
Program Support
2023
$3K
Board of Directors, Matching and Discretionary Grant
2023
$3K
PROGRAM SERVICES
2023
$3K
Program Support
2023
$2K
FEEDING KIDS AT ST. MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY
2023
$2K
GENERAL DONATION
2023
$2K
MEMBER CO-OP MATCHES
2023
$1K
GENERAL FUND
2023
$1K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$1K
HUMAN SERVICES - MULTIPURPOSE AND OTHER
2023
$1K
WEEKEND FOOD FOR CHILDREN
2023

Funded by

$18.5M from 324 funders · 735 grants · 2017–2024

The Houston Food Bank

$1.8M · 5 grants · 2018–2020

Community Foundation Of Greater

$1.3M · 6 grants · 2018–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$1.1M · 8 grants · 2017–2023

American Online Giving Foundation Inc

$1.1M · 6 grants · 2019–2024

Bobby Nichols - Fiddlesticks

$929K · 6 grants · 2019–2024

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$468K · 7 grants · 2017–2023

The Dale Jr Foundation

$454K · 7 grants · 2018–2024

Kate & Justin Rose Foundation Inc

$442K · 1 grant · 2020

Details

EIN261964620
NTEE codeP60
Subsection03
Ruling date2008-12
Formed2008
Employees41
Volunteers16500
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