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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BACKPACK BEGINNINGS.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,153,667
Total expenses
$4,819,825
Contributions and grants received
$5,000,929
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$151,429
Other revenue
$1,309
Total assets, end of year
$4,638,860
Total liabilities, end of year
$329,372
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,309,488
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,699,681
Management and general expenses
$114,797
Fundraising expenses
$5,347
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,699,681

Program services were 97.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,000,929

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $3,765,146

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $76,658 · excluded $76,658

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $74,771

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $74,771

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $74,771 · excluded $74,771

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $1,309 · related or exempt $1,309

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,309

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $393,419 · program services $358,375 · management and general $35,044

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $10,291 · program services $9,365 · management and general $926

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $33,593 · program services $30,570 · management and general $3,023

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $34,222 · management and general $34,222

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $532 · management and general $532

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $778 · management and general $778

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $77,021 · program services $69,319 · management and general $7,702

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,942 · program services $10,048 · management and general $1,894

  • 24a · Other expenses: FAMILY MARKET PROGRAM

    total $3,084,619 · program services $3,084,619

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMMUNITY PARTNER DISTR

    total $929,358 · program services $929,358

  • 24c · Other expenses: LEASE EXPENSE

    total $110,079 · program services $99,071 · management and general $11,008

  • 24d · Other expenses: CHANGE IN INVENTORY

    total $72,124 · program services $72,124

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $61,847 · program services $36,832 · management and general $19,668 · fundraising $5,347

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $727,953 · end of year $571,682

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $240,421 · end of year $415,935

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $957,055 · end of year $1,079,602

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $17,236 · end of year $17,508

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $698,406

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $243,782

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $490,611 · end of year $454,624

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,718,016 · end of year $1,815,638

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $8,523 · end of year $8,523

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $369,738 · end of year $275,348

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $57,454 · end of year $41,518

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $381,837 · end of year $287,854

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,724,734 · end of year $3,781,085

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $365,528 · end of year $528,403

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF BACKPACK BEGINNINGS IS TO CONNECT CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES TO RESOURCES NEEDED TO THRIVE, THEREBY PROVIDING A POSITIVE AND LASTING IMPACT ON THEIR HEALTH.

  • TO ACCOMPLISH BACKPACK BEGINNINGS MISSION, BACKPACK BEGINNINGS DISTRIBUTES FOOD AND OTHER NECESSITIES TO CHILDREN THROUGH OUR 201 COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND FAMILY MARKET (FM). OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS INCLUDE SCHOOLS, HEADSTARTS, PEDIATRICIANS OFFICES, NON-PROFITS, CHURCHES AND HOUSING AUTHORITY SITES. THE BPB FAMILY MARKET IS A DIGNITY OF CHOICE, "ONE-STOP" SHOPPING EXPERIENCE WHERE PARENTS AND CHILDREN SELECT THEIR BASIC NEEDS AT NO COST IN A RETAIL-LIKE, WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT. FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO EXPANDED FOOD CHOICES SUCH AS FROZEN FOODS, FRESH PRODUCE, AND DAIRY ITEMS AS WELL AS RESOURCES SUCH AS HYGIENE PRODUCTS, CHILDREN'S CLOTHING, DIAPERS, BABY ACCESSORIES, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, AND EVEN CHILDHOOD JOYS SUCH AS TOYS, BOOKS, AND SPORTS EQUIPMENT. DURING OUR 2024-25 FISCAL YEAR, WE PROVIDED 924,922 LBS OF FOOD, 1,608 COMFORT BACKPACKS, 237,824 ITEMS OF CLOTHING, 131,111 HYGIENE ITEMS, 945,204 DIAPERS, 48,873 HOUSEHOLD GOODS, 77,834 SCHOOL SUPPLIES, 32,272 TOYS, 13,133 BABY ACCESSORIES AND 42,376 BOOKS TO LOCAL CHILDREN AND FAMILIES VIA OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND FAMILY MARKET. OVERALL, THESE BASIC NEEDS WENT TO 27,436 CHILDREN. BEYOND THE BASISCS (BTB) IS A NO-COST COACHING PROGRAM FOR OUR FM GUESTS WHO ARE MOTIVATED TO MAKE CHANGES THAT WOULD POSITIVELY IMPACT THEIR FAMILY THROUGH GOAL SETTING. BTB ALSO SUPPORTS FM GUESTS WITH REFERRALS AND CASE MANAGEMENT

    Expenses $4,699,681

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • PARKER WHITE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    45

  • ALLISON COCHRAN

    SECRETARY - TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • TERRY JONES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CEDRIC PARKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GREGG SLOAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MINDY OAKLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JENNIFER CROSS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
21 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533369349300148

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