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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by FILLING IN THE BLANKS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,213,972
Total expenses
$4,204,247
Contributions and grants received
$5,037,672
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$176,300
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$6,157,898
Total liabilities, end of year
$698,295
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,459,603
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,481,158
Management and general expenses
$628,839
Fundraising expenses
$94,250
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,481,158

Program services were 82.8% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,398,506

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,639,166

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $209,014

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $176,300 · related or exempt $176,300

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $335,814

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $1,398,506

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $335,814

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $900,687 · program services $541,924 · management and general $358,763

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $88,330 · management and general $88,330

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $156,092 · program services $61,842 · fundraising $94,250

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $20,205 · management and general $20,205

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $240,794 · program services $191,671 · management and general $49,123

  • 17 · Travel

    total $19,336 · program services $16,153 · management and general $3,183

  • 20 · Interest

    total $398 · program services $398

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $79,459 · program services $68,680 · management and general $10,779

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $77,417 · program services $43,552 · management and general $33,865

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD COSTS

    total $2,336,206 · program services $2,336,206

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLY DONATIONS

    total $149,401 · program services $149,401

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $32,338 · management and general $32,338

  • 24d · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $25,355 · program services $16,194 · management and general $9,161

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $78,229 · program services $55,137 · management and general $23,092

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $643,225 · end of year $524,325

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $74,130 · end of year $72,217

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $451,744 · end of year $407,003

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $33,075 · end of year $42,716

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

    $678,181

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

    $383,115

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $231,078 · end of year $295,066

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,508,865 · end of year $4,339,675

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $672,856 · end of year $476,896

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $210,591 · end of year $143,830

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $261,974 · end of year $70,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $682,668 · end of year $484,465

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,459,740 · end of year $5,458,499

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $1,104

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

FILLING IN THE BLANKS ("FITB") AIMS TO FIGHT CHILDHOOD HUNGER BY PROVIDING CHILDREN IN NEED WITH MEALS ON THE WEEKENDS. FITB STRIVES TO STRENGTHEN AND EMPOWER HEALTHY COMMUNITIES BY INCREASING ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD, SPECIFICALLY FOR LOW-INCOME CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. FITB FULFILLS THIS MISSION BY DELIVERING MEALS DIRECTLY TO CHILDREN FROM LOW-INCOME FAMILIES EACH WEEKEND TO BRIDGE THE GAP WHEN THEY ARE NOT RECEIVING NUTRITION FROM THEIR SCHOOLS, AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, OR CAMPS. THE EXPECTED OUTCOME IS TO REMOVE ONE WORRY FROM THEIR LIVES, PUT THEM ON MORE EQUAL GROUND WITH THEIR FOOD-SECURE PEERS, AND PROVIDE CONSISTENT NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FILLING IN THE BLANKS ("FITB") AIMS TO FIGHT CHILDHOOD HUNGER. SEE SCHEDULE O.

  • FILLING IN THE BLANKS ADDRESSES CHILDHOOD HUNGER THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE, YEAR-ROUND APPROACH THAT BRINGS FOOD AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES DIRECTLY TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN NEED. WE PROVIDE EASY-TO-PREPARE, NON-PERISHABLE, AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD EVERY WEEKEND, ALL YEAR LONG. MONTHLY HYGIENE BAGS ARE ALSO PROVIDED.OUR MOBILE PANTRY PROGRAM DELIVERS FRESH PRODUCE, MEAT, DAIRY, AND STAPLES DIRECTLY INTO NEIGHBORHOODS, SUPPORTING THE ENTIRE FAMILY WITH HEALTHY, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE FOODS.WE ALSO PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO OFFER ON-SITE HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICES.

    Expenses $3,481,158

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • SHAWNEE KNIGHT

    CO-PRESIDENT AND TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • TINA KRAMER

    CO-PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • DOUGLAS KNIGHT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • THOMAS CONHEENEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • MICHAEL KRAMER

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • MICHAEL JOHNSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • SUE MIRZA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • LAURA JORDAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • KRISTIN THOMAS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • CHRIS LASUSA

    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
2025
Filed
10 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202621919349300932

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