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BACKPACK BUDDIES OF METRO ATLANTA INC

EIN 88-0684867 ATLANTA, GA

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Revenue 2025
$1,068,718
Expenses 2025
$731,708

Program services were 83.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
O50
Classification
1000
Street
2458 JETT FERRY RD STE 350

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO PROVIDE WEEKEND MEALS TO FOOD-INSECURE CHILDREN IN METRO ATLANTA AND TO ENHANCE THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL THEIR ABILITY TO LEARN

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE WEEKEND MEALS TO FOOD INSECURE CHILDREN ACROSS METRO ATLANTA TO ENHANCE THEIR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH AS WELL AS THEIR ABILITY TO LEARN.

  • PROVIDED WEEKEND MEALS TO FOOD-INSECURE CHILDREN IN METRO ATLANTA TO ENHANCE THEIR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH AS WELL AS THEIR ABILITY TO LEARN. BPBMA SERVES OVER 2,500 CHILDREN EACH WEEKEND AND PLANS TO INCREASE THAT NUMBER EACH WEEKEND IN THE NEXT TWO YEARSMORE THAN 200,000 CHILDREN IN METRO ATLANTA ARE FOOD-INSECURE, AT RISK OF HUNGER DUE TO UNPREDICTABLE ACCESS TO MEALS. DURING THE WEEK, MOST RECEIVE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH AT SCHOOL AT LITTLE OR NO COST, A LIFELINE FOR FOOD-INSECURE CHILDREN. BUT FOR SOME, THE SCHOOL LUNCH ON FRIDAY IS THE LAST GOOD MEAL THEY WILL GET UNTIL THEY RETURN TO SCHOOL ON MONDAY. FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF AT-RISK CHILDREN IN METRO ATLANTA, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ARE DAYS OF HUNGER. BACKPACK BUDDIES OF METRO ATLANTA IS WORKING TO CHANGE THIS REALITY FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES BY PROVIDING HEALTHY WEEKEND MEALS THROUGH OUR WEEKEND FEEDING PROGRAM. DURING THE 2024/2025 SCHOOL YEAR, BACKPACK BUDDIES PROVIDED OVER 570,000 NUTRITIOUS MEALS TO 2,500 KIDS IN 50 TITLE 1 SCHOOLS IN METRO ATLANTA. TO LEARN MORE, VISIT WWW.BACKPACKBUDDIESATL.ORG.

    Expenses $608,932

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

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Terri Bagen

    BOARD CHAIRWOMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Debbie Sonenshine

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eleanor Flanagan

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelly Dennis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Rothberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anthony Levinson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Oyler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Denise Bjurholm

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jonathan Halitsky

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    38

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $1,068,718
    Expenses
    $731,708
    Contributions
    $1,021,090
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,219,773
    Expenses
    $884,846
    Contributions
    $1,217,954
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $451,412
    Expenses
    $284,866
    Contributions
    $451,412
    Grants paid
    $2,000

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.