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BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC

EIN 26-1964620 LOUISVILLE, KY

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Revenue 2024
$13,693,534
Expenses 2024
$13,890,708

Program services were 78.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P60
Classification
1000
Street
6100 DUTCHMANS LN STE 30

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 · 2024

Mission

BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK MOBILIZES COMMUNITIES, INDIVIDUALS, AND RESOURCES TO PROVIDE FOOD ON THE WEEKENDS FOR SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN ACROSS AMERICA WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE GO HUNGRY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO MOBILIZE AND PROVIDE FOOD FOR SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN ACROSS AMERICA WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE GO HUNGRY.

  • BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK PROVIDES A FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK WITH EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS FOR EVERY COMMUNITY TO END WEEKEND HUNGER FOR ITS CHILDREN. AT MORE THAN 1,000 LOCATIONS IN 44 STATES, BLESSINGS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND VOLUNTEERS, ENSURES CHILDREN LEAVE SCHOOL ON FRIDAY WITH A BAG OF NUTRITION TO HELP THEM ENJOY A WEEKEND FREE OF HUNGER.SINCE 2008, MORE THAN ONE MILLION CHILDREN HAVE ENJOYED OVER 30 MILLION HUNGER-FREE WEEKENDS.DURING THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR, BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK MADE OVER 2.7 MILLION HUNGER-FREE WEEKENDS POSSIBLE FOR KIDS. WITH MORE THAN 13.8 MILLION CHILDREN FACING FOOD INSECURITY, OUR WORK AT BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK IS CRUCIAL. MORE THAN 16,500 VOLUNEERS GAVE 610,000 HOURS OF THEIR TIME AND TALENT TO HELP ENSURE KIDS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES HAD ACCESS TO FOOD ON THE WEEKENDS.LEARN MORE ON HOW TO BECOME INVOLVED AT BLESSINGSINABACKPACK.ORG.

    Expenses $10,890,602 · Grants $9,057,415

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Erin Kerr

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $222,672
    From this org
    $219,872
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,800
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,932
    Bonus
    $26,940
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,800
    Filer's total
    $222,672

  • Otis Usher

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $172,692
    From this org
    $169,349
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,343
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,753
    Bonus
    $13,596
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,343
    Filer's total
    $172,692

  • Elizabeth Grizzle

    CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $165,281
    From this org
    $165,281
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,433
    Bonus
    $11,848
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $165,281

  • Brent Glass

    VP-CHAPTER RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $131,996
    From this org
    $129,127
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,869
    Hours/week
    40

  • Margaret Jackson

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

    Total calculated
    $124,579
    From this org
    $120,379
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,200
    Hours/week
    40

  • Angela Abrishami

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $121,043
    From this org
    $116,843
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,200
    Hours/week
    40

  • Heather Dambrosi

    VP - NATIONAL FOOD SOLUTION

    Total calculated
    $118,294
    From this org
    $114,361
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,933
    Hours/week
    40

  • Chrissy Cocrane

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephen Rubley

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Timothy Cox

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dawn Melchiorre

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Lee Montague

    CHAIR GOVERENCE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tiffany Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joseph Depippo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Eikerenkoetter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gj Hart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gwendolyn G High PhD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Staci Rawls

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Thomas Tucker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Whicker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathleen Bush

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Camille Hymes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peggy Parish

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $13,693,534
    Expenses
    $13,890,708
    Contributions
    $13,343,009
    Grants paid
    $9,057,415
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $14,444,991
    Expenses
    $15,571,374
    Contributions
    $13,968,930
    Grants paid
    $10,877,393
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $13,187,930
    Expenses
    $15,489,731
    Contributions
    $12,869,362
    Grants paid
    $11,145,145

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.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,518,539
    Expenses
    $12,698,350
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,548,161

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,314,031
    Expenses
    $10,053,082
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,477,872

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,016,539
    Expenses
    $14,592,281
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,613,100

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,496,444
    Expenses
    $11,617,106
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,771,713

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,455,029
    Expenses
    $11,575,691
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,771,713

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,590,766
    Expenses
    $9,541,649
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,712,977

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,187,746
    Expenses
    $9,175,687
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,731,181

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,718,375
    Expenses
    $8,243,134
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,528,587

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,769,521
    Expenses
    $6,423,833
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,168,824

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,585,873
    Expenses
    $5,051,490
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,563,404

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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.

California fundraising campaigns

Campaigns run by paid fundraisers, commercial coventurers and thrift stores naming this organization, as California published them. Both figures are as filed, and what the first one counts depends on the campaign type — a coventurer or a thrift store files its own sales rather than money collected for the charity. The 990 reports this only as a yearly total, never per campaign.

  • VERA BRADLEY SALES LLC

    $10,795 in sales

    2024 Commercial Coventurer

    $2,698 to charity

  • VERA BRADLEY SALES LLC

    $29,103 in sales

    2023 Commercial Coventurer

    $7,275 to charity

  • VERA BRADLEY SALES LLC

    $43,852 in sales

    2022 Commercial Coventurer

    $11,518 to charity

  • VERA BRADLEY SALES LLC

    $6,459 in sales

    2022 Commercial Coventurer

    $6,459 to charity

  • CONOPCO INC. D/B/A UNILEVER ITSELF AND ACTING THROUGH ITS SUBSIDIARIES

    $4,948,736 in sales

    2021 Commercial Coventurer

    $50,000 to charity

  • VERA BRADLEY SALES LLC

    $82,064 in sales

    2021 Commercial Coventurer

    $20,516 to charity

  • CONOPCO INC. D/B/A UNILEVER ITSELF AND ACTING THROUGH ITS SUBSIDIARIES

    $11,954,171 in sales

    2020 Commercial Coventurer

    $119,700 to charity

  • VERA BRADLEY SALES LLC

    $202,775 in sales

    2020 Commercial Coventurer

    $6,086 to charity

  • VERA BRADLEY SALES LLC

    $117,525 in sales

    2020 Commercial Coventurer

    $29,381 to charity

  • VERA BRADLEY SALES LLC

    $8,642 in sales

    2019 Commercial Coventurer

    $864 to charity

Amounts are as filed and do not add up: a commercial coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it. A campaign may also name more than one registered charity, in which case it appears on each.

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 13 October 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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.