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BACKPACK BEGINNINGS

EIN 46-1251223 GREENSBORO, NC

Revenue 2024
$5,153,667
Expenses 2024
$4,819,825

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

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P20
Classification
1000
Street
3711 ALLIANCE DR

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

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.

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.

  • 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $5,153,667
    Expenses
    $4,819,825
    Contributions
    $5,000,929
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,322,460
    Expenses
    $3,961,858
    Contributions
    $4,203,799
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,113,500
    Expenses
    $2,507,895
    Contributions
    $3,011,422
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,098,106
    Expenses
    $2,507,895
    Contributions
    $3,011,422
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $2,502,339
    Expenses
    $1,210,007
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,251,152

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,766,265
    Expenses
    $971,387
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,084,855

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,171,218
    Expenses
    $821,280
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,228,665

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $645,130
    Expenses
    $646,228
    Assets (EOY)
    $961,123

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $705,223
    Expenses
    $563,680
    Assets (EOY)
    $970,210

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $637,285
    Expenses
    $516,547
    Assets (EOY)
    $828,703

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $622,393
    Expenses
    $482,197
    Assets (EOY)
    $712,885

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $463,924
    Expenses
    $375,519
    Assets (EOY)
    $560,660

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $474,448
    Expenses
    $296,661
    Assets (EOY)
    $472,281

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.

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 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 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.