Charity profile · Historical source record

Blessings in A Backpack

EIN 26-1964620Human Services Kentucky Mid-sized

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Feeding the future of America

Blessings in a Backpack mobilizes communities, individuals, and resources to provide food on the weekends for elementary school children across America who might otherwise go hungry. Blessings in a Backpack is currently feeding over 89,000 children in nearly 1100 schools in 47 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. The program is a hybrid of private sector funding and public partnership carried out in schools. We are feeding the future of America, one school at a time.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.20Overall score
out of 100

99.34Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$10,590,766

Total expenses · USD$9,541,649

Program expenses

$7,890,943.72 recorded amount

82.7%

Fundraising expenses

$629,748.83 recorded amount

6.6%

Administrative expenses

$1,011,414.79 recorded amount

10.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.06 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Brooke Wiseman
Recorded compensation: $200,220.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.09%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Blessings in A Backpack
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Blessings in a Backpack mobilizes communities, individuals, and resources to provide food on the weekends for elementary school children across America who might otherwise go hungry. Blessings in a Backpack is currently feeding over 89,000 children in nearly 1100 schools in 47 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. The program is a hybrid of private sector funding and public partnership carried out in schools. We are feeding the future of America, one school at a time.
`ein` EIN	26-1964620
`tot_exp` Total expenses	9541649.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.106
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.066
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8270000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	99.34
`leader` Recorded leader	Brooke Wiseman
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	200220.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0209
`motto` Tagline	Feeding the future of America
`name` Charity name	Blessings in A Backpack
`tot_rev` Total revenue	10590766.0
`score` Overall score	92.2
`state` State code	KY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	7890943.723
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	629748.834
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1011414.794

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 26-1964620
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: Kentucky (KY)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.