BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC
Who Will Feed The Kids This Weekend?
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
One in five American children faces food insecurity — more than the populations of New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago combined. During the school week, most of these children depend on the federal free and reduced meal program their school offers. Sometimes, the meals at school are the only ones they get. When the school closes its doors on Friday afternoon, many of these children go home to empty cupboards and empty bellies for 65 hours until they return to school on Monday morning. Who will feed them this weekend?
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Blessings in a Backpack- Who Will Feed The Kids This Weekend?
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. Each Friday of the school year, thousands of volunteers come together to send home a bag of food with children who face hunger that weekend. During the current school year, 94,000 children facing food insecurity will experience more than
3.3 million hunger-free weekends, thanks to the efforts of these dedicated volunteers and Blessings in a Backpack.
Blessings in a Backpack Weekend Food Program
Blessings in a Backpack provides weekend nutrition for children living in food insecure households.
Blessings in a Backpack
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. Each Friday of the school year, thousands of volunteers come together to send home a bag of food with children who face hunger that weekend. During the current school year, 94,000 children facing food insecurity will experience more than 3.3 million hunger-free weekends, thanks to the efforts of these dedicated volunteers and Blessings in a Backpack.
Blessings in a Backpack - Louisville
Providing children in Louisville, KY and across the country with backpacks of food over the weekend
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of meals served or provided
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
Blessings in a Backpack- Who Will Feed The Kids This Weekend?
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of Children participating in the Blessings in a Backpack program
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
Blessings in a Backpack- Who Will Feed The Kids This Weekend?
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
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.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Blessings in a Backpack is currently fine tuning our food logistics process so that we can leverage our spend to make our food buying more streamline and cost effective. Currently we are focusing on three target markets to proactively engage donors, board members and volunteers.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Blessings in a Backpack organizes and trains volunteers across the country to start & sustain Blessings in a Backpack programs in their communities.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Blessings in a Backpack is currently feeding 93,000 children in 47 states and Washington D.C.. Our goals it continue to expand the number of children we are feeding while polishing and fine tuning our procedures.
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC
Board of directorsas of 08/23/2022
Mr. Joe DePippo
Tournant, Inc.
Term: 2020 - 2024
Ms. Teresa McMahon
Alvarez and Marsal Business Consulting, LLC.
Term: 2020 - 2024
Doug Meijer
Meijer
Ramona Ustian
Thomas Coffee
Junior Bridgeman
Bridgeman Foods
Kate Rose
President of the Kate and Justin Rose Foundation
Tonya York -Dees
York Management
Paul Colangelo
Library Systems & Services
Ubong Ituen
McDonalds, Retired
Teresa McMahon
Alvarez and Marsal
Joe DePippo
Tournant, Inc.
Laura Eikerenkoetter
Cigna
Staci Rawls
Yum Brands
Mary Lee Montague
Montague & Associates, LLC.
Steve Rubley
Thomson Reuters and TRSS
Doug Wagoner
LMI
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? No -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? No -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? No -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
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