Arizona · Nonprofit
BACKPACKS 4 KIDS AZ INC
BACKPACKS 4 KIDS AZ INC (Arizona) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $46,937 to it, the largest being VALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY ($17,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $576k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $47k
- Net assets
- $0
What Backpacks 4 Kids Az Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to provide families with food and basic essentials, and children with the tools they need to be successful learners. We strive to achieve this through various programs, including our food pantry, school supplies distribution, and family support events. We believe that every child deserves the opportunity to succeed and are committed
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Food pantry distribution 156 times durfing the year. Giving out food boxes to those in need.
$192,162 spent33% of program spendingBackto school program september through november. Giving children backpacks and school supplies to help them be successful in school.
$192,140 spent33% of program spendingOutreach program throughout the year. Helping families and individuals with daily living items needed which may include food.
$192,140 spent33% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $576,442.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $5k → $9k.
3 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BACKPACKS 4 KIDS AZ INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 7 of 12 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BACKPACKS 4 KIDS AZ INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
90% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BACKPACKS 4 KIDS AZ INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 97% · 2023 89% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
82% of BACKPACKS 4 KIDS AZ INC's grant income comes from Arizona funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BACKPACKS 4 KIDS AZ INC's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BACKPACKS 4 KIDS AZ INC
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In Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BACKPACKS 4 KIDS AZ INC?
- BACKPACKS 4 KIDS AZ INC (Arizona) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $46,937 to it, the largest being VALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY ($17,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BACKPACKS 4 KIDS AZ INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $46,937 in grants to BACKPACKS 4 KIDS AZ INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BACKPACKS 4 KIDS AZ INC?
- VALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY is the largest funder on record, with $17,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BACKPACKS 4 KIDS AZ INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 12 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing