Missouri · Nonprofit
BALANCED INC
BALANCED INC (Missouri) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,047,051 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($1,855,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $916k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $3.0M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Balanced Inc does
Mission
Balanced is a nonprofit organization improving public health by helping schools, hospitals, and other institutions serve more fiber-rich, plant-forward meals. We provide technical assistance, training, and advocacy to support menu changes that reduce chronic disease risk and make nutritious, affordable foods the easy, everyday choice for children and families.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Balanceds Institutional Support program provides technical assistance, training, and resources to school food service professionals and institutional meal providers to improve menu quality and increase access to fiber-rich, plant-based foods. Activities include a six-month training cohort for food service directors, individualized menu consultation, procurement support, and distribution of implementation toolkits and micro-grants. Through this program, Balanced supported multiple school districts in developing and serving plant-forward meals that meet nutrition and cost goals. These activities resulted in an estimated 200-250K plant-based or plant-forward meals being served on menus.
$151,291 spentof which $17,500 as grants20% of program spendingBalanceds Community & Youth Advocacy program mobilizes students, families, and community members to advocate for healthier, plant-forward meals in schools and institutions. In 2024, the program contributed to a public awareness campaign in Illinois, enabling families to request plant-based meals from their districts and generating more than 1,000 requests across 285 districtsreaching 30% of all K12 districts in the state. The team also advanced the Focus on Fiber public awareness, education, and promotional campaign, elevating fiber as a key nutrient for health and helping schools and communities close the fiber gap through accessible, evidence-based resources. Digital tools, downloadable guides, and advocacy materials equipped local leaders and students to take action and build momentum for institutional change.
$250,716 spent33% of program spendingBalanceds Research & Policy program generates evidence to guide institutional menu reform and strengthen nutrition standards in schools. In 2024, the team initiated a national research project analyzing school menus from 90+ districts across the United States to determine whether school breakfasts and lunches provide adequate dietary fiber and to model how replacing meat-based entrées with bean-based, high-fiber alternatives could affect overall nutrition quality. Using descriptive statistics, meal simulations, and substitution analysis, the project examines fiber content, identifies primary sources of dietary fiber on menus, and estimates the nutritional impact of plant-based substitutions on key nutrients such as protein, saturated fat, and sodium. This research will inform upcoming publications, policy recommendations, and technical guidance to help schools close the fiber gap and improve meal quality nationwide.
$130,850 spent17% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$236,093 spent31% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $768,950.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $586k to $992k (+69%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 16% · 2021 10% · 2022 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of BALANCED INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Audrey Sanchez
Executive Director (Org), President (Board)
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $250k → $680k.
4 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% 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 BALANCED INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
BALANCED INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
88% 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 BALANCED INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 95% · 2021 57% · 2022 74% · 2023 59% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of BALANCED INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
69% of BALANCED INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $932k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Missouri, across 8 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M 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
BALANCED INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like BALANCED INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BALANCED INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BALANCED INC?
- BALANCED INC (Missouri) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,047,051 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($1,855,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BALANCED INC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $3,047,051 in grants to BALANCED INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BALANCED INC?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $1,855,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BALANCED INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 15 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