California · Nonprofit
FEAR FOR BREAKFAST
FEAR FOR BREAKFAST (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $294,136 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($264,136). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $467k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $294k
- Net assets
- $62k
What Fear for Breakfast does
Mission
Empower current and formerly incarcerated individuals through healing centered programs that foster personal transformation, community reintegration, and systems change-breaking cycles of incarceration and building pathways to dignity, purpose, and belonging.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Fear for Breakfast (ffb) delivers healing centered programming that supports individuals through the full arc of reentry from incarceration to community reintegration. Inside correctional facilities, ffb facilitates transformative workshops focused on identity development, mindset, life skills, and trauma recovery. These sessions are led by formerly incarcerated leaders and trained professionals, fostering a credible and empathetic environment for personal growth. Upon release, participants receive wraparound support including mentorship, counseling, internship opportunities, and continued life skills development. This continuum of care equips individuals to navigate reentry challenges, build resilience, and reduce recidivism through long-term reintegration.
$260,622 spentof which $12,570 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $260,622.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 90% 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 FEAR FOR BREAKFAST’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
FEAR FOR BREAKFAST leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 FEAR FOR BREAKFAST.
“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
90% of FEAR FOR BREAKFAST'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 $30k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $264k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
FEAR FOR BREAKFAST runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,356 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,356 unclassified nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FEAR FOR BREAKFAST
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% 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 FEAR FOR BREAKFAST: 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 FEAR FOR BREAKFAST?
- FEAR FOR BREAKFAST (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $294,136 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($264,136). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FEAR FOR BREAKFAST have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $294,136 in grants to FEAR FOR BREAKFAST, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FEAR FOR BREAKFAST?
- CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $264,136 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FEAR FOR BREAKFAST find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 2 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