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Inspire Brands Foundation Inc

Inspire Brands Foundation Inc (Georgia) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,807,673 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,500,900). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$15M
Funders on record
15
Grants received
$1.8M
Net assets
$13M
5/15 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What Inspire Brands Foundation Inc does

Mission

At the inspire brands foundation, we exist to ignite and nourish change for good through strategic national and community partnerships. As a foundation, we focus on three core pillars - childhood hunger, youth leadership and career readiness. We do business as the arbys foundation, buffalo wild wings foundation, sonic foundation and the jimmy john's foundation. The arbys foundation believes that every kid deserves to dream big and pursue their dreams with confidence. The buffalo wild wings foundation fuels the champions of the next generation. The sonic foundation sparks brighter futures for america's youth. The jimmy johns foundation empowers the next generation to dream boldly and thrive.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Donorschoose: we make it easy for anyone to help a teacher in need, moving us closer to a nation where students in every community have the tools and experiences they need for a great education.

    $1,973,689 spentof which $1,973,689 as grants
    13% of program spending
  2. Share our strength: we contribute funds to support no kid hungry, a national campaign run by share our strength focused on ending childhood hunger. These funds go towards programs and initiatives that align with our core pillar of fighting childhood hunger.

    $1,254,758 spentof which $1,254,758 as grants
    8% of program spending
  3. Boys & girls clubs of america (bgca): we contribute funds to support bgca, an organization that enables all young people to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. Our funding supports youth sports programs that build character and promote a healthy lifestyle, aligning with our mission to build communities where all kids can thrive, compete, and belong to a team.

    $1,192,700 spentof which $1,192,700 as grants
    8% of program spending
  4. Other program services to further our mission

    $10,533,859 spentof which $9,370,197 as grants
    70% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,955,006.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($7.8M) Expenses 100 ($8.1M) Net assets 100 ($8.3M)2018 Revenue 99 ($7.8M) Expenses 108 ($8.7M) Net assets 80 ($6.7M)2019 Revenue 138 ($11M) Expenses 135 ($11M) Net assets 93 ($7.7M)2020 Revenue 153 ($12M) Expenses 125 ($10M) Net assets 119 ($9.9M)2021 Revenue 193 ($15M) Expenses 140 ($11M) Net assets 167 ($14M)2022 Revenue 162 ($13M) Expenses 142 ($12M) Net assets 165 ($14M)2023 Revenue 223 ($17M) Expenses 210 ($17M) Net assets 177 ($15M)2024 Revenue 191 ($15M) Expenses 208 ($17M) Net assets 152 ($13M)
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Revenue (191)Expenses (208)Net assets (152)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $12M to $16M (+35%).

$8.7M
$8.5M
$11M
$12M
$16M
$15M
$17M
$14M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$298k
’17
−$968k
’18
−$131k
’19
$1.8M
’20
$3.7M
’21
$1.1M
’22
$403k
’23
−$1.9M
’24
4.6
months of
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

Stuart Brown

Executive Director

Board chair

Christian Charnaux

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed2018181620212220
Joined·+0+9+2+5+3+5+1
No longer listed·2941243
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $8k → $237k.

4 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 84% 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 Inspire Brands Foundation Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 14 of 15 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

Inspire Brands Foundation Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

87% 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 Inspire Brands Foundation Inc.

83%
largest funder
95%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 84% — growing more concentrated.

“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

25% of Inspire Brands Foundation Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

84% of Inspire Brands Foundation 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 $290k that is directly attributable, 91% of it comes from funders outside Georgia, across 7 states.

CA
MO
MD
AL
GA
TX
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’21
’22
’23
Georgia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like Inspire Brands Foundation 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 Georgia

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

88% of spending goes to programs.

Program 88%Management 5%Fundraising 7%

Governance

15
board members
53%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

89%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 29 states

NH
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
KY
WV
VA
MD
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
MS
AL
GA
FL

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Inspire Brands Inc · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds Inspire Brands Foundation Inc?
Inspire Brands Foundation Inc (Georgia) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,807,673 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,500,900). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Inspire Brands Foundation Inc have?
IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $1,807,673 in grants to Inspire Brands Foundation Inc, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Inspire Brands Foundation Inc?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,500,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Inspire Brands Foundation Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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