Virginia · Nonprofit
LUNCHBOX 276
LUNCHBOX 276 (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,068 to it, the largest being THE RAPHA FOUNDATION ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $148k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $25k
- Net assets
- $95k
What Lunchbox 276 does
Mission
Our mission to alleviate childhood hunger by providing mutritous weekend food bags to students experiencing food insecurity. We strive to ensure that every child in our community has the nourishment they need to thrive, learn and grow regardless of their circumstances. Through compassion, collaboration, and a commitment to serving those in need, we aim to build a brighter future for the youth in far southwest virginia.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Luncbox276 is a community-driven weekend food program dedicated to addressing child food insecurity across Southwest Virginia. Through strong partnerships with local schools, the program provides discreet, reliable access to food for students who may otherwise go without meals when school is not in session.Each week, students receive a bag of easy-to-prepare, shelf-stable food designed to sustain them through the weekend. By working directly with school staff, Lunchbox276 is able to identify and serve students with the greatest need, ensuring that support reaches those who are most vulnerable.During the 20252026 school year, Lunchbox276 distributed 39,697 weekend food bags to students across sixteen schools in Wise County, Dickenson County, and the City of Norton. School partners continue to identify increased need among middle and high school students, reinforcing the need to expand services to approximately 1,500 students each week.
$85,179 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $85,179.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $15k → $30.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 LUNCHBOX 276’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
LUNCHBOX 276 leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% 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 LUNCHBOX 276.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
60% of LUNCHBOX 276's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $68 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
LUNCHBOX 276 runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like LUNCHBOX 276
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 Virginia
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.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LUNCHBOX 276: 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 LUNCHBOX 276?
- LUNCHBOX 276 (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,068 to it, the largest being THE RAPHA FOUNDATION ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LUNCHBOX 276 have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $25,068 in grants to LUNCHBOX 276, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LUNCHBOX 276?
- THE RAPHA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LUNCHBOX 276 find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 3 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