Blessings in a Book Bag Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 465286313
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2015–2024
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2024
Location: Savannah, GA, USA
Phone: 9124369094
Rating: 60
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Neighborhood, Block Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $24,514
Expenses: $22,863
Assets: $19,062
Liabilities: $0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

People named in this filing

Weslyn Bowers (Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Blessings In A Book Bag aids poor children in receiving book bags filled with supplies and a nutritious meal, along with haircuts, school uniforms, and more to get them ready for the new year. Additionally, Blessings in a Book Bag provides weekend nutritious meals to help fill the gap for students who qualify for free or reduced lunch. Monday through Friday kids eat at school, but on the weekends the need is still there and Blessings In A Book Bag has strived to fill that hunger gap.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 40
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 53
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 39.1%; rating input score 39
Program expense ratio: 41.9%; rating input score 42

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

Operating margin: 6.7%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.83; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 39.1% of revenue deployed · 41.9% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
Schedules: 1 filed schedules
Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 39/100.
Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 42/100.
Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.