PANERA BREAD FOUNDATION INC
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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $1.0M · expenses $2.3M · assets $1.4M
- EIN
- 43-1950869
- Address
- 1400 SOUTH HIGHWAY DRIVE SUITE 100, FENTON, MO 63026-2281
- NTEE code
- T12
- Exempt type
- 501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
- Ruling date
- June 2002 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
- IRS status
- Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
- Tax-deductible donations
- Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
- Foundation status
- Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
- Cross-check
- ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Mission
WE SUPPORT AND STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITIES BY INVESTING IN UNDERSERVED AND AT-RISK CHILDREN AND YOUTH TO BECOME LEADERS.
Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).
People paid by the organization
None of the 12 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.
Officers and directors, no compensation reported
12 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Hrs/wk (latest) | Compensation | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark D Wooldridge | Treasurer | 2019-2024 | 0 | $0 reported | 3 |
| Debbie Roberts | President | 2021-2024 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Kathleen B Stevens | Secretary | 2019-2024 | 0 | $0 reported | 2 |
| Casey Marsh | Director | 2021-2024 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Paul Saber | Director | 2021-2024 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Marlene M Gordon | Director | 2022-2024 | 0 | $0 reported | 2 |
| Drayton Martin (former) | Director | 2022-2023 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Roland Ornelas (former) | Director | 2022-2023 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Niren Chaudhary (former) | 2019-2021 | 0 | $0 reported | 2 | |
| Edwin J Stedem (former) | Treasurer | 2019-2021 | 0 | $0 reported | 2 |
| Eduardo Luz (former) | 2021 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 | |
| Genevieve Kelly (former) | 2021 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
People by year
2024 · 6 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debbie Roberts | President | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Kathleen B Stevens | Secretary | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 2 |
| Casey Marsh | Director | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Paul Saber | Director | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Marlene M Gordon | Director | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 2 |
| Mark D Wooldridge | Treasurer | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 3 |
2023 · 8 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debbie Roberts | President | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Kathleen B Stevens | Secretary | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 2 |
| Casey Marsh | Director | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Paul Saber | Director | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Marlene M Gordon | Director | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 2 |
| Drayton Martin | Director | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Roland Ornelas | Director | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Mark D Wooldridge | Treasurer | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 3 |
2022 · 8 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debbie Roberts | President | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Kathleen B Stevens | Secretary | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 2 |
| Casey Marsh | Director | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Paul Saber | Director | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Marlene M Gordon | Director | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 2 |
| Drayton Martin | Director | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Roland Ornelas | Director | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Mark D Wooldridge | Treasurer | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 3 |
2021 · 9 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debbie Roberts | President | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Edwin J Stedem | Treasurer | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 2 |
| Niren Chaudhary | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 2 | |
| Eduardo Luz | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 | |
| Casey Marsh | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 | |
| Paul Saber | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 | |
| Genevieve Kelly | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 | |
| Mark D Wooldridge | Assistant Treasurer | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 3 |
| Kathleen B Stevens | Secretary | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 2 |
2020 · 4 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niren Chaudhary | President | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 2 |
| Edwin J Stedem | Treasurer | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 2 |
| Mark D Wooldridge | Assistant Treasurer | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 3 |
| Kathleen B Stevens | Secretary | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 2 |
2019 · 4 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niren Chaudhary | President | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 2 |
| Edwin J Stedem | Treasurer | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 2 |
| Mark D Wooldridge | Assistant Treasurer | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 3 |
| Kathleen B Stevens | Secretary | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 2 |
Highest-paid independent contractors
No independent contractors reported.
Who the money went to
Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.
2024 · 30 grants to organizations · $2.2M
2023 · 30 grants to organizations · $2.0M
2022 · 17 grants to organizations · $528K
2021 · 1 grant to organizations · $250K
Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.
Who gave
Contributor names are not public for this form type.
Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.
Finances
Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.
| Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Net assets | Contributions | Program revenue | Officer pay | Employees | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · Form 990 | ||||||||
| $1,022,020 | $2,273,151 | $1,449,882 | $1,447,182 | $958,839 | $0 | $0 | 0 | - |
| 2023 · Form 990 | ||||||||
| $1,460,052 | $2,024,409 | $2,698,313 | $2,698,313 | $1,343,517 | $0 | $0 | 0 | - |
| 2022 · Form 990 | ||||||||
| $1,577,278 | $554,066 | $3,262,670 | $3,262,670 | $1,543,327 | $0 | $0 | 0 | - |
| 2021 · Form 990 | ||||||||
| $229 | $250,041 | $2,239,458 | $2,239,458 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 0 | - |
| 2020 · Form 990 | ||||||||
| $4,208,970 | $735 | $2,489,270 | $2,489,270 | $2,110,000 | $0 | $0 | 0 | - |
| 2019 · Form 990 | ||||||||
| $198,089 | $307,154 | $584,983 | -$1,724,669 | $196,409 | $0 | $0 | 0 | - |
Connected to
Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.
- FRIENDS IN KNEAD INC Fenton, MO · 2 people in common (Kathleen B Stevens, Mark D Wooldridge)
- PANERA DREAM SCHOLARSHIP INC Fenton, MO · 2 people in common (Mark D Wooldridge, Marlene M Gordon)
Funders of this organization
2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $110,070 in all, tax years 2022 to 2023. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV
| Grantor | Type | Match | Years given | Grants | Total | Latest year | Latest year's amount | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHARE THE DOUGH | Public charity | Exact | 2022-2023 | 2 | $100,000 | 2023 | $50,000 | show |
| FORGOOD INC | DAF sponsor | Exact | 2022 | 1 | $10,070 | 2022 | $10,070 | show |
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| SANDALS FOUNDATION INC | FL | T12 | $1,919,715 | $653,111 | President | $0 | Same NTEE code T12, revenue within 2x, similar name |
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| I AM NEXT INC | TN | T12 | $951,582 | $1,536,668 | CHAIRMAN | $17,683 | Same NTEE code T12, revenue within 2x, similar mission |
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Where the money went
Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.
2024 · Form 990 · $2,273,151 spent · pay $0 · grants $2,250,000 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Program | Management | Fundraising | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to US organizations and governments | $2,250,000 | $2,250,000 | - | - | 99.0% | |
| Fees: legal | $20,056 | - | $20,056 | $0 | 0.9% | |
| Other (as described) | BANK FEES | $3,095 | - | $3,095 | $0 | 0.1% |
| Total | $2,273,151 | 100% |
2023 · Form 990 · $2,024,409 spent · pay $0 · grants $2,000,000 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Program | Management | Fundraising | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to US organizations and governments | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | - | - | 98.8% | |
| Fees: legal | $21,821 | - | $21,821 | $0 | 1.1% | |
| Other (as described) | BANK FEES | $2,588 | - | $2,588 | - | 0.1% |
| Total | $2,024,409 | 100% |
2022 · Form 990 · $554,066 spent · pay $16,998 · grants $527,500 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Program | Management | Fundraising | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to US organizations and governments | $527,500 | $527,500 | - | - | 95.2% | |
| Other salaries and wages | $15,737 | - | $15,737 | $0 | 2.8% | |
| Fees: legal | $6,600 | - | $6,600 | $0 | 1.2% | |
| Other (as described) | EQUIPMENT EXPENSE | $2,850 | - | $2,850 | $0 | 0.5% |
| Payroll taxes | $1,261 | - | $1,261 | $0 | 0.2% | |
| Other (as described) | BANK FEES | $118 | - | $118 | $0 | 0.0% |
| Total | $554,066 | 100% |
2021 · Form 990 · $250,041 spent · pay $0 · grants $250,011 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Program | Management | Fundraising | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to US organizations and governments | $250,011 | $250,011 | - | - | 100.0% | |
| Other (as described) | OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES | $30 | $0 | $30 | $0 | 0.0% |
| Total | $250,041 | 100% |
2020 · Form 990 · $735 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Program | Management | Fundraising | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other (as described) | OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES | $735 | $0 | $735 | $0 | 100.0% |
| Total | $735 | 100% |
2019 · Form 990 · $307,154 spent · pay $95,212 · grants $113,108 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Program | Management | Fundraising | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to US individuals | $113,108 | $113,108 | - | - | 36.8% | |
| Other (as described) | OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES | $82,662 | $22,257 | $60,405 | $0 | 26.9% |
| Other salaries and wages | $79,526 | $79,526 | - | - | 25.9% | |
| Other (as described) | UTILITIES | $15,619 | $15,619 | - | - | 5.1% |
| Payroll taxes | $7,852 | $7,852 | - | - | 2.6% | |
| Other employee benefits | $7,834 | $7,834 | - | - | 2.6% | |
| Advertising and promotion | $553 | $553 | - | - | 0.2% | |
| Total | $307,154 | 100% |
State business registration
- PANERA BREAD FOUNDATION, INC. OR, FOREIGN NONPROFIT CORPORATION, Active, formed 2011-01-05
The same business name in the same state, from the state’s official registry data.
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