Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,937,572
- Total expenses
- $1,886,669
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,524,903
- Grants paid
- $391,637
- Program service revenue
- $511,185
- Investment income
- $3,775
- Other revenue
- -$102,291
- Total assets, end of year
- $851,215
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $570,990
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $280,225
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,413,614
- Management and general expenses
- $228,673
- Fundraising expenses
- $244,382
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,413,614
Program services were 74.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1c · Fundraising events
$239,110
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,285,793
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$456,606
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2a · Program service revenue: Meal Sales
total $252,363 · related or exempt $252,363
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2b · Program service revenue: Support and Contracts
total $243,376 · related or exempt $243,376
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2c · Program service revenue: Catering
total $15,446 · related or exempt $15,446
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3 · Investment income
total $3,775 · excluded $3,775
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$10,600
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$239,110
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$112,891
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$102,291 · excluded -$102,291
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $391,637 · program services $391,637
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $204,166 · program services $122,500 · management and general $34,708 · fundraising $46,958
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $560,981 · program services $336,588 · management and general $95,367 · fundraising $129,026
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $46,024 · program services $27,614 · management and general $7,824 · fundraising $10,586
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $61,535 · program services $36,921 · management and general $10,461 · fundraising $14,153
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $4,175 · management and general $4,175
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11g · Fees: other
total $63,106 · program services $45,956 · management and general $17,150
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $8,558 · fundraising $8,558
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13 · Office expenses
total $9,858 · program services $2,878 · management and general $5,876 · fundraising $1,104
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14 · Information technology
total $1,193 · management and general $1,193
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16 · Occupancy
total $117,920 · program services $70,752 · management and general $20,046 · fundraising $27,122
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17 · Travel
total $3,584 · management and general $3,584
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $10,605 · program services $10,605
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23 · Insurance
total $29,890 · program services $17,934 · management and general $5,081 · fundraising $6,875
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24a · Other expenses: Kitchen Supplies and Fo
total $219,153 · program services $219,153
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24b · Other expenses: Food Delivery Supplies
total $71,778 · program services $71,778
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24c · Other expenses: Kitchen Repairs and Mai
total $55,488 · program services $55,488
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24d · Other expenses: Supplies
total $15,463 · management and general $15,463
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24e · All other expenses
total $11,555 · program services $3,810 · management and general $7,745
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $489,333 · end of year $672,385
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $43,139
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $50,465
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$96,977
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$11,751
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $31,258 · end of year $85,226
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
end of year $89,956
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19 · Deferred revenue
end of year $481,034
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $1 · end of year $0
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $520,590 · end of year $271,914
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
end of year $8,311
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
We are a food justice organization that prioritizes dignity, access and connection with our community meal program.Our community meal program supports our door front outreach, community based partner meal distribution programs and youth programs with Oakland Unified School District and Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Community Kitchens' mission is to ensure that people left behind by traditional food systems can access dignified meals and pathways to a more equitable future.
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In 2025 our Community Meal Program showed up for our clients who are often missed by traditional food systems. In 2025 we served 200,813 meals along with 175,154 pounds of groceries supporting over 2,500 unhoused and low-income families and reached over 16,000 students, nearly half of all Oakland Unified School District's kids. The growth in meal volumes was supported through our new door front distribution program at our central kitchen, serving 81,828 meals with groceries to 1,000 clients in one of the top zip codes in Alameda County that is impacted by SNAP cuts. These numbers represent quadrupled growth of impact from 2024, which reflects an increase in the number of community members experiencing food insecurity in the Bay Area, as well as the impact of federal cuts to SNAP and EBT benefits. Our clients include some of the county's most marginalized residents including the unhoused population, youth attending Title 1 schools, the elderly and individuals living below the poverty line. Our meals are distributed in 10 of the highest food insecurity areas in the Bay Area.
Expenses $1,413,614 · Grants $391,637 · Revenue $511,185
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Our culinary job training program supported 13 graduates and provided 9 job placements in 2025.
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In 2025, Community Kitchens led the advocacy to secure $2 million in Alameda County funds for a prepared meal program for our unhoused community. This funding is being administered by Alameda County Community Food Bank and supports 15 community based nonprofit organizations with grants, of which Community Kitchens has one of these grants.
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Chris Pastena
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Victoria Decker
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Candice Elder
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Hilary Bas
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Melinda Drayton
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Abel Guillen
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chris Gulli
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dina Older-Aguilar
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Nigel Jones
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $1,384
- From this org
- $1,384
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Marisa Raya
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Cary Weigle
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Maria Alderete
Co-Executive Director and Co-Founder
- Total calculated
- $125,000
- From this org
- $125,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 50
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Richard Mitchell
Co-Executive Director and Co-Founder
- Total calculated
- $79,167
- From this org
- $79,167
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 50
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 22 September 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.2
- Source object
- 202642659349301739
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