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← BRACKENS KITCHEN INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by BRACKENS KITCHEN INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,679,196
Total expenses
$7,367,538
Contributions and grants received
$5,475,393
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,954,787
Investment income
$68,837
Other revenue
$180,179
Total assets, end of year
$6,541,716
Total liabilities, end of year
$618,378
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,923,338
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,846,503
Management and general expenses
$251,064
Fundraising expenses
$269,971
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,846,503

Program services were 92.9% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $305,974

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,169,419

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $3,359,517

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Community Feeding Prog

    total $1,922,070 · related or exempt $1,922,070

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Catering Income

    total $32,717 · related or exempt $32,717

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $68,837 · excluded $68,837

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $64,691

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $64,691

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $64,691 · related or exempt $64,691

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $205,707

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $305,974

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $94,552

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $111,155 · excluded $111,155

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other income

    total $4,333 · related or exempt $4,333

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,333

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $332,846 · program services $295,071 · management and general $20,702 · fundraising $17,073

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,580,832 · program services $1,401,425 · management and general $98,321 · fundraising $81,086

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $119,716 · program services $111,595 · management and general $4,873 · fundraising $3,248

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $141,708 · program services $126,472 · management and general $8,856 · fundraising $6,380

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $32,455 · program services $27,587 · management and general $4,868

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $139,769 · program services $8,273 · management and general $1,343 · fundraising $130,153

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $29,068 · program services $12,030 · management and general $213 · fundraising $16,825

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $17,035 · program services $14,436 · management and general $1,814 · fundraising $785

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $50,294 · program services $43,470 · management and general $6,403 · fundraising $421

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $512,513 · program services $440,134 · management and general $72,362 · fundraising $17

  • 17 · Travel

    total $36,246 · program services $32,945 · management and general $1,261 · fundraising $2,040

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,232 · program services $3,392 · management and general $75 · fundraising $765

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $79,349 · program services $67,447 · management and general $11,902

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $140,168 · program services $129,751 · management and general $9,150 · fundraising $1,267

  • 24a · Other expenses: Food expense

    total $3,885,025 · program services $3,883,972 · fundraising $1,053

  • 24b · Other expenses: Supplies

    total $199,093 · program services $195,897 · management and general $3,091 · fundraising $105

  • 24c · Other expenses: Other employee related

    total $27,972 · program services $23,538 · management and general $3,528 · fundraising $906

  • 24d · Other expenses: Bank fees

    total $23,442 · program services $13,293 · management and general $2,302 · fundraising $7,847

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $15,775 · program services $15,775

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,471,897 · end of year $2,862,291

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,394,748 · end of year $1,826,970

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $65,000 · end of year $15,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $312,885 · end of year $189,344

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $42,337 · end of year $44,431

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $694,260

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $361,710

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $411,899 · end of year $332,550

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,357 · end of year $805,837

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $573,767 · end of year $311,870

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $153,423 · end of year $153,423

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $239,153 · end of year $267,148

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $623,878 · end of year $351,230

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,828,374 · end of year $5,553,167

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $737,908 · end of year $370,171

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Through food rescue, culinary training and our community feeding program, we are committed to rescuing, re-purposing and restoring both food and lives.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Through food rescue, culinary training and our community feeding program, we are committed torescuing, re-purposing and restoring both food and lives.

  • Community Feeding ProgramAt the heart of our work is a commitment to feed our friends and neighbors in need. In Orange County over 450,000 people struggle with food insecurity and the ability to put a meal on their tables. In LA County and Southern California as a whole that number is much, much higher. We come to work every day excited to do what we love most, cook tasty and nutritious meals for our friends and neighbors in need. From breakfast for our seniors right here in Garden Grove, to hot lunches for our struggling college students in Santa Ana to a complete hot dinner for families, seniors and veterans all across southern California we're honored to work in this space. We are able to do this not only by cooking meals but with our food truck and a network of over 75 community partners who help to get our meals into the hands of those who need it most. Looking ahead our 2026 goal is to provide 2.2 million meals throughout orange county.

    Expenses $3,310,017 · Revenue $4,135,295

  • Rescued Food ProgramOur rescued food program powers all that we do here at the kitchen. It is estimated that we are still wasting up to 40% of our food supply. Food that if properly managed could have been used to feed our friends and neighbors in need. We leverage existing relationships and build new and exciting ones to ensure that high quality edible food comes to us and not the dumpster. Once rescued we're able to turn these food items into nutritious meals for our friends and neighbors in need. Ugly produce, meat and chicken that didn't sell and had to be frozen, overproduction of sauces, dressings and convenience items, off spec items and produce left in the field are just a few examples of the many areas in which we rescue food. Our goal in 2026 is to rescue more than 400 tons of food.

    Expenses $3,254,532 · Revenue $3,254,532

  • Culinary Training ProgramNow in our 9th class of students our culinary training program has grown into a very important part of the work we do. Like the age old saying, give a man a fish and you've fed him for a day, teach him to fish and you will feed him for a lifetime. The perfect statement to describe our work in culinary training. While we recognize that not every student may become a famous Chef, every student will have the foundation for, not only a career in food service, but they'll have a better understanding and appreciation for how to cook and provide for their own families.

    Expenses $273,645 · Revenue $171,961

  • Expenses $8,309 · Revenue $97,408

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Molly Bracken

    Secretary & Dir of Hospitality

    Total calculated
    $90,865
    From this org
    $90,865
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Hilda Jusuf

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Douglas Schonfeld

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrew Zschach

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Krista Koch

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Bracken

    President

    Total calculated
    $241,981
    From this org
    $241,981
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,489
    Bonus
    $30,492
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $241,981

  • Kris Kirk

    Director if Culinary Operatins

    Total calculated
    $101,218
    From this org
    $101,218
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
4 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202632519349301128

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