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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PLENTIFUL.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,603,461
Total expenses
$3,723,023
Contributions and grants received
$4,603,461
Grants paid
$3,043
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,155,227
Total liabilities, end of year
$532,947
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,622,280
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,295,459
Management and general expenses
$1,427,564
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,295,459

Program services were 61.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,603,461

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,800

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,043 · program services $3,043

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $702,110 · management and general $702,110

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $350,518 · management and general $350,518

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $70,044 · management and general $70,044

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $45,149 · management and general $45,149

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $73,579 · management and general $73,579

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $750,788 · program services $588,762 · management and general $162,026

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,043 · management and general $4,043

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,580,274 · program services $1,580,274

  • 17 · Travel

    total $45,748 · program services $45,748

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $19,650 · management and general $19,650

  • 24a · Other expenses: AWARENESS & PROGRAM EXP

    total $77,632 · program services $77,632

  • 24b · Other expenses: TAXES & LICENSES

    total $358 · management and general $358

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $87 · management and general $87

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,939,417 · end of year $2,155,227

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $150

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $199

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $1,000,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $197,924 · end of year $532,947

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,741,842 · end of year $2,622,280

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

HELP KITCHEN'S MISSION IS TO END HUNGER WITH NUTRITIOUS FOOD THAT FITS INTO THE BUSY SCHEDULES OF LOW INCOME, FOOD INSECURE FOLKS. SO OFTEN, EMERGENCY FOOD IS OPTIMIZED TO REDUCE COSTS FOR PROVIDERS, INSTEAD OF PRIORITIZING THE NEEDS OF THE BENEFICIARY. MANY INTERVENTIONS REQUIRE PEOPLE TO WAIT IN LONG LINES, PICKUP FOOD THAT MAY NOT MEET THEIR DIETARY AND HOUSEHOLD NEEDS, OR ARE LIMITED TO A SINGLE MEAL. THE EXPERIENCE IS OFTEN UNDIGNIFIED. HELP KITCHEN IS TACKLING THESE PROBLEMS BY CREATING TECH-ENABLED PLATFORMS TO MATCH FOOD INSECURE INDIVIDUALS WITH AVAILABLE RESOURCES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

HELP KITCHEN'S MISSION IS TO END HUNGER WITH NUTRITIOUS FOOD FOR LOW INCOME, FOOD INSECURE FOLKS.

  • IN 2023, HELP KITCHEN OFFERED TWO PRIMARY PRODUCTS TO HELP SUPPORT AND CONNECT THE CHARITABLE FOOD SYSTEM. THE FIRST IS AN ON DEMAND, EMERGENCY SERVICE APP TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE FOOD INSECURE FIND FOOD IN REAL TIME. SOMEONE IN NEED CAN ACCESS THIS PROGRAM BY TEXTING "FOOD" TO PANTRY, AND THEN THROUGH A SERIES OF SIMPLE EXCHANGES THEY WOULD BE MATCHED WITH A NEARBY FOOD ACCESS POINT, USUALLY A FOOD PANTRY BUT IN SOME CASES THEY WERE DIRECTED TO HOT MEALS THAT WERE AVAILABLE FOR PICKUP AT RESTAURANTS. FOOD INSECURE INDIVIDUALS CAN ALSO ACCESS THIS PROGRAM THROUGH AN APP (IOS OR ANDROID) OR ON THE WEB IN NINE LANGUAGES. THE SECOND PROGRAM IS AN APP FOR FOOD ACCESS POINTS TO MANAGE THEIR CHECK-IN, COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE, AND HANDLE REPORTING ON THEIR IMPACT. THE MAJORITY OF FUNDS THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED AS PART OF THE HOT MEAL PROGRAM PAID FOR THE COST OF THE MEALS. THE MAJORITY OF FUNDS THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED FOR ALL OTHER PROGRAMS PAID FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATION ACTIVATION, ONBOARDING, AND SUPPORT. THESE PROGRAMS WERE ACTIVE IN A HANDFUL OF GEOGRAPHIES, BUT PRIMARILY NEW YORK CITY AND METRO DENVER.

    Expenses $2,295,459 · Grants $3,043

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • ERICA LAWSON

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JEFF LAWSON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ERIC RIES

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • CATHERINE COMPITELLO

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $349,102
    From this org
    $349,102
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $349,102
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $349,102

  • MELANIE TORRES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MARK LOCH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • WILLIAM CROMIE

    FORMER CEO

    Total calculated
    $173,008
    From this org
    $173,008
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $93,008
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $80,000
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $173,008

  • BRYAN MORAN

    DIRECTOR OF PARTNER INTEGRATIONS

    Total calculated
    $180,000
    From this org
    $180,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $180,000

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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4A
SEVERENCE PAY - WILLIAM CROMIE = $80,000

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • FOCF LLC

    CREATE AND IMPLEMENT FOOD ACCESS PROGRAMS AND CONDUCT CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES. · DE · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by HELP KITCHEN

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
7 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433129349304103

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