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← COMMONWEALTH KITCHEN INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by COMMONWEALTH KITCHEN INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,158,678
Total expenses
$4,721,759
Contributions and grants received
$3,878,919
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,452,586
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$827,173
Total assets, end of year
$14,515,877
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,765,735
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,750,142
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,359,060
Management and general expenses
$1,137,342
Fundraising expenses
$225,357
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,359,060

Program services were 71.1% 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

    $3,878,919

  • 2a · Program service revenue: RENTAL AND STORAGE FEE

    total $1,256,368 · related or exempt $1,256,368

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OTHER FEES

    total $157,036 · related or exempt $157,036

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MANAGEMENT FEES

    total $39,182 · related or exempt $39,182

  • 11a · Other revenue: SPECIAL EVENT

    total $426,876 · related or exempt $426,876

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $400,297 · related or exempt $400,297

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $827,173

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $153,179 · program services $108,757 · management and general $36,763 · fundraising $7,659

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,126,942 · program services $903,694 · management and general $96,318 · fundraising $126,930

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $144,918 · program services $36,796 · management and general $96,858 · fundraising $11,264

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $591,838 · program services $99,556 · management and general $424,157 · fundraising $68,125

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $279,293 · program services $249,473 · management and general $26,077 · fundraising $3,743

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $103,794 · program services $7,236 · management and general $95,150 · fundraising $1,408

  • 20 · Interest

    total $171,583 · program services $165,135 · management and general $4,916 · fundraising $1,532

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $202,830 · program services $112,731 · management and general $88,923 · fundraising $1,176

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $54,713 · program services $52,656 · management and general $1,568 · fundraising $489

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $584,015 · program services $580,747 · management and general $3,268

  • 24b · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $401,134 · program services $390,528 · management and general $8,086 · fundraising $2,520

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE

    total $333,680 · program services $313,841 · management and general $19,824 · fundraising $15

  • 24d · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $238,019 · program services $125,371 · management and general $112,648

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $335,821 · program services $212,539 · management and general $122,786 · fundraising $496

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,775,626 · end of year $6,196,354

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $324,030 · end of year $125,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $828,717 · end of year $519,572

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $341

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

    $8,200,649

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

    $685,363

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $351,860 · end of year $7,515,286

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $62,409 · end of year $53,824

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $594,506 · end of year $105,500

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $709,973 · end of year $655,666

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $1,371

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $6,486

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $143,935 · end of year $7,102,212

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,811,057 · end of year $2,955,770

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,272,183 · end of year $3,794,372

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

CWK'S MISSION IS TO BUILD A NEW FOOD ECONOMY GROUNDED IN RACIAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE BY STRENGTHENING THE CAPACITY, CONNECTIONS, AND COLLECTIVE POWER OF DIVERSE ENTREPRENEURS TO START AND GROW SUCCESSFUL FOOD BUSINESSES. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS MISSION, CWK OPERATES GREATER BOSTON'S ONLY NONPROFIT FOOD BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND FOOD MANUFACTURING SOCIAL ENTERPRISE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CREATE AND GROW DYNAMIC FOOD-BASED BUSINESSES & CAREERS, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE IMPACTED BY RACIAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC INEQUALITY.

  • DURING 2022, THE WORK DONE BY THE ORGANIZATION RETURNED TO ITS CORE MISSION AS EXECUTED PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC. THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT PENT-UP DEMAND FOR OUR FOOD BUSINESS START-UP EDUCATION PROGRAMMING, WHICH WAS REINSTITUTED, ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO ALLOW 50+ BUSINESSES TO RETURN TO THE SHARED KITCHENS. OUR "READY TO LAUNCH" PROGRAM, NOW ENSURES A STRONG START TO NEW BUSINESSES THAT BEGIN COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION AT COMMONWEALTH KITCHEN. ADDITIONALLY, AS OPPORTUNITIES HAVE AGAIN BECOME AVAILABLE, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPAND SALES CHANNELS FOR OUR MEMBERS AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY TO ASSIST IN OFFERING SUCCESS IN THE BUSINESS GROWTH PHASE OF THESE REMARKABLE BUSINESSES. WE'VE GROWN AND EXPANDED THE FOOD BUSINESS LISTSERV TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO OUR MEMBERS AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY. THIS HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT TIME NOT JUST FOR COMMONWEALTH KITCHEN AND OTHER NON-PROFITS, BUT PARTICULARLY FOR THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE. WE INSTITUTIONALIZED OUR "COMMON TABLE" PROGRAM AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF PRIVATE DONORS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR MEMBER BUSINESSES TO ENABLE THEM TO SERVE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE MEALS TO THEIR NEIGHBORS MOST IN NEED.

    Expenses $3,359,060 · Revenue $3,878,919

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jennifer Faigel

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $153,179
    From this org
    $152,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $779
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,400
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $779
    Filer's total
    $153,179
  • Lesley Delaney Hawkins

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Helene Solomon

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jason Allen

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Antoinette Coakley

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Magnolia Conteras

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Raul Fernandez

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sheldon Lloyd

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tyler Seever

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $127,400
    From this org
    $127,400
    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

None.

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.

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.

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • CWK 196 LLC

    CAPITAL EXPENDITURES · MA · 100% owned

    Directly controlled by YES

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
17 January 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202440179349300214

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