Totals
- Total revenue
- $25,409,338
- Total expenses
- $19,637,315
- Contributions and grants received
- $25,185,522
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $214,968
- Other revenue
- $8,848
- Total assets, end of year
- $17,503,702
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,928,186
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $15,575,516
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $17,562,645
- Management and general expenses
- $989,755
- Fundraising expenses
- $1,084,915
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $17,562,645
Program services were 89.4% 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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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$25,185,522
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$887,732
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3 · Investment income
total $200,516 · related or exempt $200,516
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
other assets $194,228
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
other assets $179,776
-
7c · Gain or loss
other assets $14,452
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $14,452 · related or exempt $14,452
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11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE
total $8,848 · related or exempt $8,848
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$8,848
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $972,747 · program services $826,835 · management and general $97,275 · fundraising $48,637
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $5,111,861 · program services $4,345,082 · management and general $511,186 · fundraising $255,593
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $154,768 · program services $131,553 · management and general $15,477 · fundraising $7,738
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $1,629,699 · program services $1,385,244 · management and general $162,970 · fundraising $81,485
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $401,991 · program services $341,692 · management and general $40,199 · fundraising $20,100
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11b · Fees: legal
total $70,434 · program services $70,434
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $12,250 · program services $10,290 · management and general $1,960
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $643,835 · fundraising $643,835
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $1,041,681 · program services $1,041,681
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13 · Office expenses
total $219,814 · program services $176,828 · management and general $15,714 · fundraising $27,272
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14 · Information technology
total $11,592 · program services $11,012 · management and general $580
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16 · Occupancy
total $241,457 · program services $239,380 · management and general $2,077
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $5,109 · program services $4,343 · management and general $511 · fundraising $255
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20 · Interest
total $20,042 · management and general $20,042
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $621,255 · program services $618,473 · management and general $2,782
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23 · Insurance
total $240,763 · program services $204,649 · management and general $36,114
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24a · Other expenses: DEPLOYMENT EXPENSES
total $3,310,689 · program services $3,310,689
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24b · Other expenses: COMMUNITY KITCHENS
total $2,019,272 · program services $2,019,272
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24c · Other expenses: TRAVEL & RELATED EXPENSE
total $1,694,201 · program services $1,694,201
-
24d · Other expenses: FOOD & SUPP-GIFT IN KIND
total $685,488 · program services $685,488
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24e · All other expenses
total $528,367 · program services $445,499 · management and general $82,868
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $811,171 · end of year $916,741
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $5,436,385 · end of year $11,691,568
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $105,000
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $24,763 · end of year $11,736
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $1,080
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $108,243
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $137,045 · end of year $60,951
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$6,508,079
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$2,103,526
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $4,185,502 · end of year $4,404,553
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $10,332 · end of year $65,049
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $220,422 · end of year $138,781
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $323,459 · end of year $1,352,370
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $698,650 · end of year $575,816
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $9,803,511 · end of year $15,475,516
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
end of year $100,000
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
PROVIDE PROFESSIONALLY PREPARED, RESTAURANT-QUALITY MEALS TO VICTIMS, VOLUNTEERS, AND FIRST RESPONDERS IN NATURAL DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES, AND PARTNER WITH EXISTING LIKE-MINDED ORGANIZATIONS TO FURTHER THEIR MISSION BY PROVIDING FOOD SERVICE IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE GLOBE.
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DISASTER RELIEF & LONG-TERM RECOVERY: WE RESPOND TO NATURAL DISASTERS AND NATIONAL EMERGENCIES AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE. ON DEPLOYMENT, OUR PROFESSIONAL CHEFS PREPARE HIGH- QUALITY, HOT MEALS ON A MASS SCALE-UP TO 20,000 MEALS A DAY-FOR VICTIMS, VOLUNTEERS, AND FIRST RESPONDERS. COMMUNITY KITCHENS: MERCY CHEFS' COFOUNDER INSPIRED THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY KITCHENS. SHE RECOGNIZED OUR ORGANIZATION'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PUT OUR RESOURCES, VOLUNTEERS, AND SKILLS TO USE OUTSIDE OF DISASTERS TO FEED FOOD-INSECURE POPULATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. FOOD INSECURITY RESPONSE: MERCY CHEFS HAS DELIVERED MILLIONS OF MEALS THROUGH GROCERY BOX DISTRIBUTIONS. THE IMPACT THESE GROCERIES HAVE MADE ON PEOPLE'S LIVES IS UNPARALLELED. WE'VE EXPANDED THIS PROGRAM AND CONTINUE TO FIND NEW WAYS TO SUPPORT PEOPLE IN FOOD-INSECURE COMMUNITIES THROUGH JOB SKILLS TRAINING, SINGLE-PARENT COOKING CLASSES, AND BUDGET-FRIENDLY RECIPE CREATION.
Expenses $17,562,645
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
R Gary LeblancR GARY LEBLANC
FOUNDER/CEO
- Total calculated
- $275,400
- From this org
- $275,400
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 60
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $275,400
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $275,400
-
Ann LeblancANN LEBLANC
CO-FOUNDER
- Total calculated
- $200,200
- From this org
- $200,200
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 60
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $200,200
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $200,200
-
Joseph LovelleJOSEPH LOVELLE
CH ADVANCEME
- Total calculated
- $180,269
- From this org
- $180,269
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $180,269
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $180,269
-
Adam WoodsADAM WOODS
CHIEF CULINA
- Total calculated
- $160,262
- From this org
- $160,262
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $160,262
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $160,262
-
Ron FritchRON FRITCH
CFO
- Total calculated
- $156,615
- From this org
- $156,615
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $156,615
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $156,615
-
Richard BakerRICHARD BAKER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jim Boyd EqsJIM BOYD EQS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Robert MacDonaldROBERT MACDONALD
BOARD CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Rev Kevin TurpinREV KEVIN TURPIN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Janet YoungJANET YOUNG
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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
- 1a · First-class or charter travel
- 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
- 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
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- SCHEDULE J, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 1A
- 1ST CLASS TRAVEL ON OCCASION AS NEEDED
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 15 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202543219349318989
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