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← NOW SERVING INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NOW SERVING INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$311,058
Total expenses
$344,994
Contributions and grants received
$264,518
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$54,499
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
-$7,959
Total assets, end of year
$56,643
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,625
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$55,018
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$164,847
Management and general expenses
$180,147
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$164,847

Program services were 47.8% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $79,000

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $47,197

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $138,321

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEAL FUNDERS

    total $45,039 · related or exempt $45,039

  • 2b · Program service revenue: COMMUNITY SERVICES INC

    total $9,460 · related or exempt $9,460

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $24,950

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

    $47,197

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $32,909

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$7,959 · excluded -$7,959

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $79,950 · program services $63,960 · management and general $15,990

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,023 · management and general $3,023

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $75 · management and general $75

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $31,996 · program services $25,597 · management and general $6,399

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,500 · program services $2,000 · management and general $500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $544 · program services $109 · management and general $435

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,875 · program services $375 · management and general $1,500

  • 17 · Travel

    total $284 · program services $57 · management and general $227

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,374 · program services $273 · management and general $1,101

  • 24a · Other expenses: CATERING SERVICES

    total $184,449 · program services $36,890 · management and general $147,559

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMMUNITY SERVICE EXPEN

    total $34,341 · program services $34,341

  • 24c · Other expenses: SALES TAX EXPENSE

    total $2,433 · program services $487 · management and general $1,946

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEALS/FOOD

    total $1,594 · program services $606 · management and general $988

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $556 · program services $152 · management and general $404

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $45,544 · end of year $42,709

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,218 · end of year $218

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $43,791 · end of year $13,716

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,599 · end of year $1,625

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $88,954 · end of year $55,018

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

NOW SERVING PAIRS RESTAURANTS, CATERERS, AND COMMERCIAL KITCHENS (MEAL MAKERS) WITH COMMUNITY AGENCIES TO DELIVER HEALTHY MEALS TO NEIGHBORS IN NEED. WITH OUR RESOURCES, MEAL MAKERS INTEGRATE COMMUNITY MEALS INTO THEIR OPERATIONS AND CONNECT WITH TRUSTED PARTNERS TO ENABLE EFFICIENT DISTRIBUTION. THIS FRESH APPROACH TO HUNGER RELIEF HAS THREE MAIN BENEFITS: IT PROVIDES REGULAR INCOME TO LOCAL BUSINESS PRODUCING COMMUNITY MEALS, GIVES COMMUNITY AGENCIES INPUT ON MEAL QUANTITY AND TYPE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, PROVIDES NUTRITIOUS, READY-TO-CONSUME MEALS TO RECIPIENTS. OUR VISION IS A SUSTAINABLE SUPPORT SYSTEM TO UPLIFT RESIDENTS ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA AND THE SOUTH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PAIRING RESTAURANTS, CATERERS, AND COMMERCIAL KITCHENS TO DELIVER HEALTHY MEALS TO THOSE IN NEED.

  • NOW SERVING IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION BASED IN RALEIGH, NC, THAT PAIRS COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS (CBOS) WITH RESTAURANTS TO PROVIDE HEALTHY MEALS TO NEIGHBORS IN NEED. WITH OUR RESOURCES, RESTAURANTS INTEGRATE COMMUNITY MEALS INTO THEIR OPERATIONS AND CONNECT WITH TRUSTED PARTNERS TO ENABLE EFFICIENT DISTRIBUTION. WITH RECIPIENTS ALWAYS TOP-OF-MIND, MEALS ARE NUTRITIOUS, CULTURALLY CONSCIOUS, AND READY-TO-EAT.

    Expenses $164,847 · Revenue $54,499

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jesma Reynolds

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • McGavock Edwards

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • Joyce Kohn

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related

  • Mike Becker

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • Sara Walker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Chris Matton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Jimbo Perry

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cicely Mitchell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Catherine Fain

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Brigid Washington

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Harris Vaughan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Etheridge

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lytonya Alexander

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Yates

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Greg Lowenhagen

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $79,950
    From this org
    $79,950
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 40 related

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • THE SUPPER TABLE INC

    501(C)(3) · PARTNER WITH THE COMMUNITY TO DISTRIBUTE MEALS TO UNDER-RESOURCED NEIGHB · NC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533219349308688

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