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← THE COMMUNITY KITCHEN

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by THE COMMUNITY KITCHEN.

Totals

Total revenue
$596,661
Total expenses
$674,834
Contributions and grants received
$506,444
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2,523
Other revenue
$87,694
Total assets, end of year
$645,844
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,947
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$635,897
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$490,952
Management and general expenses
$114,391
Fundraising expenses
$69,491
Program service expenses (Part III)
$490,952

Program services were 72.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $506,444

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,523 · related or exempt $2,523

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $64,015

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $3,897

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $60,118 · excluded $60,118

  • 11a · Other revenue: SERVICES

    total $27,576 · related or exempt $27,576

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $27,576

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $108,308 · program services $54,154 · management and general $27,077 · fundraising $27,077

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $97,752 · program services $52,592 · management and general $26,376 · fundraising $18,784

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,500 · program services $4,500 · management and general $1,750 · fundraising $1,250

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $16,251 · program services $8,517 · management and general $4,203 · fundraising $3,531

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,771 · management and general $11,771

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $5,818 · management and general $5,818

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $17,916 · program services $7,710 · management and general $4,626 · fundraising $5,580

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,366 · management and general $38 · fundraising $3,328

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,286 · program services $96 · management and general $733 · fundraising $457

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $16,587 · program services $3,000 · management and general $13,587

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,830 · program services $1,743 · management and general $87

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,823 · program services $4,823

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,075 · management and general $5,075

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEALS ON WHEELS EXPENSE

    total $186,296 · program services $186,296

  • 24b · Other expenses: FOOD SUPPLIES

    total $91,326 · program services $91,326

  • 24c · Other expenses: EXPENDABLE SUPPLIES

    total $31,943 · program services $31,943

  • 24d · Other expenses: SECURITY

    total $28,583 · program services $28,583

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $38,403 · program services $15,669 · management and general $13,250 · fundraising $9,484

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $142,376 · end of year $174,006

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $53,667 · end of year $55,916

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $35,500

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $19,996 · end of year $14,621

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,437

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

    $44,867

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

    $42,527

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,163 · end of year $2,340

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $418,555 · end of year $398,961

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $12,669

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,179 · end of year $9,947

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $494,480 · end of year $467,531

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $168,366 · end of year $168,366

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

PROVIDING FOOD FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE HUNGRY, CONVERSATION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LONELY, REST FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING, AND A VOICE FOR PEOPLE IN NEED.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FOOD FOR THOSE WHO ARE HUNGRY, CONVERSATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE LONELY, REST FOR THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING

  • EVERY SINGLE DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, MORE THAN 160 INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING CHILDREN, RELY ON THE COMMUNITY KITCHEN FOR A HOT, NUTRITIOUS MEAL AND A SAFE PLACE TO BELONG. BECAUSE WE ARE LOW-BARRIER, NO DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED, AND OPEN DAILY, WE ARE OFTEN THE FIRST PLACE AN INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY TURNS TO WHEN THEY FIND THEMSELVES WITHOUT ENOUGH FOOD. FOR SOME, THIS NEED ARISES SUDDENLY DUE TO JOB LOSS, A REDUCTION IN BENEFITS, OR AN UNEXPECTED ADDITION TO THE HOUSEHOLD. FOR OTHERS, IT MAY BE TIED TO ONGOING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.ONCE PEOPLE ENGAGE WITH OUR SERVICES, WE WORK TO CONNECT THEM WITH LONGER-TERM SUPPORT. FOR SOME, THE KITCHEN IS A TEMPORARY LIFELINE UNTIL STABILITY IS RESTORED. FOR OTHERS, SUCH AS ELDERLY OR DISABLED GUESTS, IT REMAINS A CONSISTENT SOURCE OF BOTH NOURISHMENT AND COMMUNITY.OUR PRIMARY GOAL IS TO ENSURE PEOPLE HAVE THE FOOD THEY NEED TO SURVIVE TODAY, WHILE OFFERING THAT FOOD IN A WAY THAT FOSTERS DIGNITY AND HUMAN CONNECTION. OUR LONGER-TERM VISION IS TO HELP GUESTS ACCESS PATHWAYS TO STABILITY, REDUCING THE NEED FOR EMERGENCY FOOD SERVICES IN THE FUTURE.IN 2025, THE COMMUNITY KITCHEN SERVED APPROXIMATELY 1469 UNDUPLICATED GUESTS EACH MONTH, ANTICIPATING OVER 173,000 MEALS TO HELP MEET THEIR FOOD GOALS. NEARLY HALF OF THESE GUESTS WILL ALSO BE CONNECTED TO OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICES. ADDITIONALLY, 4,000 MEALS WILL BE PROVIDED TO INDIVIDUALS FACING MOBILITY OR TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS. WITHOUT THE KITCHEN, NEARLY 70% OF GUESTS REPORT THEY WOULD SKIP MEALS, AND 18% WOULD DILUTE THEIR FOOD TO MAKE IT LAST LONGER. BY OFFERING FREE, NUTRITIOUS MEALS, THE KITCHEN ENSURES THAT NO ONE IN THE COMMUNITY GOES WITHOUT FOOD, FOSTERING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND CONNECTION.

    Expenses $490,952

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Neil Jorgensen

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Sally Wabeke

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Lucy Waneka

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Julia Holland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jenny Kettlewell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marco Scalise

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hope Williamson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lucas Gillis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
31 March 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202610979349300231

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