← BIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE INCORPORATED

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by BIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE INCORPORATED.

Totals

Total revenue: $227,962
Total expenses: $118,145
Contributions and grants received: $237,810
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $0
Other revenue: -$9,848
Total assets, end of year: $190,331
Total liabilities, end of year: $0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $190,331
Program services expenses (Part IX): $0
Management and general expenses: $118,145
Fundraising expenses: $0
Program service expenses (Part III): $144,798

Program services were 0.0% 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.

1c · Fundraising events

$29,359
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$17,408
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$191,043
10b · Cost of goods sold

$9,848
10c · Net income from sales of inventory

total -$9,848

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

7 · Other salaries and wages

total $80,668 · management and general $80,668
9 · Other employee benefits

total $3,783 · management and general $3,783
10 · Payroll taxes

total $1,000 · management and general $1,000
11c · Fees: accounting

total $1,481 · management and general $1,481
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $555 · management and general $555
13 · Office expenses

total $1,948 · management and general $1,948
16 · Occupancy

total $14,312 · management and general $14,312
23 · Insurance

total $4,133 · management and general $4,133
24a · Other expenses: Staff Development

total $422 · management and general $422
24b · Other expenses: Equipment/Facility

total $1,686 · management and general $1,686
24c · Other expenses: Cleaning Services

total $4,416 · management and general $4,416
24d · Other expenses: Supplies

total $3,741 · management and general $3,741

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $55,063 · end of year $140,632
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $24,248
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$25,451
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$0
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $25,451 · end of year $25,451
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $80,514 · end of year $190,331
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

beginning of year $0
31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

beginning of year $0

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Big Big Tables mission is to provide a dignified response to hunger in our community, serving Buffalo with accessible and affordable nutritious meals regardless of ability to pay.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Our mission is to provide a dignified response to hunger in our community, serving Buffalo with accessible and affordable nutritious meals, regardless of ability to pay.

Unlike a traditional restaurant where a guest is expected to exchange money for their meal, at Big Big Table guests are invited to contribute money, time, or groceries in exchange for their meal. Our pay-as-you-can model strives to promote healthy individuals and communities.

Expenses $144,798 · Revenue $237,810

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

Stephanie Smith

Board Member Emeritus

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
Allyson Hyman

Board Secretary

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Stephanie Mejia

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
Dana Epstein

Board President

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Matthew Taboni

Board Treasurer

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Jesse Anaya

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Mandy Bailey

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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

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)

Part I, Line 3: The Board reviewed and approved the Executive Director's compensation.

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: 2025
Filed: 14 June 2026
IRS schema version: 2025v4.0
Source object: 202621669349300412

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