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MEET THE NEEDS CHARLESTON

EIN 47-2703106 MT PLEASANT, SC

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Revenue 2024
$1,085,416
Expenses 2024
$1,017,292

Program services were 85.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
K30
Classification
1000
Street
275 BEECH HILL LN

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THE BURDEN THE AREA SOUP KITCHENS AND SHELTERS ARE FACING IN TODAYS ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT AND TO ADMINISTER AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM IN AREA HIGH SCHOOLS THAT PROVIDES JOB READINESS TRAINING FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO ENTER THE HOSPITALITY WORKFORCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SUPPORT ISSUES PERTAINING TO HUNGER, HOMELESSNESS, AND JOB TRAINING

  • The goal of Feed the Need Charleston is to support organizations involved in feeding at-risk residents of the greater Charleston area, including One80Place, Neighbors Together, and Neighborhood House. This initiative is accomplished by fund raising events throughout the year, including, but not limited to Dining For A Cause, and FTN Kiawah Island Golf Outing. These events are made possible through the assistance of many local food and beverage professionals which support Feed the Need Charleston in achieving our fundraising goals. In addition, Feed the Need Charleston supports job training programs aimed at assisting people in finding opportunities to better their lives.

    Expenses $870,191 · Grants $870,033

  • Teach the Need, a recently launched initiative, is providing a 6-week restaurant skills curriculum to students in eight area, Title I high schools. The goal is to help these young adults develop the skills and confidence needed to secure - and keep - jobs in the food and beverage industry.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Dixon Woodward

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ellen Gansen

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $34,583
    From this org
    $34,583
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Michael Bakst

    President

    Total calculated
    $65,000
    From this org
    $65,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Steve Palmer

    Board Member

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,085,416
    Expenses
    $1,017,292
    Contributions
    $389,796
    Grants paid
    $870,033
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $886,125
    Expenses
    $852,841
    Contributions
    $509,438
    Grants paid
    $711,146
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $901,643
    Expenses
    $847,674
    Contributions
    $665,852
    Grants paid
    $717,812

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $870,683
    Expenses
    $849,188
    Assets (EOY)
    $52,308

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $308,753
    Expenses
    $417,971
    Assets (EOY)
    $30,813

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $827,986
    Expenses
    $706,772
    Assets (EOY)
    $142,828

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $494,976
    Expenses
    $504,860
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,818

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $411,611
    Expenses
    $394,320
    Assets (EOY)
    $28,702

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $325,756
    Expenses
    $332,493
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,411

  • 2015 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $83,660
    Expenses
    $73,126
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,147

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2014

Tax period
1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015
Principal officer
Michael Bakst
Mailing address
275 BEECH HILL LNMOUNT PLEASANT SC 29464
Website
www.feedtheneedcharleston.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

  • NEIGHBORS TOGETHER

    $243,799

    2022 TO BENEFIT THE MISSION OF NEIGHBORS TOGETHER

  • Neighbors Together

    $210,000

    2024 To benefit the mission of Neighbors Together

  • Our Lady of Mercy

    $205,100

    2024 TO BENEFIT THE MISSION OF OUR LADY OF MERCY COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WHICH PROVIDES BASIC LITERACY, BUDGETING, COMPUTER SKILLS, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, AND ART PROGRAMS TO ADULTS IN THE CHARLESTON AREA.

  • One 80 Place

    $200,000

    2024 TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS PROVIDED BY ONE 80 PLACE TO END AND PREVENT HOMLESSNESS ONE PERSON AND ONE FAMILY AT A TIME.

  • Neighbors Together

    $195,500

    2023 To benefit the mission of Neighbors Together

  • Our Lady of Mercy

    $180,000

    2023 TO BENEFIT THE MISSION OF OUR LADY OF MERCY COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WHICH PROVIDES BASIC LITERACY, BUDGETING, COMPUTER SKILLS, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, AND ART PROGRAMS TO ADULTS IN THE CHARLESTON AREA.

  • One 80 Place

    $175,000

    2023 TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS PROVIDED BY ONE 80 PLACE TO END AND PREVENT HOMLESSNESS ONE PERSON AND ONE FAMILY AT A TIME.

  • ONE80 PLACE

    $175,000

    2022 TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS PROVIDED BY ONE 80 PLACE TO END AND PREVENT HOMLESSNESS ONE PERSON AND ONE FAMILY AT A TIME.

  • OUR LADY OF MERCY NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE

    $160,000

    2022 TO BENEFIT THE MISSION OF OUR LADY OF MERCY COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WHICH PROVIDES BASIC LITERACY, BUDGETING, COMPUTER SKILLS, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, AND ART PROGRAMS TO ADULTS IN THE CHARLESTON AREA.

  • Ben's Friends

    $57,330

    2023 To help provide relief and support to those struggling with drug and alcohol addiction in the food and beverage community.

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.