DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

1000

Street

1212 1ST SW

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

• HEALTHY SCHOOL FOODS: DCCK PROVIDES HEALTHY BREAKFASTS, LUNCHES, AND SUPPERS TO 24 PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SIX CHARTER AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THIS SERVICE AIMS TO BRING LOCAL, SEASONABLE AND SUSTAINABLE COST-EFFECTIVE DINING SERVICE TO LOCAL SCHOOLS THAT WANT TO SERVE HEALTHY, LOCALLY SOURCED MEALS TO LOW-INCOME STUDENT POPULATIONS. IN ADDITION TO PROMOTING ACCESS TO GOOD NUTRITION, THE PROGRAM CREATES AND SUSTAINS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR AT-RISK MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE COMPLETED DCCK'S CULINARY JOB TRAINING PROGRAM. DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025, THIS PROGRAM SERVED MORE THAN 1,488,000 MEALS TO FOOD INSECURE CHILDREN DURING THE LAST FISCAL YEAR.

  Expenses $13,289,624 · Grants $7,382 · Revenue $11,432,555

• COMMUNITY MEALS: DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025, DCCK PREPARED, SERVED, AND DELIVERED MORE THAN 1,405,000 MEALS TO FRONT-LINE SHELTERS, YOUTH PROGRAMS, AND COMMUNITY- BASED ORGANIZATIONS SERVING FOOD INSECURE AND OTHER VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.

  Expenses $12,809,024 · Grants $121,000 · Revenue $2,011,467

• CAFES & CATERING: DCCK CREATES JOB AND INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS FACING BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT THROUGH THESE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ACTIVITIES. SINCE 2019, DCCK'S CAFE IN WARD 8 HAS ALSO HOSTED ON-THE-JOB TRAINING SERVICES FOR OPPORTUNITY YOUTH WHILE PROVIDING A DIGNIFIED FOOD ACCESS POINT AND COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE IN AN UNDERSERVED NEIGHBORHOOD. IN 2022, DCCK OPENED A SECOND CAFE IN THE FLAGSHIP LOCATION OF DC PUBLIC LIBRARY, EXPANDING THIS PROGRAM'S ABILITY TO HIRE DCCK CULINARY GRADUATES, HOST DCCK CULINARY INTERNS, AND SUPPORT LOCAL FARM PURCHASING. IN 2023, DCCK OPENED ITS THIRD CAFE IN OUR NEW SW DC HEADQUARTERS, ALLOWING US TO HIRE MORE GRADUATES AND HOST MORE INTERNS.

  Expenses $3,059,641 · Revenue $1,155,651

• WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: DCCK OPERATES AN INTENSE, NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOURTEEN-WEEK CULINARY JOB TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ADULTS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT SUCH AS HISTORIES OF INCARCERATION, ADDICTION, HOMELESSNESS, AND TRAUMA. THE PROGRAM OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING IN CULINARY ARTS AND FOOD SAFETY AND SANITATION IN COMBINATION WITH JOB READINESS AND LIFE SKILLS TRAINING. THIS PROGRAM OPERATED CONTINUOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE PAST FISCAL YEAR, PRODUCING 161 GRADUATES ACROSS 7 CLASSES, 85% OF WHOM SECURED FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT UPON GRADUATION.

  Expenses $2,638,657 · Grants $452,369 · Revenue $365,705

• HEALTHY CORNERS: DCCK OFFERS AN AFFORDABLE WHOLESALE DELIVERY SERVICE FOR FRESH PRODUCE AND HEALTHY SNACK ITEMS IN COMMUNITIES WHERE HEALTHY RETAIL OPTIONS ARE SCARCE. DCCK DELIVERS NUTRITIOUS OPTIONS TO 56 CORNER STORES AND OTHER SMALL RETAILERS, PRIMARILY THOSE LOCATED IN THE UNDERSERVED NEIGHBORHOODS OF WARDS 5, 7, AND 8. WE PROVIDE THESE SMALL BUSINESSES WITH DISCOUNTED HEALTHY FOOD ITEMS, FREE INFRASTRUCTURE, NUTRITION EDUCATION, MARKETING SUPPORT, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. OUR PARTICIPATING RETAILERS SOLD MORE THAN 421,000 UNITS OF HEALTHY FOOD IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR.

  Expenses $1,700,427 · Grants $27,500 · Revenue $1,253,262

• IMPACT & EVALUATION: THIS DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DCCK'S PROGRAM EVALUATION ACTIVITIES, CROSS-CUTTING CASE MANAGEMENT AND CLINICAL SERVICES, AND MANAGEMENT OF EXTERNAL, COMMUNITY-FACING PARTNERSHIPS WITH PEER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. CORE FUNCTIONS INCLUDE COLLECTING AND ANALYZING PARTICIPANT FEEDBACK AND OUTCOMES, TRACKING PROGRESS TOWARD ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS, ATTENDING COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND CREATING AWARENESS OF AVAILABLE PROGRAM RESOURCES WITH FOOD INSECURE AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

  Expenses $907,594

• COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND GROWTH: A PROGRAM AREA THAT STARTS AND SUSTAINS MEANINGFUL PARTNERSHIPS WITH MORE THAN 50 NONPROFITS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE DC AREA. THEIR COLLABORATIONS ALLOW US TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AMONG ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS, REFER POTENTIAL STUDENTS TO OUR TRAINING PROGRAM, CONDUCT FIVE OR MORE NUTRITION EDUCATION AND COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS AT ACCESSIBLE COMMUNITY LOCATIONS EACH MONTH, AND COLLECT SURVEY DATA AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT INFORMS OUR CONTINUED PROGRAMMING.

  Expenses $645,643 · Grants $302,500

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

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.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $31,132,475

  Expenses

  $41,655,690

  Contributions

  $13,465,514

  Grants paid

  $910,751

• 2023

  Revenue

  $40,436,058

  Expenses

  $34,926,121

  Contributions

  $25,032,154

  Grants paid

  $583,456

• 2022

  Revenue

  $26,058,356

  Expenses

  $26,289,504

  Contributions

  $14,054,311

  Grants paid

  $364,805

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

  $30,154,665

  Expenses

  $20,566,130

  Assets (EOY)

  $45,835,881

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $42,893,346

  Expenses

  $18,744,008

  Assets (EOY)

  $33,380,527

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $20,470,672

  Expenses

  $17,039,688

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,105,719

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $16,867,493

  Expenses

  $16,674,266

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,689,080

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $15,857,556

  Expenses

  $16,162,744

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,723,126

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $15,859,527

  Expenses

  $15,732,829

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,041,258

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $15,513,712

  Expenses

  $14,084,682

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,712,829

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.

Grants made

• DAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION

  $125,000

  2024 · MEDITATION TRAINING FOR CULINARY JOB TRAINING STUDENTS AND ALUMNI

• DREAMING OUT LOUD

  $125,000

  2024 · SUPPORTING FOOD PANTRY PROGRAMMING AND OPERATIONS

• DC FOOD PROJECT

  $82,382

  2024 · SUPPORTING FOOD PANTRY OPERATIONS

• GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $25,000

  2024 · SUPPORTING FOOD PANTRY PROGRAMMING AND OPERATIONS

• HOUSE OF RUTH

  $25,000

  2024 · SUPPORTING FOOD PANTRY PROGRAMMING AND OPERATIONS

• MY SENIORS KEEPER FOUNDATION

  $20,000

  2024 · SUPPORTING FOOD PANTRY PROGRAMMING AND OPERATIONS

• SUITED FOR CHANGE

  $20,000

  2024 · SUPPORTING FOOD PANTRY PROGRAMMING AND OPERATIONS

• DAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION

  $20,000

  2023 · MEDITATION TRAINING FOR CULINARY JOB TRAINING STUDENTS AND ALUMNI

• DC FOOD PROJECT

  $18,154

  2023 · SUPPORTING FOOD PANTRY OPERATIONS

• DC FOOD PROJECT

  $11,050

  2022 · HUNGER-FIGHTING EFFORTS IN THE FACE OF COVID-19

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $7,539,250

  2023 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $7,537,800

  2024 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $1,150,085

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $948,690

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $940,945

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $783,333

  2022 · General Support

• GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $589,500

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION

  $500,000

  2022 · IN SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS ENHANCING ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT IN BLACK COMMUNITIES.

• NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION

  $400,000

  2023 · IN SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS IN FURTHERANCE OF NBA FOUNDATION'S MISSION

• GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $398,000

  2023 · General Support

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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