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DOWNTOWN EVENING SOUP KITCHEN INC

EIN 22-2985448 NEW HAVEN, CT

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Revenue 2024
$3,534,614
Expenses 2024
$1,958,616

Program services were 78.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 1478

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 SERVE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR LIVING IN POVERTY BY PROVIDING FOOD ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES THAT PROMOTE HEALTH, COMMUNITY, AND EQUITY. THE ORGANIZATION SERVES HOT EVENING MEALS, PACKS FREE BAG LUNCHES, STOCKS FOOD PANTRY BAGS, AND MAINTAINS AN EMERGENCY FOOD BANK FOR PEOPLE IN CRISIS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SERVE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR LIVING IN POVERTY BY PROVIDING FOOD ASSISTANCE SERVICES THAT PROMOTE HEALTH, COMMUNITY AND EQUITY.

  • EVENING MEALS: DESK SERVES DINNER SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AT THEIR DROP-IN & RESOURCE CENTER AT 266 STATE STREET, AND AS PART OF THEIR OUTREACH EFFORTS ON THE NEW HAVEN GREEN ("DINNER-ON-THE-GREEN") MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ALTOGETHER, DESK'S DINNER PROGRAMS PROVIDED OVER 65,000 MEALS IN FY25 TO MORE THAN 1,800 UNDUPLICATED INDIVIDUALS.

    Expenses $564,717

  • WEEKLY FOOD PANTRY:DESK PROVIDES WHOLE FOOD ITEMS AS PART OF THE "OLIVE STREET PANTRY" PROGRAM AT 57 OLIVE STREET. THIS IS EXECUTED AS A PARTNERSHIP WITH LOAVES & FISHES EVERY WEDNESDAY FROM 1:30 TO 3:00 PM. THE PROGRAM SERVES BETWEEN 110 AND 200 HOUSEHOLDS PER WEEK, PROVIDING FROZEN MEAT, FRESH PRODUCE, CANNED AND DRY GOODS, FRESH BREAD, AND TOILETRIES, YEAR-ROUND. IN FY25, THE PROGRAM SERVED 2,679 HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH 8,999 VISITS TO THE PANTRY.

    Expenses $239,413

  • DROP-IN & RESOURCE CENTER:LOCATED AT 266 STATE STREET IN NEW HAVEN, THE DRC OFFERS A DAY-PROGRAM FOR UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS, PROVIDING A VARIETY OF BASIC NEEDS, INCLUDING FOOD, CLOTHING, TOILETRIES, HARM REDUCTION SUPPLIES, FIRST AID, BATHROOMS, COMPUTERS, WIFI, CHARGING STATIONS, AND MORE, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL ONSITE SERVICES TO SUPPORT HOUSING NEEDS, FINANCIAL STABILITY, AND MEDICAL NEEDS. IN FY25 THE PROGRAM SERVED 1,507 PEOPLE THROUGH 17,523 VISITS.

    Expenses $739,656 · Revenue $12,959

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.

  • Tim Opstrup MBA

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Natalie Judd

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Laurie Scheiner MD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Denise Dean

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Alyse Sabina MPH

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sofia Morales MPH Cph

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Norman-Schiff Esq

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joy Gary Esq

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Linda Cortright CPA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Pastor Kelcy Steele

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Amelea Lowery

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Alexis Terry

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Caitlin Ryus

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Steve Werlin

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $84,447
    From this org
    $84,447
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $3,534,614
    Expenses
    $1,958,616
    Contributions
    $3,486,246
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,740,517
    Expenses
    $1,433,233
    Contributions
    $2,670,385
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,529,224
    Expenses
    $1,185,701
    Contributions
    $1,526,297
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $1,320,959
    Expenses
    $961,167
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,319,991
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,363,458
    Expenses
    $707,444
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,923,818
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $808,518
    Expenses
    $534,343
    Assets (EOY)
    $657,410
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $478,613
    Expenses
    $378,787
    Assets (EOY)
    $353,042
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $400,151
    Expenses
    $301,574
    Assets (EOY)
    $253,600
  • 2016 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $171,560
    Expenses
    $143,804
    Assets (EOY)
    $130,667
  • 2015 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $194,856
    Expenses
    $171,577
    Assets (EOY)
    $102,897
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $202,590
    Expenses
    $238,474
    Assets (EOY)
    $79,615
  • 2013 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $188,288
    Expenses
    $229,683
    Assets (EOY)
    $115,552
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $219,922
    Assets (EOY)
    $156,896

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

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.