- 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.
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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
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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
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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.
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Tim Opstrup MBATIM OPSTRUP MBA
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Natalie JuddNATALIE JUDD
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Laurie Scheiner MDLAURIE SCHEINER MD
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Denise DeanDENISE DEAN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Alyse Sabina MPHALYSE SABINA MPH
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Sofia Morales MPH CphSOFIA MORALES MPH CPH
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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David Norman-Schiff EsqDAVID NORMAN-SCHIFF ESQ
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Joy Gary EsqJOY GARY ESQ
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Linda Cortright CPALINDA CORTRIGHT CPA
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Pastor Kelcy SteelePASTOR KELCY STEELE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Amelea LoweryAMELEA LOWERY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Alexis TerryALEXIS TERRY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Caitlin RyusCAITLIN RYUS
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Steve WerlinSTEVE 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
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2024
- Revenue
- $3,534,614
- Expenses
- $1,958,616
- Contributions
- $3,486,246
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $2,740,517
- Expenses
- $1,433,233
- Contributions
- $2,670,385
- Grants paid
- $0
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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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,320,959
- Expenses
- $961,167
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,319,991
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,363,458
- Expenses
- $707,444
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,923,818
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $808,518
- Expenses
- $534,343
- Assets (EOY)
- $657,410
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $478,613
- Expenses
- $378,787
- Assets (EOY)
- $353,042
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $400,151
- Expenses
- $301,574
- Assets (EOY)
- $253,600
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2016 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $171,560
- Expenses
- $143,804
- Assets (EOY)
- $130,667
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2015 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $194,856
- Expenses
- $171,577
- Assets (EOY)
- $102,897
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $202,590
- Expenses
- $238,474
- Assets (EOY)
- $79,615
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2013 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $188,288
- Expenses
- $229,683
- Assets (EOY)
- $115,552
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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
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$114,000
2022 DESK SOUP KITCHEN + DROP-IN & RESOURCE CENTER
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2024 PROVIDE DIRECT FUNDING FOR OVERDOSE PREVENTION PROGRAM TO EXPAND NATIONAL OVERDOSE PREVENTION PROGRAM TA FOR HDS AND CBOS THAT CAN REACH ALL OVERDOSE PREVENTION PROGRAM IN THE U.S.
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$105,000
2022 CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT
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UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC
$104,136
2022 HOMELESS SHELTER ASSISTANCE
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2022 SUPPORT MISSION
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$100,000
2023 OVERDOSE PREVENTION (OPIOID)
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2024 FOR DESK'S NEW DROP-IN & RESOURCE CENTER
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$54,000
2024 OVERDOSE PREVENTION (OPIOID)
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2023 PROVIDE DIRECT FUNDING FOR SSPS TO EXPAND NATIONAL SSP TA FOR HDS AND CBOS THAT CAN REACH ALL SSPS IN THE U.S.
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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.