- Revenue 2023
- $1,950,702
- Expenses 2023
- $1,843,494
Program services were 97.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- K31
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 138 S 6TH ST
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 · 2023
Mission
THE ORGANIZATION IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED TO OPERATE EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES SUCH AS A SOUP KITCHEN, FOOD PANTRY, AND CLOTHING CENTER FOR LOW AND MODERATE- INCOME PERSONS.
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PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE FOOD INSECURE INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP VOLUNTEERS HELP TO PREPARE AND SERVE LUNCHTIME MEALS TO OVER 150 INDIVIDUALS DAILY. FOR SOME THIS IS THE ONLY MEAL OF THE DAY. THE SOUP KITCHEN IS THE LARGEST AND ONLY DAILY FOOD PROGRAM IN DOWNTOWN READING. EACH WEEK, GROCERIES PLUS MEATS, PRODUCE, AND BREADS ARE DISTRIBUTED TO FAMILIES IN NEED. THE FOOD HELPS TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR NUTRITIONAL NEEDS AND ENHANCES THE FAMILY MEALS THEY CAN PREPARE. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2023 THE ORGANIZATION SERVED 21,598 PANTRY ITEMS AND SERVED 53,504 LUNCHES
Expenses $1,434,558
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TO PROVIDE CLOTHES/HOUSEHOLD ITEMS FOR THE NEEDY THE CLOTHING CENTER IS FILLED WITH NEW AND GENTLY USED BASIC NEEDS AND BACK-TO-WORK CLOTHING, SHOES, COATS, AND SMALL HOUSEHOLD ITEMS. ITEMS ARE DISTRIBUTED FREE OF CHARGE. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JINE 30, 2023, THE ORGANIZATION DISTRIBUTED 3,962 BAGS OF CLOTHING.
Expenses $354,017
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Officers and directors · 2023
As listed in Part VII of the 2023 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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Rick CarpenterRICK CARPENTER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Joey MirandaJOEY MIRANDA
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Pastor Jeff RaffaufPASTOR JEFF RAFFAUF
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Justin SavageJUSTIN SAVAGE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mark YoderMARK YODER
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.75
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Al WicksAL WICKS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Debby BloomDEBBY BLOOM
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Mark HahnMARK HAHN
VICE PRESIDE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Rev Meg HuesgenREV MEG HUESGEN
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.75
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Rick O'LearyRICK O'LEARY
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
-
2023
- Revenue
- $1,950,702
- Expenses
- $1,843,494
- Contributions
- $1,956,618
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2022
- Revenue
- $2,524,045
- Expenses
- $2,465,146
- Contributions
- $2,525,118
- Grants paid
- $2,209,302
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
- $1,996,141
- Expenses
- $2,009,120
- Assets (EOY)
- $298,645
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,642,298
- Expenses
- $1,480,194
- Assets (EOY)
- $312,313
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,304,945
- Expenses
- $1,230,720
- Assets (EOY)
- $199,226
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,012,827
- Expenses
- $1,001,936
- Assets (EOY)
- $99,996
-
2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $988,101
- Expenses
- $940,508
- Assets (EOY)
- $89,514
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $845,774
- Expenses
- $860,085
- Assets (EOY)
- $41,738
-
2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $255,910
- Expenses
- $255,348
- Assets (EOY)
- $57,905
-
2014 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $169,725
- Expenses
- $119,715
- Assets (EOY)
- $57,106
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 2013
- Tax period
- 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014
- Principal officer
-
John Kramer
- Mailing address
- 138 South Sixth StreetReading PA 19602
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
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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$77,982
2025 PARTNER AGENCY INVESTMENTS: SOUP KITCHEN & FOOD PANTRY; RAPID RESPONSE GRANT: CODE BLUE WARMING CENTER
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$58,883
2024 PARTNER AGENCY INVESTMENTS: SOUP KITCHEN & FOOD PANTRY; ONE-TIME GRANTS: LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, FOOD ACCESS PROGRAM
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$52,231
2023 PARTNER AGENCY INVESTMENTS: SOUP KITCHEN & FOOD PANTRY
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$47,233
2022 PARTNER AGENCY INVESTMENTS: SOUP KITCHEN & FOOD PANTRY
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$41,637
2024 GENERAL FUND
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$22,058
2023 Assistance
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2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
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2024 FOR FIGHTING POVERTY, FEEDING HOPE PROGRAM
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2023 FOR FIGHTING POVERTY, FEEDING HOPE PROGRAM
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2022 FOR FOOD PROGRAM STAFF SUPPORT
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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.