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KITCHEN INC

EIN 43-1384531 SPRINGFIELD, MO

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Revenue 2023
$4,284,422
Expenses 2023
$4,049,591

Program services were 85.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P200
Classification
1000
Street
730 N GLENSTONE AVE

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE KITCHEN, INC. BRINGS STABILITY AND PURPOSE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE KITCHEN, INC. BRINGS STABILITY AND PURPOSE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS. THE KITCHEN HAS MADE THE AFFIRMATIVE DECISION TO FOCUS ON FIVE PRIMARY AREAS: 1. DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE HOUSING: THE KITCHEN BELIEVES THAT SAFE, DECENT, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A PREREQUISITE TO PREVENTING FUTURE HOMELESSNESS AND ENSURING THAT HOUSEHOLDS EXITING HOMELESSNESS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LONG-TERM STABLE HOUSING. 2. COMMUNITY HOUSING: FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WORKING TO END THEIR HOMELESSNESS, PLACEMENT IN INTEGRATED COMMUNITY HOUSING IS VITAL TO LONG- TERM SUCCESS AND STABILITY. 3. HOMELESS AND AT RISK YOUTH: HOMELESSNESS AFFECTS MANY POPULATIONS, BUT NONE SO DRAMATICALLY AS YOUTH. BY PROVIDING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOUTH CAN ACCESS BASIC NEEDS AND EFFECTIVE SUPPORT SERVICES TO ADDRESS BARRIERS TO HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT AND TREATMENT; WE BELIEVE THAT THESE EFFECTS CAN BE MITIGATED. FURTHER, WE BELIEVE THAT HOUSING INTERVENTIONS THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUAL YOUTH AND ALLOW DEVELOPMENT IN TH

  • THE KITCHEN'S HOUSING AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS WORK TO PREVENT AND END HOMELESSNESS IN THE GREATER SPRINGFIELD COMMUNITY. TO AID IN THE TRANSITION FROM HOMELESSNESS TO COMMUNITY HOUSING, THE KITCHEN OPERATES SEVEN PERMANENT HOUSING PROGRAMS THAT ARE BOTH SITE AND COMMUNITY BASED. THE KITCHEN IS A COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (CHDO) AND HAS WORKED ON SEVERAL PROJECTS INCLUDING LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROJECTS. THE KITCHEN ALSO OFFERS A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF SUPPORT SERVICES TO HELP ENSURE LONG TERM STABILITY FOR THOSE WE SERVE. CASE MANAGEMENT, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE, AND ACCESS TO MAINSTREAM BENEFIT PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE. THE KITCHEN PROVIDES FURNITURE, HOUSEWARES, CLOTHING AND MANY OTHER ITEMS NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN PERMANENT HOUSING.

    Expenses $3,470,001 · Grants $1,352,786 · Revenue $888,876

As filed on the 2023 return.

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.

  • Meleah Spencer

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $105,426
    From this org
    $98,971
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,455
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jen Albers

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katie Bolt-Goeke

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rob Fridge

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Abby Glenn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ellen Hammock

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Eileen R Hamra

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katie Hoegeman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tonya King

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lauren Korbal

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Latimer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniellle Poulson-Jones

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diane Winter Reidle

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kim Tilley

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deborah Tuck

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Austin Williamson

    TRUSTEE

    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
    $4,284,422
    Expenses
    $4,049,591
    Contributions
    $3,159,126
    Grants paid
    $1,352,786
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,411,439
    Expenses
    $4,058,955
    Contributions
    $2,856,479
    Grants paid
    $1,273,974

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
    $4,585,883
    Expenses
    $3,812,973
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,266,535
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,062,898
    Expenses
    $4,069,013
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,579,900
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,078,255
    Expenses
    $3,232,625
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,530,945
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,277,088
    Expenses
    $3,396,490
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,828,401
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,179,282
    Expenses
    $3,606,241
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,087,550
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,917,654
    Expenses
    $4,334,913
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,166,861
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,081,346
    Expenses
    $6,154,324
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,321,814
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,779,005
    Expenses
    $12,122,206
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,211,982
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,780,218
    Expenses
    $12,670,329
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,372,213
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $6,209,927
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,462,864

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.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related partnerships on its 2023 return

  • FRANCISCAN VILLA LP

    HOUSING · MO

  • BEACON VILLAGE LP

    HOUSING · MO

  • BEACON VILLAGE II LP

    HOUSING · MO

  • MCCLERNON VILLAS LP

    HOUSING · MO

  • MAPLEWOOD VILLAS LP

    HOUSING · MO

Related corporations and trusts on its 2023 return

  • BEACON VILLAGE MANAGEMENT II LLC

    C CORP · GENERAL PA · MO · 100% owned · share of income $88 · share of assets $237,697

  • MCCLERNON VILLAS MANAGEMENT LLC

    C CORP · GENERAL PA · MO · 100% owned · share of income $637 · share of assets $196,270

  • FRANCISCAN VILLA MANAGEMENT

    C CORP · GENERAL PA · MO · 100% owned

  • BEACON VILLAGE MANAGEMENT LLC

    C CORP · GENERAL PA · MO · 100% owned · share of income -$24

  • MAPLEWOOD VILLAS MANAGEMENT

    C CORP · GENERAL PA · MO · 100% owned · share of income -$86 · share of assets $214

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 11 November 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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.