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THE SPARTANBURG SOUP KITCHEN INC

EIN 27-0530812 SPARTANBURG, SC

Revenue 2023
$1,360,701
Expenses 2023
$1,175,228

Program services were 93.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
K35
Classification
1000
Street
136 S FOREST 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

See Schedule O

  • The Spartanburg Soup Kitchen opens its doors 365 days to provide for the hungry with love and compassion to everyone. The meals are hot and well-balanced for the health of the clients. There are approximately 500 regular volunteers that faithfully work as needed.

    Expenses $1,101,193

  • Collected and distributed new and used clothes items for the needy with emphasis on items for the winter months. Planned and completed coat drive for children at back to school time.

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.

  • Lou Sartor

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $67,416
    From this org
    $67,416
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Bill Warden

    Equipment Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ugena Whitlock

    Member at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gary W Elder

    Programs Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rufus White

    Member at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lauren Harvey

    Member at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Strull

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brenda Fuller

    Member at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Pitts

    Communications Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Donnie Love Jr

    Facilities Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Clay McDonough

    Development Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lanie Carter

    Chairperson

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Morgan Zell

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brandon Pack

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charlie Hodge

    Chair Elect

    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
    $1,360,701
    Expenses
    $1,175,228
    Contributions
    $1,347,559
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,213,101
    Expenses
    $1,040,426
    Contributions
    $1,209,015
    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
    $1,201,843
    Expenses
    $979,869
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,675,723

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $609,241
    Expenses
    $265,421
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,452,630

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $772,158
    Expenses
    $761,176
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,085,182

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $914,488
    Expenses
    $914,981
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,073,720

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,019,892
    Expenses
    $969,049
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,074,170

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $952,364
    Expenses
    $918,270
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,105,526

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,263,024
    Expenses
    $1,215,655
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,129,793

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $726,263
    Expenses
    $670,189
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,072,157

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,576,979
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,052,036

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,156,199
    Assets (EOY)
    $758,646

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 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.