The Community Kitchen Inc

Analysis

The Community Kitchen Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Keene, NH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, The Community Kitchen Inc reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.7m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $1.6m (+21%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Community Kitchen Inc sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within NH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Carolina Lions Incorporated ($1.6m), Beach Babies Child Care at Townsend Inc ($1.6m) and Clinical Outcomes Group Incorporated ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% and program service revenue 2.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $65k (3.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $422k. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $29k, net assets of $2.4m. It reported 22 employees.