Organic Soup Kitchen

Analysis

Organic Soup Kitchen is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Barbara, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2010, 16 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, Organic Soup Kitchen reported income of $1.3m and spending of $768k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $495k to $1.3m (+155%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 162%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Organic Soup Kitchen sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Rockland Inc ($1.3m), Gadsden Association Rehabilitation Center Inc ($1.3m) and Nysd Housing Development Fund Company Inc ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 104% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $274k (36% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $372k, net assets of $953k. It reported 11 employees.