The Community Kitchen Inc

Analysis

The Community Kitchen Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Canton, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2008, 18 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 $192k and spending of $221k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $215k to $192k (-10%), an average of -3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 69% 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 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 51st percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Coleman Road Supportive Housing Inc ($192k), Mind Fitness Center ($192k) and Society of St Vincent de Paul ($192k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $73k (33% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $28k. At year end it held assets of $624k against liabilities of $11k, net assets of $613k. It reported 3 employees.