Congregational Kitchen

Analysis

Congregational Kitchen is a registered charity in United States, based in Allegan, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2018, 8 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, Congregational Kitchen reported income of $296k and spending of $234k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $236k to $296k (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Congregational Kitchen sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile, and in the 61st percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include In Step with Horses ($296k), Range Regional Animal Rescue ($296k) and Straight Street Laurens Inc ($296k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $423k against liabilities of $61k, net assets of $362k.