California · Nonprofit
Brackens Kitchen Inc
Brackens Kitchen Inc (California) receives grants from 76 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,197,260 to it, the largest being ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($830,962). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.7M
- Funders on record
- 76
- Grants received
- $7.2M
- Net assets
- $5.9M
What Brackens Kitchen Inc does
Mission
Through food rescue, culinary training and our community feeding program, we are committed to rescuing, re-purposing and restoring both food and lives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community Feeding ProgramAt the heart of our work is a commitment to feed our friends and neighbors in need. In Orange County over 450,000 people struggle with food insecurity and the ability to put a meal on their tables. In LA County and Southern California as a whole that number is much, much higher. We come to work every day excited to do what we love most, cook tasty and nutritious meals for our friends and neighbors in need. From breakfast for our seniors right here in Garden Grove, to hot lunches for our struggling college students in Santa Ana to a complete hot dinner for families, seniors and veterans all across southern California we're honored to work in this space. We are able to do this not only by cooking meals but with our food truck and a network of over 75 community partners who help to get our meals into the hands of those who need it most. Looking ahead our 2026 goal is to provide 2.2 million meals throughout orange county.
$3,310,017 spent$4,135,295 earned by the program48% of program spendingRescued Food ProgramOur rescued food program powers all that we do here at the kitchen. It is estimated that we are still wasting up to 40% of our food supply. Food that if properly managed could have been used to feed our friends and neighbors in need. We leverage existing relationships and build new and exciting ones to ensure that high quality edible food comes to us and not the dumpster. Once rescued we're able to turn these food items into nutritious meals for our friends and neighbors in need. Ugly produce, meat and chicken that didn't sell and had to be frozen, overproduction of sauces, dressings and convenience items, off spec items and produce left in the field are just a few examples of the many areas in which we rescue food. Our goal in 2026 is to rescue more than 400 tons of food.
$3,254,532 spent$3,254,532 earned by the program48% of program spendingCulinary Training ProgramNow in our 9th class of students our culinary training program has grown into a very important part of the work we do. Like the age old saying, give a man a fish and you've fed him for a day, teach him to fish and you will feed him for a lifetime. The perfect statement to describe our work in culinary training. While we recognize that not every student may become a famous Chef, every student will have the foundation for, not only a career in food service, but they'll have a better understanding and appreciation for how to cook and provide for their own families.
$273,645 spent$171,961 earned by the program4% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$8,309 spent$97,408 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,846,503.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $3.6M to $5.1M (+43%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 30 funders, grant income rose $58k → $1.5M.
12 of 76 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Brackens Kitchen Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 76 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Brackens Kitchen Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 8 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 8 funders to its left
44% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Brackens Kitchen Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 52% · 2019 22% · 2020 16% · 2021 19% · 2022 17% · 2023 17% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
60% of Brackens Kitchen Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
86% of Brackens Kitchen Inc's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Brackens Kitchen Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Brackens Kitchen Inc?
- Brackens Kitchen Inc (California) receives grants from 76 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,197,260 to it, the largest being ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($830,962). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Brackens Kitchen Inc have?
- IRS filings report 76 organizations giving $7,197,260 in grants to Brackens Kitchen Inc, 43 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Brackens Kitchen Inc?
- ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $830,962 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Brackens Kitchen Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 76 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing