Indiana · Nonprofit
KENNETH BUTLER MEMORIAL SOUP KITCHEN INC
KENNETH BUTLER MEMORIAL SOUP KITCHEN INC (Indiana) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $257,151 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HANCOCK COUNTY INC ($74,781). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $320k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $257k
- Net assets
- $918k
What Kenneth Butler Memorial Soup Kitchen Inc does
Mission
To feed the sheep of jesus christ regardless of race, religion, gender orientation, medical diagnosis, mental capacity, or criminal history by providing for their immediate need for nutritious meals.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
During this operating year, kenneth butler memorial soup kitchen provided over 422800 free meals.
$241,332 spent$319,850 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $241,332.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $484k to $677k (+40%).
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.
95% of KENNETH BUTLER MEMORIAL SOUP KITCHEN INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Lyndsey Rea
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $7k → $11k.
5 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% 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 KENNETH BUTLER MEMORIAL SOUP KITCHEN INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
KENNETH BUTLER MEMORIAL SOUP KITCHEN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
74% 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 KENNETH BUTLER MEMORIAL SOUP KITCHEN INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 98% · 2019 100% · 2020 48% · 2021 92% · 2022 47% · 2023 89% — 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
43% of KENNETH BUTLER MEMORIAL SOUP KITCHEN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
61% of KENNETH BUTLER MEMORIAL SOUP KITCHEN INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $101k that is directly attributable, 84% of it comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $156k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Against its field
KENNETH BUTLER MEMORIAL SOUP KITCHEN INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like KENNETH BUTLER MEMORIAL SOUP KITCHEN INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KENNETH BUTLER MEMORIAL SOUP KITCHEN INC?
- KENNETH BUTLER MEMORIAL SOUP KITCHEN INC (Indiana) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $257,151 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HANCOCK COUNTY INC ($74,781). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does KENNETH BUTLER MEMORIAL SOUP KITCHEN INC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $257,151 in grants to KENNETH BUTLER MEMORIAL SOUP KITCHEN INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KENNETH BUTLER MEMORIAL SOUP KITCHEN INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HANCOCK COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $74,781 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KENNETH BUTLER MEMORIAL SOUP KITCHEN INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 15 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing