Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
MIRIAM'S KITCHEN
MIRIAM'S KITCHEN (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 191 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,598,282 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,731,682). 108 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 191
- Grants received
- $16M
- Net assets
- $7.4M
What Miriam's Kitchen does
Mission
To end chronic homelessness in washington, dc. The organization advocates for permanent supportive housing as a long-term solution, while meeting short-term needs by providing healthy meals and high-quality social services to the chronically homeless.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Permanent supportive housing - Miriam's Kitchen provides supportive housing services to over 300 individuals so that they quickly obtain housing and stay stably housed. 99% of residents remain stably housed after one year. Once clients are in housing, Miriam's Kitchen serves as a coordinator and advocate between clients, their landlords and service providers. Case managers also support clients reaching their goals, including increase income, improving health, and building social and community networks.
$2,957,307 spentof which $120,074 as grants$2,625,065 earned by the program33% of program spendingMeals - many guests say their path to housing started with a meal at Miriam's Kitchen. The organization serves breakfast and dinner every weekday. Their professional chefs supervise volunteers to 450 meals a day, totaling over 100,000 meals annually. All of their healthy meals are made from fresh ingredients. Thanks to the generous donations from local farmers' markets and grocery stores, each meal can be offered at a low cost.
$2,362,942 spentof which $251,364 as grants27% of program spendingOutreach - Miriam's Kitchen's outreach team takes the quality services that are offered in our dining room to the clients wherever they may be: under bridges, in parks, or in the streets. The geographic focus areas of our outreach team cover 33 square miles of dc, including most of northwest dc, including foggy bottom, georgetown, and areas surrounding the state department and national mall.
$1,573,907 spentof which $71,695 as grants$1,867,076 earned by the program18% of program spendingSocial services - aims to provide clients with the services they need to survive while homeless. Case managers provides one-on-one services to support clients with their goals related to housing, health, mental health, and income. The program provides necessary supplies, consistent support, and resources to work toward obtaining housing, mental health services, and other benefits.
$1,135,513 spentof which $83,374 as grants$9,000 earned by the program13% of program spendingAdvocacy - at Miriam's Kitchen, our advocacy program plays a critical role in realizing our mission to end chronic homelessness in washington d.c. In collaboration with local stakeholders, the advocacy team works to amplify the leadership of people with lived experience of homelessness to drive change, increase district funding for life-saving housing programs, identify and dismantle systemic barriers that cause and prolong homelessness.
$593,250 spent7% of program spendingE street bridge housing - bridge housing fills the gap between traditional shelters and permanent supportive housing. Up to 190 residents who are waiting on permanent supportive housing to become available are provided private and semi-shared rooms, case management, health support, food stability, and community programming. These supports aim to honor clients' individuality and humanity while providing the necessary stability on the path to permanent housing.
$215,963 spent$150,531 earned by the program2% of program spendingHealth programs - homelessness and health are deeply interconnected, and people experiencing homelessness face complex and often unmet medical needs. Miriam's Kitchen provides health navigation services that help clients overcome barriers to accessing health care and maintain health insurance coverage.
$47,000 spent1% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,885,882.
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 $2.3M to $5.4M (+142%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 2% · 2018 1% · 2019 2% · 2020 10% · 2021 10% · 2022 0% · 2025 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
61% of MIRIAM'S KITCHEN’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% 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
Scott Schenkelberg
President and CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 42 funders to 86 funders, grant income rose $741k → $2.2M.
25 of 191 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 MIRIAM'S KITCHEN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 191 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
MIRIAM'S KITCHEN has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% of grant income, and it takes 11 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 11 funders to its left
56% 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 MIRIAM'S KITCHEN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 14% · 2018 11% · 2019 13% · 2020 14% · 2021 20% · 2022 10% · 2023 11% — 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
56% of MIRIAM'S KITCHEN'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
MIRIAM'S KITCHEN draws 72% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 24 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 17 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
MIRIAM'S KITCHEN holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like MIRIAM'S KITCHEN
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MIRIAM'S KITCHEN?
- MIRIAM'S KITCHEN (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 191 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,598,282 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,731,682). 108 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MIRIAM'S KITCHEN have?
- IRS filings report 191 organizations giving $15,598,282 in grants to MIRIAM'S KITCHEN, 108 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MIRIAM'S KITCHEN?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,731,682 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MIRIAM'S KITCHEN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 191 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