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THE COMMUNITY KITCHEN INC

THE COMMUNITY KITCHEN INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $712,241 to it, the largest being WNC BRIDGE FOUNDATION ($204,134). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$274k
Funders on record
13
Grants received
$712k
Net assets
$607k
7/13 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 62%
01What it does

What The Community Kitchen Inc does

Mission

Our mission is to proclaim the gospel of jesus christ by providing hot meals to those in need and by offering christ-centered ministries to any individual who desires to participate.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The community kitchen is dedicated to ministries and services that will enrich and improve the lives of those we serve.

    $272,523 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $272,523.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($161k) Expenses 100 ($92k) Net assets 100 ($247k)2018 Revenue 68 ($109k) Expenses 109 ($101k) Net assets 103 ($255k)2019 Revenue 96 ($154k) Expenses 123 ($114k) Net assets 120 ($296k)2020 Revenue 133 ($215k) Expenses 123 ($113k) Net assets 161 ($397k)2021 Revenue 219 ($353k) Expenses 188 ($174k) Net assets 233 ($576k)2022 Revenue 159 ($256k) Expenses 206 ($191k) Net assets 260 ($642k)2023 Revenue 119 ($192k) Expenses 240 ($221k) Net assets 248 ($613k)2024 Revenue 170 ($274k) Expenses 306 ($283k) Net assets 246 ($607k)
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Revenue (170)Expenses (306)Net assets (246)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $405k to $586k (+45%).

$249k
$259k
$302k
$405k
$586k
$649k
$624k
$615k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of THE COMMUNITY KITCHEN INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,373 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$69k
’17
$8k
’18
$40k
’19
$101k
’20
$179k
’21
$66k
’22
−$29k
’23
−$9k
’24
9.5
months of
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

Allison Jennings

Executive director

Board chair

Chris Jennings

Board chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20202021202220232024
Listed121310911
Joined·+4+0+1+2
No longer listed·3320
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $8k → $75k.

7 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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 THE COMMUNITY 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

THE COMMUNITY KITCHEN INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

99% 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 THE COMMUNITY KITCHEN INC.

29%
largest funder
62%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 66% · 2021 46% · 2022 47% · 2023 66% — 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

80% of THE COMMUNITY KITCHEN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

99% of THE COMMUNITY KITCHEN INC's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.

PA
NC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
North Carolina out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $276k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE COMMUNITY KITCHEN INC is better cushioned than half of the 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−3% · below the median
Months of reserve9.5mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)8% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like THE COMMUNITY 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 North Carolina

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

96% of spending goes to programs.

Program 96%Management 4%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
91%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

74%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE COMMUNITY KITCHEN INC?
THE COMMUNITY KITCHEN INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $712,241 to it, the largest being WNC BRIDGE FOUNDATION ($204,134). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE COMMUNITY KITCHEN INC have?
IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $712,241 in grants to THE COMMUNITY KITCHEN INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE COMMUNITY KITCHEN INC?
WNC BRIDGE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $204,134 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE COMMUNITY KITCHEN INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 13 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