Community Servings INC

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Jamaica Plain, MA501(c)(3)Since 1991Human ServicesEIN 22-3154028Revenue $21.4M in FY2025

On file with the IRSservings.org179 Amory St, 02130-4515 · Jamaica Plain, MATax-exempt since Apr 1992Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Community Servings is a not-for-profit food and nutrition program providing (see schedule o)

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
82¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 8,900 volunteers and 201 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.4M a year · 8% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
82%
of spending
Looks good: 82% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.6M
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 82% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
13
named funders · $205K
Looks good: 13 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$19.7M
49% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 49% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
23
of 23 voting members
Looks good: 23 of 23 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$21.4M
+8% vs prior year
Spent
$21.9M
To programs
82%
Net assets
$20.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$21.4M
FY2025▲ +8%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$12.5M
FY2021$13.5M
FY2022$15.2M
FY2023$18.0M
FY2024$19.9M
FY2025$21.4M
Expenses
$21.9M
FY2025▲ +13%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$9.6M
FY2021$10.8M
FY2022$13.3M
FY2023$16.7M
FY2024$19.4M
FY2025$21.9M
Net assets
$20.4M
FY2025▼ -2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$15.0M
FY2021$17.4M
FY2022$19.2M
FY2023$20.5M
FY2024$20.9M
FY2025$20.4M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1992.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 82% · $17.9M Management & general 8% · $1.7M Fundraising 10% · $2.3M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

31 people listed on the 990; $1.6M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Chief Executive Officer
$335,774Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Development Officer
$218,978Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$192,138Pt VII · Sec A
Chief HR Officer
$170,440Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Culinary Officer
$165,541Pt VII · Sec A
SR. Dir. of Strategy & Business Dev.
$159,655Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$158,764Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Development
$152,123Pt VII · Sec A

David B Waters’s $336K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 82nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3122 $10–100M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
David B Waters$335,774$318,277$287,082———
David Waters————$304,438$238,572
Watersdavid B———$277,854——
Timothy Leahy$218,978$203,618$191,744—$182,748$168,740
Silifata Wallace$192,138$185,851$94,308———
Leahytimothy———$183,772——
Monica Molina Austin$170,440—————
Brian R Hillmer$165,541$158,202$136,981———

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides medically tailored meals to critically ill individuals while offering a culinary job training program for people facing barriers to employment.

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3 programs · $17.6M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Food and Nutrition Program

Annually, community servings prepares and delivers over 1,000,000 scratch-made medically tailored meals and groceries to more than 3,000 individuals and their families across massachusetts.

$15.2Mprogram expense
02

Food & Health Policy

Community servings works to address the nutritional needs of severely ill individuals and expand our model of home delivered medically tailored meals by making medically tailored meals an integrated part of the healthcare delivery and payment systems.

$1.4Mprogram expense
03

Workforce Development

Community servings' food service job training program offers a 12-WEEK curriculum for individuals facing barriers to employment, including cooking and life skills, nutrition, food safety, job readiness skills and job placement support.

$1.1Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$21.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$15.2M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$5.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$349K
Money outPt IX
$21.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$17.9M
Managementcol C$1.7M
Fundraisingcol D$2.3M
Owns and owesPt X
$20.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$7.7M
Total assetsLn 16$40.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$19.7M
PeoplePt VI, VII
31
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a23
IndependentVI 1b23
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$15.2M
Government grantsLn 1e$4.5M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$160K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$1.5M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$5.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$349K
Other incomeLn 4–11$270K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$24K
Total revenueLn 12$21.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.0M
SavingsLn 2$6.7M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$7.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.5M
Other assetsLn 15$13.0M
Total assetsLn 16$40.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$19.7M
Net assetsLn 32$20.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5201
VolunteersI 68,900
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$8.4M$7.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.8M$2.5M
Total assetsLn 16$42.2M$40.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$21.2M$19.7M
Net assetsLn 32$20.9M$20.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$291K$291K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$934K$47K$653K$235K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$7.9M$6.3M$413K$1.2M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$310K$251K$12K$47K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.5M$1.1M$102K$244K
Payroll taxesLn 10$838K$608K$93K$137K
Legal feesLn 11b$43K$43K
Accounting feesLn 11c$56K$56K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$115K$115K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$28K$28K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$835K$651K$54K$129K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$7K$6K$489$898
Office expensesLn 13$214K$132K$59K$23K
Information technologyLn 14$320K$256K$24K$40K
OccupancyLn 16$1.7M$1.5M$42K$97K
TravelLn 17$31K$29K$428$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$976K$884K$26K$66K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$5.5M$5.5M$10K$14K
All other expensesLn 24e$352K$236K$86K$31K
Total functional expensesLn 25$21.9M$17.9M$1.7M$2.3M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $21.4M$21.9M−$501K$20.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 $19.9M$19.4M$427K$20.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $18.0M$16.7M$1.3M$20.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $15.2M$13.3M$1.8M$19.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $13.5M$10.8M$2.6M$17.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 $12.5M$9.6M$2.8M$15.0M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $21,392,800 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $13,757,905$15,218,974
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $5,488,375$5,553,960
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $364,085$349,450
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $249,684$270,416
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $19,860,049$21,392,800
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $31,200$290,671
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $9,978,536$11,440,410
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$27,500
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $9,423,122$10,135,626
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $19,432,858$21,894,207
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $427,191−$501,407
Part VI · Governance 23 of 23 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body23
VI-1b Independent voting members23
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $21,392,800 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $85,361 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$1,492,251
VIII-1e Government grants$4,538,584
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$9,188,139
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$160,407
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$15,218,974
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $5,553,960$5,553,960
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $372,979$372,979
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$23,529−$23,529
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $185,055$185,055
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $5,553,960 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $619,866$21,392,800
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $21,894,207 across 19 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $290,671$290,671
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $46,674 · Management $652,686 · Fundraising $234,913$934,273
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $6,256,502 · Management $412,926 · Fundraising $1,204,989$7,874,417
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $251,117 · Management $11,830 · Fundraising $47,017$309,964
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,137,889 · Management $101,880 · Fundraising $243,682$1,483,451
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $608,218 · Management $93,249 · Fundraising $136,838$838,305
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $42,860$42,860
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $55,845$55,845
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $114,966$114,966
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $27,500$27,500
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $651,354 · Management $54,038 · Fundraising $129,432$834,824
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $5,860 · Management $489 · Fundraising $898$7,247
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $132,145 · Management $59,142 · Fundraising $22,644$213,931
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $255,877 · Management $24,080 · Fundraising $39,630$319,587
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,523,446 · Management $42,165 · Fundraising $96,607$1,662,218
IX-17 TravelPrograms $29,219 · Management $428 · Fundraising $1,513$31,160
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $884,175 · Management $25,784 · Fundraising $66,056$976,015
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $5,500,956 · Management $10,212 · Fundraising $13,545$5,524,713
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $235,728 · Management $85,630 · Fundraising $30,902$352,260
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $17,924,797 · Management $1,673,244 · Fundraising $2,296,166$21,894,207
Part X · Balance sheet $40,130,675 assets, 17 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $13,280,000; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,272,980$1,042,937
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $7,143,529$6,689,902
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $274,482$465,872
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $3,103,060$2,606,163
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $146,469$161,729
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $425,049$375,181
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,791,982$2,495,351
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $13,719,056$13,013,540
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $42,156,607$40,130,675
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,140,413$1,244,527
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $870,495$1,569,286
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $16,897,482$16,898,525
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $21,239,517$19,712,338
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $19,985,332$19,669,131
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $931,758$749,206
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $20,917,090$20,418,337
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $42,156,607$40,130,675
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $20,418,337 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$21,392,800
XI-2 Total expenses$21,894,207
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$501,407
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$20,917,090
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$2,654
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$20,418,337

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