Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Oct 1986.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
15 people listed on the 990; $105K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).
Meleah Spencer’s $105K as CEO is at the 40th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meleah Spencer | $105,329 | $98,971 | $94,626 | $90,600 | $86,543 |
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.
See The Kitchen INC executive salaries →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 affordable housing and support services to help homeless individuals and youth achieve stability.
Questions for The Kitchen INC
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The kitchen's housing and community outreach programs work to prevent and end homelessness in the greater springfield community. To aid in the transition from homelessness to community housing, the kitchen operates seven permanent housing programs that are both site and community based.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
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The auditor reported 1 finding: a weakness in money controls.
By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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| Line | FY24 | FY23 | FY22 | FY21 | FY20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of yearLn 1g | $186K | $174K | $157K | $202K | $186K |
| Line | Start FY24 | End FY24 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $1.5M | $991K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $425K | $425K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $5.2M | $5.2M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $11.8M | $11.8M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $1.4M | $1.3M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $10.5M | $10.5M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $1.1M | $1.1M | ||
| Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5 | $105K | $76K | $19K | $11K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $1.1M | $765K | $234K | $106K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $60K | $46K | $8K | $5K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $111K | $80K | $21K | $10K |
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $105K | $75K | $22K | $8K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $18K | $69 | $3K | $15K |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $16K | $4K | $1K | $12K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $108K | $89K | $12K | $7K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $64K | $60K | $3K | $2K |
| TravelLn 17 | $2K | $2K | $3 | |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $18K | $10K | $6K | $1K |
| InterestLn 20 | $35K | $28K | $5K | $2K |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $213K | $168K | $29K | $15K |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $120K | $90K | $21K | $9K |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $13K | $127 |
| All other expensesLn 24e | −$1.1M | −$1.1M | ||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $3.6M | $3.0M | $398K | $203K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Sep 5, 2025 | $3.7M | $3.6M | $76K | $10.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Aug 19, 2024 | $4.3M | $4.0M | $235K | $10.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2023 | $3.4M | $4.1M | −$648K | $10.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2022 | $4.6M | $3.8M | $773K | $10.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2021 | $4.1M | $4.1M | −$6K | $9.9M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2024 990
Part I · Summary $3,682,972 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,682,972 across 9 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,606,542 across 17 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $11,800,464 assets, 18 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $10,537,009 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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