Empowering people to meet their needs through healthy food and entry-level job experiences.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
96¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
FY2023
latest Form 990
Fine: the latest return is for FY2023, 3 tax years back; within 3 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $15K a year · 3% of revenue · last 4 filings
Fine: a surplus in 3 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
96%
of spending
Looks good: 96% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 9.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $18K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$32K
10% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 10% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$412K
Spent
$293K
To programs
96%
Net assets
$272K
By yearFY2020–FY2023
Revenue
$412K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$412K
FY2021$357K
FY2022$442K
FY2023$559K
Expenses
$293K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$293K
FY2021$436K
FY2022$440K
FY2023$540K
Net assets
$272K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$272K
FY2021$192K
FY2022$194K
FY2023$213K

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2023. IRS ruling in Jun 2014.

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Where the money goes

96 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 96% · $281K Management & general 4% · $12K

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

8 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kate McEwen’s $33K as Executive Director is at the 17th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1709 $100K–1M community development 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021
Kate McEwen$33,180——
Dearest Ativie—$6,698$21,058

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

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

Programs and updates

Provides healthy food and job training to help people become self-sufficient.

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2 programs · $281K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Cafe and catering business provides healthy food options for individuals and companies located in the low income Phillips West neighborhood of Minneapolis. The program also provides entry-level job training for several people who are currently unemployed or under employed.

$213Kprogram expense
02

Community Bridge food shelf distributes food to families in the Phillips West neighborhood of Minneapolis. Distribution take place twice monthly with special distribution events for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. Emergency distribution is available weekdays during business hours as well.

$67Kprogram expense

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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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$18K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$412K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$231K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$181K
Investment incomeLn 3$16
Money outPt IX
$293K
Ln 25
Programscol B$281K
Managementcol C$12K
Owns and owesPt X
$272K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$224K
Total assetsLn 16$304K
LiabilitiesLn 26$32K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$231K
Government grantsLn 1e$26K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$181K
Investment incomeLn 3$16
Total revenueLn 12$412K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$224K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$224K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$53K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$304K
LiabilitiesLn 26$32K
Net assetsLn 32$272K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 519
VolunteersI 630
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$123K$224K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4K$53K
Total assetsLn 16$173K$304K
LiabilitiesLn 26$20K$32K
Net assetsLn 32$153K$272K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0$0$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$168K$168K$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$12K$12K$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$25$0$25$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$2K$1K$824$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$281$162$119$0
Office expensesLn 13$4K$690$3K$0
Information technologyLn 14$2K$2K$110$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$11K$9K$2K$0
TravelLn 17$305$305$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1K$1K$328$0
InsuranceLn 23$8K$3K$5K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$84K$83K$205$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$293K$281K$12K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2023 Latest $559K$540K$18K$213K 990 PDF
FY2022 $442K$440K$2K$194K 990 PDF
FY2021 $357K$436K−$79K$192K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $412K$293K$119K$272K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $411,856 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $60,665$230,792
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $212,225$181,048
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $10$16
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $272,900$411,856
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $2,914$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $147,427$180,306
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $98,749$112,704
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $249,090$293,010
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $23,810$118,846
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $411,856 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$26,486
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$204,306
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$230,792
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $181,048 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$181,048
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $16 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$16
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $181,064 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$411,856
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $293,010 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $168,132 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$168,132
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $12,174 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$12,174
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $25 · Fundraising $0$25
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $1,260 · Management $824 · Fundraising $0$2,084
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $162 · Management $119 · Fundraising $0$281
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $690 · Management $3,388 · Fundraising $0$4,078
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,673 · Management $110 · Fundraising $0$1,783
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $9,197 · Management $1,800 · Fundraising $0$10,997
IX-17 TravelPrograms $305 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$305
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,099 · Management $328 · Fundraising $0$1,427
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,655 · Management $5,449 · Fundraising $0$8,104
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $83,415 · Management $205 · Fundraising $0$83,620
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $280,762 · Management $12,248 · Fundraising $0$293,010
Part X · Balance sheet $303,598 assets, 23 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $122,548$223,565
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $46,574$27,143
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $4,250$52,890
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $173,372$303,598
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $20,416$31,796
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $20,416$31,796
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $57,391$94,573
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $95,565$177,229
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $152,956$271,802
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $173,372$303,598
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $271,802 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$411,856
XI-2 Total expenses$293,010
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$118,846
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$152,956
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$271,802

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