Brackens Kitchen INC: FY2023 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 46-2633171)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$4.9M
FY2021	$5.5M
FY2022	$5.4M
FY2023	$7.9M
FY2024	$7.0M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$4.0M
FY2021	$4.3M
FY2022	$4.5M
FY2023	$6.8M
FY2024	$6.8M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$2.1M
FY2021	$3.4M
FY2022	$4.2M
FY2023	$5.4M
FY2024	$5.6M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 2014.

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

Where the money goes

92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

92%

Program services 92% · $6.3M Management & general 4% · $252K Fundraising 4% · $257K

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; $351K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

William Bracken

President

$198,180Pt VII · Sec A

Caterina Hall-Richards

Director of Operations

$152,329Pt VII · Sec A

Hilda Jusuf

Treasurer

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Michael Pearson

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Douglas Schonfeld

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Andrew Zschach

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Krista Koch

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Molly Bracken

Secretary

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
William Bracken	$225,111	$198,180	—	—	—
William Bill Bracken	—	—	$166,926	$154,000	$155,846
Caterina Hall-Richards	$87,727	$152,329	$142,627	$129,731	—

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 2Yes
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Rescue food, train cooks, and feed the hungry to restore lives.

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3 programs · $6.3M · in their own filed words · FY2023

01

Rescued Food ProgramOur rescued food program powers all that we do here at the kitchen. In America today it is estimated that up to 40% of our food supply ends up in landfills having never been consumed by humans. Perfectly good food that was produced at enormous cost to you is left to rot in the dumpster.

$3.5Mprogram expense

02

Community Feeding ProgramAt the heart of our work is a commitment to feed our friends and neighbors in need. In Orange County over 500,000 people struggle with food insecurity and the ability to put a meal on their tables. In LA County and Southern California as a whole that number is much, much higher.

$2.5Mprogram expense

03

Culinary Training ProgramNow in our 5th class of students our culinary training program has grown into a very important part of the work we do. Like the age old saying, give a man a fish and you've fed him for a day, teach him to fish and you will feed him for a lifetime. The perfect statement to describe our work in culinary training.

$268Kprogram 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

Lukana FoundationFY2025$6K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$6K

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$7.9M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.5M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.7M

Other incomeLn 4–11$674K

Money outPt IX

$6.8M

Ln 25

Programscol B$6.3M

Managementcol C$252K

Fundraisingcol D$257K

Owns and owesPt X

$5.4M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.8M

Total assetsLn 16$6.5M

LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M

PeoplePt VI, VII

8

listed · VII A

PaidVII A2

Voting boardVI 1a7

IndependentVI 1b5

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.5M

Noncash giftsLn 1g$3.3M

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$238K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.7M

Investment incomeLn 3$24K

Other incomeLn 4–11$674K

Total revenueLn 12$7.9M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$2.5M

SavingsLn 2$2.3M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$4.8M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$301K

Other assetsLn 15$155K

Total assetsLn 16$6.5M

LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M

Net assetsLn 32$5.4M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 559

VolunteersI 6469

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

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

Line	Start FY23	End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$3.6M	$4.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$280K	$301K
Total assetsLn 16	$5.1M	$6.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$856K	$1.1M
Net assetsLn 32	$4.2M	$5.4M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$351K	$279K	$33K	$39K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$1.4M	$1.1M	$130K	$156K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$107K	$93K	$8K	$6K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$127K	$102K	$12K	$13K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$26K	$23K	$4K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$25K	$2K	$295	$23K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$26K	$14K	$58	$13K
Office expensesLn 13	$14K	$12K	$1K	$291
Information technologyLn 14	$26K	$22K	$2K	$1K
OccupancyLn 16	$427K	$376K	$51K
TravelLn 17	$24K	$23K	$153	$493
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$5K	$4K		$1K
InterestLn 20	$5	$5
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$65K	$65K	$472
InsuranceLn 23	$79K	$69K	$6K	$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$4.1M	$4.1M	$3K	$702
Total functional expensesLn 25	$6.8M	$6.3M	$252K	$257K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest	$7.0M	$6.8M	$167K	$5.6M	990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing	$7.9M	$6.8M	$1.2M	$5.4M	990 PDF
FY2022	$5.4M	$4.5M	$856K	$4.2M	990 PDF
FY2021	$5.5M	$4.3M	$1.2M	$3.4M	990 PDF
FY2020	$4.9M	$4.0M	$967K	$2.1M	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 M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $7,948,462 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $4,015,061$5,530,925

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,093,352$1,719,488

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $950$24,034

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $252,594$674,015

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $5,361,957$7,948,462

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,481,397$1,984,227

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,024,773$4,798,968

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,506,170$6,783,195

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $855,787$1,165,267

Part VI · Governance 5 of 7 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7

VI-1b Independent voting members5

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes

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 $7,948,462 across 10 lines filed

VIII-1c Fundraising events$237,811

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$5,293,114

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$3,307,886

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$5,530,925

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,719,488$1,719,488

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $24,034$24,034

VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $57,536$57,536

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $90,717$90,717

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $525,762$525,762

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,302,786 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $114,751$7,948,462

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $6,783,195 across 16 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $278,801 · Management $32,623 · Fundraising $39,084$350,508

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,113,044 · Management $130,241 · Fundraising $156,035$1,399,320

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $92,986 · Management $8,309 · Fundraising $5,997$107,292

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $102,343 · Management $11,740 · Fundraising $13,024$127,107

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $22,507 · Management $3,939$26,446

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,025 · Management $295 · Fundraising $22,800$25,120

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $13,643 · Management $58 · Fundraising $12,534$26,235

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $12,003 · Management $1,265 · Fundraising $291$13,559

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $22,289 · Management $2,451 · Fundraising $1,235$25,975

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $375,832 · Management $50,713$426,545

IX-17 TravelPrograms $23,198 · Management $153 · Fundraising $493$23,844

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $4,107 · Fundraising $1,141$5,248

IX-20 InterestPrograms $5$5

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $64,599 · Management $472$65,071

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $68,611 · Management $6,335 · Fundraising $3,621$78,567

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $4,078,197 · Management $3,454 · Fundraising $702$4,082,353

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $6,274,190 · Management $252,048 · Fundraising $256,957$6,783,195

Part X · Balance sheet $6,511,404 assets, 16 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,314,551$2,504,322

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,300,151$2,324,185

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $200,000$160,000

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $257,727$210,478

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $25,420$30,256

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $280,431$301,061

X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $558,583$826,229

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $153,259$154,873

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,090,122$6,511,404

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $211,628$239,232

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $644,104$872,515

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $855,732$1,111,747

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,475,319$4,713,095

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $759,071$686,562

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,234,390$5,399,657

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,090,122$6,511,404

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $5,399,657 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$7,948,462

XI-2 Total expenses$6,783,195

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,165,267

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,234,390

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$5,399,657

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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Is it real?

Where the money goes

Who runs it and what they're paid

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

Questions the 990 asks

Programs and updates

Questions for Brackens Kitchen INC

Funders

Grants

By the numbers

Filing history

Schedules filed Part IV