Fork Real Community Cafe INC

Tax-deductible

Rapid City, SD501(c)(3)Food & AgricultureEIN 81-3611770

To provide inclusive community, healthy, and affordable food for all people regardless of means, to provide vocational training in the food service industry for those who wouldn't have an opportunity for such training, and to provide a place for the local community to meet, share meals, and engage in discussion, outreach, public service, and worship.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 331 volunteers and 9 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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FY2024 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $76K a year · 15% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$48K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 51% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
1
named funder · $15K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$961
0.2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$815K
+34% vs prior year
Spent
$616K
To programs
80%
Net assets
$433K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$815K
FY2024▲ +34%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$337K
FY2021$388K
FY2022$451K
FY2023$610K
FY2024$815K
Expenses
$616K
FY2024▲ +13%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$294K
FY2021$343K
FY2022$421K
FY2023$546K
FY2024$616K
Net assets
$433K
FY2024▲ +86%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$94K
FY2021$139K
FY2022$168K
FY2023$233K
FY2024$433K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jan 2017.

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

Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $495K Management & general 19% · $119K Fundraising 0% · $2K

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990; $48K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$47,667Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Rhonda Pearcy’s $48K as Executive Director is at the 49th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1171 $100K–1M food & agriculture 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

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Rhonda Pearcy$47,667$50,022$40,932$39,102

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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Programs and updates

Nourishes community with affordable food, job training, and a welcoming space for connection and service.

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1 program service account for $443K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2023.
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Providing affordable meals, vocational training in the food service industry, and a place to share meals, discussion, outreach, public service, & worship

$443Kprogram expense

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Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$15K
Grants paid · 1 grant · $6K · 2022–2022
South Dakota Ellsworth Development AuthorityFY2022$5,802

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$815K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$425K
Other incomeLn 4–11$391K
Money outPt IX
$616K
Ln 25
Programscol B$495K
Managementcol C$119K
Fundraisingcol D$2K
Owns and owesPt X
$433K
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$434K
LiabilitiesLn 26$961
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$425K
Other incomeLn 4–11$391K
Total revenueLn 12$815K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$434K
LiabilitiesLn 26$961
Net assetsLn 32$433K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 59
VolunteersI 6331
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $815K$616K$199K$433K 990 PDF
FY2023 $610K$546K$64K$233K 990 PDF
FY2022 $451K$421K$30K$168K 990 PDF
FY2021 $388K$343K$44K$139K 990 PDF
FY2020 $337K$294K$43K$94K 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

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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