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Fork Real Community Cafe INC FY2022 filing

Tax-deductible

Rapid City, SD501(c)(3)Food & Agriculture EIN 81-3611770Revenue $451K in FY2022Latest return filed Nov 13, 2025

On file with the IRSforkrealcafe.org507 Main St Ste 101, 57701-3059 · Rapid City, SDTax-exempt since Jan 2017Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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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.
79¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$50K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2022 · Form 990-TIndependent: 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-T
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
79%
of spending
Looks good: 79% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$50K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $15K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$5K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$451K
+16% vs prior year
Spent
$421K
To programs
79%
Net assets
$168K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$451K
FY2022▲ +16%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$337K
FY2021$388K
FY2022$451K
FY2023$610K
FY2024$815K
Expenses
$421K
FY2022▲ +23%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$294K
FY2021$343K
FY2022$421K
FY2023$546K
FY2024$616K
Net assets
$168K
FY2022▲ +20%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$94K
FY2021$139K
FY2022$168K
FY2023$233K
FY2024$433K

From the FY2022 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · 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

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 79% · $333K Management & general 20% · $85K Fundraising 1% · $2K

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

7 people listed on the 990-T; $50K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Rhonda Pearcy
Executive Director
$50,022Pt VII · Sec A
Tracy Kalvedt
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Wade Pavlicek
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
David Pearcy
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Jessica Hart
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Kara Benjamin
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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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

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

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1 program · $333K · in their own filed words · FY2022
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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

$333Kprogram expense

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
United Way of the Black HillsFY2025$15K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$15K
Grants paid · 1 grant · $6K · 2022–2022
South Dakota Ellsworth Development AuthorityFY2022$5,802

By the numbers

The FY2022 990-T, line by line.

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1The main four
Money in
$451K
Fees for services$275K
Gifts and grants$182K
Money out
$421K
Programs$333K
Management$85K
Fundraising$2K
Owns and owes
$168K
net assets
Cash and savings$126K
Total assets$173K
Liabilities$5K
People
7
listed
Paid1
Voting board6
Independent5
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Gifts and grants$182K
Fees for services$275K
Total revenue$451K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Cash and savings together$126K
Total assets$173K
Liabilities$5K
Net assets$168K
Operations
Employees9
Volunteers331
Fiscal year endsDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyYes
Whistleblower policyNo
Records policyNo

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 LatestFiled with the IRS Nov 13, 2025 $815K$616K$199K$433K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Oct 31, 2024 $610K$546K$64K$233K 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $451K$421K$30K$168K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 1, 2022 $388K$343K$44K$139K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Apr 29, 2021 $337K$294K$43K$94K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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