Increase the number of hot meals during the pandemic To-Go on Mondays and Wednesdays and still delivering to the sick, shut-in and elderly on Wednesdays. Increase the outdoor Food Pantry from one day a week to Mondays and Thursdays. In 2020 the need was great and we responded to help our neighbors.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
100¢ 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $25K a year · 7% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
100%
of spending
Looks good: 100% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.2 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
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
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 7 voting members
Concern: none of 7 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$123K
Spent
$115K
To programs
100%
Net assets
$57K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$123K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$123K
FY2021$190K
FY2022$281K
FY2023$229K
FY2024$773K
FY2025$580K
Expenses
$115K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$115K
FY2021$144K
FY2022$236K
FY2023$212K
FY2024$725K
FY2025$593K
Net assets
$57K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$57K
FY2021$67K
FY2022$111K
FY2023$128K
FY2024$178K
FY2025$165K

From the FY2020 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 2018.

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

Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 100% · $115K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

1 person listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Candyce Valmont’s $58K is at the 47th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Candyce Valmont$58,000———
Constance Martin-Witter—$8,681$9,060$7,567

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides hot meals and food pantry access to neighbors in need.

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1 program · $115K · in their own filed words · FY2020
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Each year the number of meals served and delivered by Bluffton Community Soup Kitchen continues to increase. In 2020 we served and ( or ) delivered 16,799 meals. Our challenges include pay for food and supplies and purchasing a building.

$115Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$15K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$123K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$123K
Money outPt IX
$115K
Ln 25
Programscol B$115K
Owns and owesPt X
$57K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$21K
Total assetsLn 16$57K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
1
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$123K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Total revenueLn 12$123K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$11K
SavingsLn 2$10K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$21K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$36K
Total assetsLn 16$57K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$57K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 640
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$21K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$36K
Total assetsLn 16$0$57K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$0$57K
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$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0$0$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$50$50$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$314$314$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$676$676$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$2K$2K$0$0
Information technologyLn 14$4K$4K$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$3K$3K$0$0
TravelLn 17$2K$2K$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$3K$3K$0$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$99K$99K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$115K$115K$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $580K$593K−$13K$165K 990 PDF
FY2024 $773K$725K$47K$178K 990 PDF
FY2023 $229K$212K$17K$128K 990 PDF
FY2022 $281K$236K$46K$111K 990 PDF
FY2021 $190K$144K$46K$67K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $123K$115K$8K$57K 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 $123,083 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grants$123,083
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $0$123,083
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefits$0
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expenses$114,860
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $0$114,860
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $0$8,223
Part VI · Governance 0 of 7 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $123,083 across 11 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$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$123,083
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$123,083
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$123,083
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $114,860 across 20 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 $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
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 $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $50 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$50
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $314 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$314
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $676 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$676
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,260 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,260
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $4,332 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$4,332
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $3,000 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,000
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,689 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,689
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,190 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,190
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $99,349 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$99,349
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $114,860 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$114,860
Part X · Balance sheet $56,905 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearing$11,107
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$9,530
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$36,268
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $0$56,905
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $0$56,905
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $0$56,905
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $0$56,905
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $56,905 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$123,083
XI-2 Total expenses$114,860
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$8,223
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$0
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$48,682
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$56,905

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