To empower immigrants and former refugees by helping them build community.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$16K 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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FY2021 · 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
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $91K a year · 8% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$16K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $25K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$26K
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$799K
+65% vs prior year
Spent
$659K
To programs
91%
Net assets
$342K
By yearFY2019–FY2024
Revenue
$799K
FY2021▲ +65%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2019$52K
FY2020$486K
FY2021$799K
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.6M
Expenses
$659K
FY2021▲ +107%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2019Not on file
FY2020$319K
FY2021$659K
FY2022$987K
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.7M
Net assets
$342K
FY2021▲ +69%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2019$36K
FY2020$202K
FY2021$342K
FY2022$448K
FY2023$635K
FY2024$493K

From the FY2021 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 Aug 2020.

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Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $601K Management & general 7% · $46K Fundraising 2% · $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

10 people listed on the 990; $16K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$6,850Pt VII · Sec A
$5,090Pt VII · Sec A
President
$4,095Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director Beginning 12/21
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director Beginning 12/21
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director Beginning 12/21
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Maisa Abudayha’s $88K as Co-Executive Director is at the 17th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1245 $1–10M employment 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Maisa Abudayha$88,024$135,341———
Ross Carper$84,600$78,205$56,897$6,850$6,850
Yalda Mohmand—$35,719$22,669——
Sajida Nelson$10,081$12,516$18,557$4,095—
Patricia Castaneda$12,071$7,408$10,169——
Ibrahim Mohamed$5,393$8,620$11,644——
Pingala Dhital$4,379$5,382$566$5,090$5,090
Sajda Nelson————$4,095

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Helps immigrants and former refugees build community and find support.

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1 program · $601K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Feast collective's sole activity, our chef program, is a takeout, catering, and a dine-in food establishment that exists for the empowerment of poor, disadvantaged, distressed, and underprivileged people. In 2019 feast collective began phase one: catering. In 2020 we began phase two: no-contact takeout.

$601Kprogram 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 · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$25K
Grants paid · 2 grants · $16K · 2023–2023

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$799K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$399K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$398K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Money outPt IX
$659K
Ln 25
Programscol B$601K
Managementcol C$46K
Fundraisingcol D$12K
Owns and owesPt X
$342K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$211K
Total assetsLn 16$368K
LiabilitiesLn 26$26K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$398K
Government grantsLn 1e$12K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$399K
Investment incomeLn 3$916
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Gains on assetsLn 7$880
Total revenueLn 12$799K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$162K
SavingsLn 2$49K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$211K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$155K
Other assetsLn 15$2K
Total assetsLn 16$368K
LiabilitiesLn 26$26K
Net assetsLn 32$342K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 518
VolunteersI 6225
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$116K$211K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$6K$155K
Total assetsLn 16$217K$368K
LiabilitiesLn 26$15K$26K
Net assetsLn 32$202K$342K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$2K$2K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$1K$1K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$7K$6K$343$343
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$9K$9K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$103K$103K
Payroll taxesLn 10$13K$13K$39$39
Management feesLn 11a$8K$8K
Accounting feesLn 11c$9K$9K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$330K$330K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$4K$4K
Office expensesLn 13$47K$17K$18K$12K
OccupancyLn 16$52K$52K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$1K$1K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$8K$8K
InsuranceLn 23$5K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$59K$41K$18K
All other expensesLn 24e$1K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$659K$601K$46K$12K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $1.6M$1.7M−$136K$493K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.6M$1.4M$176K$635K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.1M$987K$111K$448K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $799K$659K$140K$342K 990 PDF
FY2020 $486K$319K$167K$202K 990 PDF
FY2019 $52K$36K 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 $799,241 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $301,446$398,334
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $187,416$398,974
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $7$916
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$3,100$1,017
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $485,769$799,241
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $2,005$3,305
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $57,081$131,662
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $260,128$524,325
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $319,214$659,292
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $166,555$139,949
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $799,241 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,017 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$12,500
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$385,834
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$398,334
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $398,974$398,974
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $36$36
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $880$880
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $400,871 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $36$799,241
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $659,292 across 17 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $2,305$2,305
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $1,000$1,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $6,165 · Management $343 · Fundraising $343$6,851
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $9,185$9,185
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $102,970$102,970
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $12,578 · Management $39 · Fundraising $39$12,656
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $7,906$7,906
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $8,737$8,737
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $330,223$330,223
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,194$4,194
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $17,036 · Management $17,844 · Fundraising $12,015$46,895
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $52,070$52,070
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $1,275$1,275
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $8,235$8,235
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,761$4,761
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $40,901 · Management $18,016$58,917
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,112$1,112
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $600,641 · Management $46,254 · Fundraising $12,397$659,292
Part X · Balance sheet $368,001 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $111,102$162,206
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $5,009$49,110
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $5,605$155,023
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $95,604$1,662
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $217,320$368,001
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $8,515$6,898
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $6,428$18,777
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $14,943$25,675
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $202,377$342,326
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $202,377$342,326
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $217,320$368,001
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $342,326 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$799,241
XI-2 Total expenses$659,292
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$139,949
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$202,377
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$342,326

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