We use food to change lives and build healthy communities. Our foodservice job-training programs help people with barriers to employment achieve self-sufficiency by marrying their talents to the needs of the community. Our food production business provides a sustainable model that supports our food training and educational programs.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 26 volunteers and 13 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
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $69 a year · under 1% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
78%
of spending
Looks good: 78% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$109K
to officers and key staff · 37% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 37% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.5 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $26K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$71K
176% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 176% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$189K
-40% vs prior year
Spent
$291K
To programs
78%
Net assets
−$31K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$189K
FY2024▼ -40%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$430K
FY2021$298K
FY2022$459K
FY2023$315K
FY2024$189K
Expenses
$291K
FY2024▼ -15%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$343K
FY2021$296K
FY2022$418K
FY2023$344K
FY2024$291K
Net assets
−$31K
FY2024▼ -143%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$57K
FY2021$59K
FY2022$101K
FY2023$72K
FY2024−$31K

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 Aug 2000.

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

Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $227K Management & general 15% · $44K Fundraising 7% · $20K

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; $109K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Director
$65,250Pt VII · Sec A
$43,661Pt VII · Sec A
Board Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Angela Tuft’s $65K as Director is at the 66th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2133 $100K–1M religion 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Cyn Dalton$43,661$79,000$78,514$70,500—
Cyn Reneau————$70,721
Angela Tuft$65,250$56,685$60,222——

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

Trains people for jobs using food, building healthier communities and self-sufficiency.

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2 programs · $227K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Workforce development training (employment development program): create common good (CCG) empowers adults with barriers to employment through foodservice training and job placement assisstance.

$151Kprogram expense
02

Community Feeding (training and Work Opportunity Program)

Create common good (CCG) uses food to change lives and build healty communities. CCG trains individuals with barriers to employment such as refugees, women affected by domestic violence, people overcoming addiciton or incarceration through valuable on-the-job food service skills training for lone-term self-sufficiency.

$76Kprogram 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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$26K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$189K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$97K
Other incomeLn 4–11$91K
Money outPt IX
$291K
Ln 25
Programscol B$227K
Managementcol C$44K
Fundraisingcol D$20K
Owns and owesPt X
−$31K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$12K
Total assetsLn 16$40K
LiabilitiesLn 26$71K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$97K
Government grantsLn 1e$10K
Other incomeLn 4–11$91K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$189K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$12K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$12K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3K
Other assetsLn 15$8K
Total assetsLn 16$40K
LiabilitiesLn 26$71K
Net assetsLn 32−$31K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 513
VolunteersI 626
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
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$75K$12K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$10K$3K
Total assetsLn 16$119K$40K
LiabilitiesLn 26$47K$71K
Net assetsLn 32$72K−$31K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$109K$96K$5K$7K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$80K$63K$7K$9K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$3K$2K$324$445
Payroll taxesLn 10$16K$14K$1K$1K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$14K$14K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1K$1K$167$229
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$0
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$21K$21K
TravelLn 17$2K$2K$36
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$250$250
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$7K$7K$144
InsuranceLn 23$11K$8K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$18K$6K$10K$1K
All other expensesLn 24e$10K$7K$2K$408
Total functional expensesLn 25$291K$227K$44K$20K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $189K$291K−$102K−$31K 990 PDF
FY2023 $315K$344K−$29K$72K 990 PDF
FY2022 $459K$418K$42K$101K 990 PDF
FY2021 $298K$296K$2K$59K 990 PDF
FY2020 $430K$343K$88K$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
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $188,950 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $217,749$97,460
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $97,030$91,490
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $314,779$188,950
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $253,872$207,522
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $90,000$83,841
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $343,872$291,363
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$29,093−$102,413
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
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 $188,950 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $91,490 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$9,507
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$87,953
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$97,460
VIII-3 Investment income$0
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $91,490$188,950
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $291,363 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $96,423 · Management $5,258 · Fundraising $7,230$108,911
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $63,299 · Management $6,832 · Fundraising $9,394$79,525
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,065 · Management $324 · Fundraising $445$2,834
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $13,796 · Management $1,034 · Fundraising $1,422$16,252
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $14,458$14,458
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,063 · Management $167 · Fundraising $229$1,459
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expenses$0
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $20,583$20,583
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,686 · Management $36$1,722
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $250$250
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $6,641 · Management $144$6,785
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $8,311 · Management $2,994$11,305
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $6,124 · Management $10,148 · Fundraising $1,297$17,569
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $7,163 · Management $2,139 · Fundraising $408$9,710
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $227,154 · Management $43,784 · Fundraising $20,425$291,363
Part X · Balance sheet $40,418 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $74,692$11,680
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $18,709$14,748
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $2,000$2,000
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $454$432
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $9,654$3,222
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $13,336$8,336
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $118,845$40,418
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $10,112$10,410
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $23,809$52,328
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $13,386$8,555
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $47,307$71,293
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $6,056−$30,875
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $71,538−$30,875
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $118,845$40,418
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$30,875 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$188,950
XI-2 Total expenses$291,363
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$102,413
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$71,538
XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$30,875

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