246 Community Kitchen Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
472421490
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Wellfleet, MA, USA
Phone
9087231943
Rating
53
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$27,375
Expenses
$31,392
Assets
$47,992
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jan Drohan (President)

People named in this filing

  • Susan Walsh (Treasurer)
  • Jan Drohan (President)
  • Mark Carow (Board Member)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organizations exempt purpose is to operate a community kitchen that provides free, nutritious food and fellowship to address food insecurity and social isolation during the off-season on outer Cape Cod MA. The 246 Kitchen operates from November through March.

What it reported doing in 2025

The 246 Kitchen provides meals and companionship during the quiet off-season on outer Cape Cod MA. The kitchen serves approx. 100 meals every Tuesday from November through March. In addition it provides approx. 25 meals each week to individuals who are unable to attend in person. A volunteer visiting nurse is also in attendance to offer general health assessments to the guests including blood pressure and blood sugar checks.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 31
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 33.4%; rating input score 33
  • Program expense ratio: 26.7%; rating input score 27

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14.7%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.53; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 33.4% of revenue deployed · 26.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 33/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.