Kaylas Kitchen
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 934590803
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Canton, MI, USA
- Phone
- 7342761535
- Rating
- 63
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Food Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $108,042
- Expenses
- $108,042
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Lisa Barfield (Executive Director & Board Member)
People named in this filing
- Lisa Barfield (Executive Director & Board Member)
- Jimmy Hawkins (Board Chair)
- Bonnie Lawrence (Board Secretary)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Kayla's Kitchen provides free, nutritious meals to individuals experiencing food insecurity, including homeless individuals and seniors, while fostering a sense of community and support. The organization aims to alleviate hunger and improve the well-being of underserved populations by ensuring access to fresh, high-quality food on a regular basis. Total Meals Served: 3,230. Total Unique Individuals Served: 990. Total Program Expenses: $46,427. Kayla's Kitchen continues to play a critical role in the community by offering reliable food assistance to individuals facing food insecurity. The organization relies heavily on in-kind donations and volunteer support to sustain its programs.
What it reported doing in 2024
Meals for Homeless and Those in Need: Kayla's Kitchen provided nutritious meals at two community locations to individuals experiencing food insecurity. This program ensured regular meal access for unhoused individuals and low-income community members. The organization served 640 meals at Freight House to approximately 100 unique individuals and 1,470 meals at the Ypsilanti Bus Stop to approximately 700 unique individuals. Total program expenses were $21,945.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 43
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 23
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 43%; rating input score 43
- Program expense ratio: 43%; rating input score 43
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 43% of revenue deployed · 43% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $46K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 43/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 43/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.