Peoples Kitchen Philly

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
883061531
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Food Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$140,189
Expenses
$100,008
Assets
$78,291
Liabilities
$17,560

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Valerie Erwin (President)
  • Pete Angevine (Vice-President)

People named in this filing

  • ALETHIA ERWIN (Treasurer)
  • Valerie Erwin (President)
  • Pete Angevine (Vice-President)

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

Provide restaurant quality meals to the food insecure households of philadelphia cultivating fresh produce in areas that would be otherwise without such produce through urban gardens and providing culinary education. Said corporation is organized exclusively for charitable purposes including for such purposes the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under section 501c3 of the internal revenue code or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Peoples Kitchen Philly is committed to fighting hunger and food insecurity. The donations from different entities are instrumental in helping us to achieve these goals. The population that the Peoples Kitchen serves is diverse and comes with a variety of challenges. Our clients represent a variety of social economic and ethnic groups complicated by a myriad of languages and dialects who may also be undocumented. They also tend to skew older be recipients of SNAP benefits and be those for whom English is a Second Language. They may also be homeless or housing insecure as well. The Peoples Kitchen provides meals free of charge without burdening our client with having to prove they are deserving. In the last year we have provided over 20,000 meals free of charge. We also help to maintain and supply goods for a community pantry and fridge.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

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: 28.7%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.78; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.1%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 52.6% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.