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Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
871267912
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Phone
9174756934
Rating
53
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,194,481
Expenses
$3,132,876
Assets
$4,256,954
Liabilities
$573,069

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ERICA LAWSON (PRESIDENT)
  • CATHERINE COMPITELLO (CEO)
  • WILLIAM CROMIE (FORMER CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • CATHERINE COMPITELLO (CEO): $350,000 total reported compensation
  • BRYAN CASTEEL (TECH LEAD): $225,427 total reported compensation
  • BRYAN MORAN (DIRECTOR OF PARTNER INTEGR): $189,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

1. Help kitchen's mission is to help end hunger by connecting people who are food insecure with availble providers and resources that fit into the busy schedules of low income, food insecure folks. So often, emergency food is optimized to reduce costs for providers, instead of prioritizing the needs of the beneficiary and making it easy to get the help they need.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024, help kitchen offered two primary products to help support and connect the charitable food system. The first is an on demand, emergency service app to help people who are food insecure find food in real time. Someone in need can access this program by texting "food" to pantry, and then through a series of simple exchanges they would be matched with a nearby food access point, usually a food pantry but in some cases they were directed to hot meals that were available for pickup at restaurants. Food insecure individuals can also access this program through an app (ios or android) or on the web in nine languages. The second program is an app for food access points to manage their check-in, communicate directly with the people they serve, and handle reporting on their impact. The majority of funds that were distributed as part of the hot meal program paid for the cost of the meals. The majority of funds that were distributed for all other programs paid for software development and communication activation, onboarding, and support. These programs were active in a handful of geographies, but primarily New York city and metro denver.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 28
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 27.8%; rating input score 28
  • Program expense ratio: 36.1%; rating input score 36
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 25.3%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.36; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.4%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -87.9% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -50.8% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 37.2% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 27.8% of revenue deployed · 36.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $350K · 9 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $347K reported
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 28/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 36/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 53/100.