Soulcial Solutions Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 862068041
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- O Fallon, IL, USA
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $160,738
- Expenses
- $180,929
- Assets
- $26,081
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- John Michel (President)
People named in this filing
- John Michel (President)
- Brad Herman (Director)
- Scott Heathman (Director)
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 Soulcial Solutions Foundation is a 501c3 charitable organization that addresses food insecurity chronic disease and economic immobility in underserved communities through integrated dignity-centered programs. The Foundation provides free and low-cost nutritious meals to food-insecure individuals and families; operates U.S. Department of Labor-certified apprenticeship programs that deliver no-cost workforce training and industry-recognized credentials in culinary hospitality and food entrepreneurship trades; supports Food-as-Medicine initiatives that deliver medically tailored meals to individuals managing chronic health conditions; and partners with community organizations to expand healthy food access workforce development and community wellness programming throughout the regions it serves.
What it reported doing in 2025
2025 Program Impact. During 2025 the Foundation expanded the scale and reach of its charitable programs across multiple service areas. The Foundation supported the provision of approximately 380,000 free and low-cost chef-prepared meals to food-insecure individuals and families. Its U.S. Department of Labor-certified apprenticeship programs delivered industry-recognized credentials to participants and supported the launch of nine apprentice-owned food truck businesses advancing economic mobility for individuals from underserved communities. Foundation-supported programs operated across five U.S. states and one international location broadening community impact beyond the Foundations home region. The Foundation also advanced the opening of Soulcial Kitchen Commons in Swansea Illinois a multi-purpose community campus integrating food access workforce training and Food-as-Medicine programming. In recognition of these activities the Foundations signature initiatives received national recognition from the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation and the American Express Community Leadership Award.
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 17
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
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: -12.6%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 15; 15th 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: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $181K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.