Southside Community Kitchen
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 382928681
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Lansing, MI, USA
- Phone
- 5177709578
- Rating
- 96
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Food Banks, Pantries
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $123,619
- Expenses
- $135,775
- Assets
- $94,038
- Liabilities
- $3,817
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DIANE DYKSTRA (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- KIMBERLY COTTER (DIRECTOR)
- FREDRICK GALLOWAY (DIRECTOR)
- ANTHONY PATRICK (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide well-balanced, nourishing meals to the hungry people of lansing in a caring, dignified environment where they are reassured of their worth as god's unique works of creation.
What it reported doing in 2024
Southside community kitchen operates a community meal program that provides free, nutritionally balanced meals to individuals and families experiencing food insecurity in the southwest central and greater lansing area. Meals are served monday through thursday to all who seek assistance, without eligibility requirements or barriers to access. Program services are delivered through a combination of four part-time staff and 120 volunteers who support meal preparation, service, and daily operations.the meal program is designed to address both immediate nutritional needs and the broader impacts of poverty and social isolation. In addition to meal service, the organization fosters a welcoming and respectful environment that promotes dignity, connection, and community engagement among guests.the organization also conducts ongoing donor engagement and community outreach activities to support its mission. These efforts include communication with individual donors, businesses, and community partners; volunteer recruitment and coordination; and public awareness initiatives that highlight food insecurity and opportunities for community involvement. Southside community kitchen has steadily increased the number of meals served to 16,885 at the end of the fiscal year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 95.5%; rating input score 96
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: -9.8%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 95.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $130K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- 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 16/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.