St Paul's Soup Kitchen Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
203567246
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Lowell, MA, USA
Phone
9788528531
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food Banks, Pantries

Reported finances

Revenue
$78,466
Expenses
$84,773
Assets
$94,824
Liabilities
$1,715

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PAULA FOREST (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • PAULA FOREST (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
  • ERIN FOREST (SECRETARY/DIRECTOR)
  • WAYNE BUSA (TREASURER/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

We seek to live out the teachings of the bible, god's holy word, by providing hot meals, free of charge and with dignity, to people in of the greater lowell area who are facing many difficult and serious life challenges, whether it's economically, socially, mentally or spiritually.

What it reported doing in 2024

The kitchen provided meals and personal hygiene products to needy individuals at an urban church in lowell, ma.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% 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: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 79.1%; rating input score 79

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.12; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86% of revenue deployed · 79.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $67K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.