TASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 222392881
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Trenton, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 6096955456
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Food Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $8,709,853
- Expenses
- $8,183,430
- Assets
- $17,239,596
- Liabilities
- $558,204
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
23 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Joyce Campbell (CEO)
- Amy Flynn (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Joyce Campbell (CEO): $211,306 total reported compensation
- Paul Jensen (Chief Oper Officer): $161,790 total reported compensation
- John-LaSalle King (CFO): $143,556 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Founded in 1982, the mission of Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK) is to feed those who are hungry in the Trenton area and provide programs and services to help enhance self-sufficiency and improve quality of life.In addition to preparing and serving thousands of meals each week, TASK also offers programs and services, including case management, identification services, education and workforce readiness training, creative arts classes and the provision of basic necessities.
What it reported doing in 2024
TASK Meal Service Program: In FY2025, TASK prepared and served 629,053 nutritious, delicious meals at more than 50 locations, including its Escher Street dining room, food truck stops throughout Trenton and a combination of public and private community meal sites across Trenton and Greater Mercer County. TASK also provided more than 38,740 supplemental meal bags and rescued more than 158,184 pounds of groceries that were redistributed to the TASK community. On average, TASK served more than 12,064 meals each week, six days per week, as the demand for food rose rapidly across the nation.Patron Services: TASK provided basic necessities for survival, including thousands of hygiene products, socks, warm winter weather gear, blankets, eyeglasses, pain reliever and more. Case Management & Identification Services: TASK case managers spent hundreds of hours helping more than 1,703 people access the resources they need to thrive. TASKs identification specialists helped more than 926 people obtain various forms of identification, enabling them to access jobs, housing, healthcare and other assistance.Education & Employment: As part of its education program, TASK paired students and tutors for 1:1 instruction based on their individual goals. Volunteers committed more than 660 tutoring hours in FY2025. In addition, TASKs computer specialist ran several digital literacy courses and provided 1:1 training to TASK students to help bridge the digital divide. TASKs job specialists worked with jobseekers to prepare for employment through resume and interview preparation assistance, soft skills training and resource fairs. TASK also hosted hiring drives and career fairs in partnership with more than 35 businesses in FY2025 to help people find jobs or improve their career prospects. TASKs culinary training program, Emilios Culinary Academy, graduated four cohorts. Students completed a 10-week course, in which they obtained their ServSafe certification and received hands-on culinary skills training, preparing them for jobs in the culinary and hospitality industry.Creative Arts: More than 128 people participated in TASKs weekly creative arts programs including music, visual arts and creative writing helping them to explore their talents and provide an outlet for creative expression.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 76% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 70
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 74.2%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 78.3%; rating input score 78
- Fundraising efficiency: $11.23 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.11; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 74.2% of revenue deployed · 78.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $211K · 23 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 41/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.