KIDS MEALS INC: Form 990, tax year 2023

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Organization: KIDS MEALS INC (EIN 76-0330447)
Tax period: 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31
Filed: 2024-09-27
IRS object ID: 202422719349301862
Schema version: 2023v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule J
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2024-09-27T17:43:36-04:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2023-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	205548240	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	REIMER MCGUINNESS HESS PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	750 TOWN COUNTRY BLVD STE 800	AddressLine1Txt
City	HOUSTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	770243980	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2023-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	760330447	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	KIDS' MEALS INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	KIDS	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7136955437	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	330 GARDEN OAKS BLVD	AddressLine1Txt
City	HOUSTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77018	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ELIZABETH HARP	PersonNm
Person Title	CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	7136955437	PhoneNum
Signature	2024-09-26	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (true)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	MERLE SHEFSTAD CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01333948	PTIN
Phone	7135903000	PhoneNum
Preparation	2024-09-27	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2023	TaxYr
Build TS	2024-10-15 13:58:12Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Special Condition	EXTENSION GRANTED DUE DATE 111524	SpecialConditionDesc
Principal Officer	ELIZABETH HARP	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	330 GARDEN OAKS BLVD	AddressLine1Txt
City	HOUSTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77018	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$17,687,162	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	KIDSMEALSINC.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1984	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	TX	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	KIDS' MEALS, INC. IS THE NATION'S ONLY FREE HEALTHY MEAL DELIVERY PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY AIMED AT ENDING CHILDHOOD HUNGER BY DELIVERING FREE, HEALTHY MEALS DIRECTLY TO THE HOMES OF PRESCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN, TWICE A WEEK BAGS OF FRESH PRODUCE AND PANTRY STAPLES FOR FAMILIES, AND ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL INFORMATION ON RESOURCES TO HELP BREAK THE POVERTY CYCLE. SINCE 2006, KIDS' MEALS HAS DELIVERED 5.5 MILLION FREE MEALS IN HARRIS COUNTY.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	30	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	29	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	61	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	14493	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$15,657,596	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$13,081,611	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	-$131,601	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$324,350	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$775,970	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$641,201	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$16,301,965	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$14,047,162	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$2,238,175	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$2,952,281	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$144,000	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$272,137	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$4,325,614	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$4,333,049	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$6,563,789	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$7,429,330	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$9,738,176	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$6,617,832	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$22,968,717	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$29,016,224	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$1,218,070	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$551,518	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$21,750,647	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$28,464,706	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	KIDS' MEALS' MISSION IS TO END CHILDHOOD HUNGER IN HOUSTON BY DELIVERING FREE, HEALTHY MEALS, YEAR-ROUND TO THE DOORSTEPS OF HOUSTON'S HUNGRIEST PRESCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN AND THROUGH COLLABORATION PROVIDE THEIR FAMILIES WITH RESOURCES TO HELP END THE CYCLE OF POVERTY.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$6,349,539	ExpenseAmt
Desc	KIDS MEALS' MISSION IS TO END CHILDHOOD HUNGER IN HOUSTON. WE ARE THE NATION'S ONLY FREE, HEALTHY MEAL DELIVERY PROGRAM FOR PRESCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN. OUR MISSION IS TO END CHILDHOOD HUNGER IN HOUSTON BY DELIVERING 11,000-12,000 FREE, HEALTHY MEALS EVERY WEEKDAY, YEAR-ROUND DIRECTLY TO THE HOMES OF POVERTY-STRICKEN PRESCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN WHO SUFFER FROM FOOD INSECURITY AND OFTEN LIVE IN FOOD DESERTS. WE SHARE, ANNUALLY, 1,467,279 POUNDS OF FRESH PRODUCE/PANTRY STAPLES AND CONNECT FAMILIES WITH VITAL WRAP-AROUND SERVICES TO HELP BREAK THE POVERTY CYCLE. WE ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 6 WHO ARE NOT ONLY AT A CRITICAL DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE, BUT CANNOT ACCESS SCHOOL-BASED FREE MEAL PROGRAMS.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$6,349,539	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	Yes (true)	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	Yes (true)	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (true)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	9	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	false	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	61	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	30	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	29	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (true)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	false	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	WILLIAM MORGAN	PersonNm
Phone	7136955437	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	330 GARDEN OAKS DRIVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	HOUSTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77018	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (34 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
CAROL OLSON
CHAIRMAN	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MICHAEL MAGILTON
VICE CHAIRMA	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
TIFFANY SANDERS ROLAND
SECRETARY	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
WYATT HOGAN
GOVERNANCE C	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
POOJA AMIN
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LARA BELL
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JIM BRANIFF III
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DAVID ENDELMAN
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SHINE GEORGE
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DR NICCOLE GREELEY MD
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KEVIN HAGGARD
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
STEVE HARRIS
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JR IRVIN
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JEANNE JANKOWSKI
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MYRA JOHNSON
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JACK KINS
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KEELY DROUET LANGKOWSKI
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KENDRA LEE
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MEGHAN MCCONOMY
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
TIM MCKEON
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROSALINDA MARTINEZ
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
NICK NEBLETT
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BA NGUYEN
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PETER REMINGTON
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CHASE ROBISON
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
NEIL RUSSELL
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LAURA A SCHLAMEUS
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KYLE SCHUENEMANN
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MICHAEL WALTON
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CONNIE KWAN WONG
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ELIZABETH HARP
CEO	40.00		Yes (X)	$214,906	$0	$0
CYNTHIA STIELOW
CHIEF D&C OF	40.00		Yes (X)	$157,279	$0	$0
WILLIAM CURTIS MORGAN
CFO	40.00		Yes (X)	$118,003	$0	$0
JOHN GILBERT DAY
COO	40.00		Yes (X)	$121,902	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$612,090	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	4	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
All Other Contributions	$13,081,611	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$1,902,992	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$13,081,611	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$345,465	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$345,465	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$3,247,138	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$3,268,253	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	-$21,115	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$21,115	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$21,115	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$1,012,948	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$371,747	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$641,201	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$14,047,162	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$324,350	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$612,090	TotalAmt
Program Services	$508,035	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$91,814	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$12,241	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,767,581	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,457,701	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$277,743	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$32,137	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$384,919	TotalAmt
Program Services	$338,730	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$42,341	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,848	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$187,691	TotalAmt
Program Services	$155,783	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$28,154	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,754	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$45,750	TotalAmt
Management And General	$45,750	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$144,000	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$144,000	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$498,131	TotalAmt
Program Services	$325,275	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$123,245	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$49,611	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$63,792	TotalAmt
Program Services	$47,844	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$15,948	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$115,562	TotalAmt
Program Services	$63,500	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$45,951	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,111	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$306,050	TotalAmt
Program Services	$290,750	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$12,242	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,058	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,153	TotalAmt
Management And General	$9,153	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,735	TotalAmt
Management And General	$11,735	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$22,826	TotalAmt
Management And General	$22,826	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$248,704	TotalAmt
Program Services	$248,704	ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$21,575	TotalAmt
Program Services	$18,985	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,374	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$216	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
FOOD IN-KIND	$1,895,962	$1,895,962
FOOD PURCHASES	$652,779	$652,779
AUTOMOBILE AND FUEL	$156,535	$156,535
REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE	$76,106	$76,106

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$208,389	TotalAmt
Program Services	$112,850	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$94,326	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,213	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,429,330	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,349,539	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$807,654	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$272,137	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$766,571	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,292,678	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,732,125	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,700,154	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$130,217	BOYAmt
EOY	$270,892	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$11,069,695	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$930,350	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,768,380	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,139,345	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,214,367	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,936,662	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$232,346	BOYAmt
EOY	$295,904	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$124,711	BOYAmt
EOY	$380,589	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$22,968,717	BOYAmt
EOY	$29,016,224	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$149,281	BOYAmt
EOY	$357,248	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$119,579	BOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$908,875	BOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$40,335	BOYAmt
EOY	$194,270	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,218,070	BOYAmt
EOY	$551,518	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$13,768,570	BOYAmt
EOY	$15,758,831	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,982,077	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,705,875	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,750,647	BOYAmt
EOY	$28,464,706	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$22,968,717	BOYAmt
EOY	$29,016,224	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$6,617,832	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$96,227	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,090,419	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$7,850,128	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$11,775,409	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$15,657,596	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$13,081,611	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$51,455,163	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,090,419	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$7,850,128	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$11,775,409	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$15,657,596	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$13,081,611	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$51,455,163	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$1,396,546	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$50,058,617	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$11,718	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$37,490	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$176,727	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$177,150	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$345,465	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$748,550	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$52,203,713	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$2,777,306	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.95890	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.95780	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART II, LINE 10	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	OTHER INCOME 0	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$232,346	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$7,030	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$56,536	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses	$8	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$295,904	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$283,056	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$6,892	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$57,594	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses	$8	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$232,346	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	1.00000	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	false	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$8,329,689	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$8,329,689	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$2,740,006	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$930,350	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$1,809,656	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$10,139,345	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	OPERATING LEASE LIABILITIES	Desc
Amt	$194,270	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$194,270	TotalLiabilityAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$14,143,389	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$96,227	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$96,227	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$14,047,162	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$14,047,162	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$7,429,330	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$7,429,330	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$7,429,330	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone Solicitations	Yes (X)	PhoneSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Solicitation Of Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfGovtGrantsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (true)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp

Organization Business Name OrganizationBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ELLEN COKINOS CONSULTING LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	529 BROWN SADDLE STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	HOUSTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77057	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activity	CAP CAMN	ActivityTxt
Fundraiser Control Of Funds	false	FundraiserControlOfFundsInd
Gross Receipts	$9,000,000	GrossReceiptsAmt
Retained By Contractor	$144,000	RetainedByContractorAmt
Net To Organization	$8,856,000	NetToOrganizationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	$9,000,000	TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors	$144,000	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization	$8,856,000	TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed States	TX	LicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	HARVEST LUNCHEO	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$887,381	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$887,381	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$225,824	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$35,969	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	HUNGER FREE GOL	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$85,607	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$85,607	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event2	$91,447	RentFacilityCostsEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$2,284	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total	2	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Other Events	$39,960	GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Events	$39,960	GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Events	$16,223	OthDirectExpnssOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total	$1,012,948	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$1,012,948	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$317,271	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$54,476	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$371,747	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$641,201	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
ELIZABETH HARP
CEO	$151,606	$63,300	$214,906
CYNTHIA STIELOW
CHIEF D&C OFFICER	$120,979	$36,300	$157,279

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	1	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$7,030	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Food Inventory FoodInventoryGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	1	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$1,895,962	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (true)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	KIDS' MEALS' MISSION IS TO END CHILDHOOD HUNGER IN HOUSTON BY DELIVERING FREE, HEALTHY MEALS, YEAR-ROUND TO THE DOORSTEPS OF HOUSTON'S HUNGRIEST PRESCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN AND THROUGH COLLABORATION PROVIDE THEIR FAMILIES WITH RESOURCES TO HELP END THE CYCLE OF POVERTY.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 2	KIDS' MEALS KIDS' MEALS CEO DIRECTOR DAUGHTER/PARENT
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	THE CEO AND THE CFO REVIEW THE FORM 990 PREPARED BY THE CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS SENT COPIES OF THE FORM AND APPROVE THE FORM PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS. ONCE THE FORM 990 IS APPROVED BY THE CEO, THE CFO AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THE ACCOUNTANT IS PROVIDED AUTHORIZATION TO FILE.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS MUST DISCLOSE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	EACH YEAR, THE EXECUTIVE TEAM OF KIDS' MEALS PROPOSES COMPENSATION LEVELS FOR IT'S TOP OFFICIAL UTILIZING NON-PROFIT COMPENSATION REPORT TO COMPARE COMPENSATION LEVELS IN SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE APPROVES THE COMPENSATION LEVELS FOR THE CEO AND THE TOTAL COMPENSATION BUDGET. ONCE THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HAS APPROVED THE TOTAL COMPENSATION BUDGET, IT IS THEN SENT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND APPROVED AS PART OF THE OVERALL ANNUAL BUDGET. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECEIVES NO COMPENSATION EXCEPT FOR POTENTIAL SERVICES RENDERED.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B	IN ADDITION, PERFORMANCE REVIEWS ARE UTILIZED IN DELIBERATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS REGARDING COMPENSATION LEVELS FOR OTHER OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.