CARROLLS KITCHEN INC

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $613K · expenses $644K · assets $409K

EIN
47-4715833
Address
19 E MARTIN ST, RALEIGH, NC 27601-1841
NTEE code
J20 Employment Procurement Assistance (Employment) published (IRS Business Master File)
FURP topic
women: issues (from its 990 text; the topic index)
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
March 2016 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
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Mission

To provide healthy employment for women coming out of crisis in our nonprofit social enterprise kitchen.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

4 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Lindsey Blankenhorn (former) Executive Director2018 $65,965$65,965 1
Nina Sigarto (former) Director of Operations2018 $48,896$48,896 1
Ryan Piper (former) Culinary Director2018 $36,240$36,240 1
Sara Acosta (former) Program Director2018 $24,010$24,010 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

10 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Jim Freeze Board Member2018-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Vicky Ismail Board Member2018-2024 25 $0 reported 1
Boomer Brown Board Member2020-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Ellie Ismail Board Member2022-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Stan Nowell (former) Executive Director2022-2023 40 $0 reported 1
Stephanie Barnes (former) Board Member2020-2021 1 $0 reported 1
Catherine Lawson (former) Board Member2018 1 $0 reported 1
Rodney Green (former) Board Member2018 1 $0 reported 1
Kiley Mcgrady (former) Board Member2018 1 $0 reported 1
Jillian kuykendall (former) Board Member2018 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 4 people listed · none paid · 19 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Jim Freeze Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Vicky Ismail Board Member25 $0$0$0 $01
Boomer Brown Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Ellie Ismail Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 5 people listed · none paid · 21 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Jim Freeze Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Vicky Ismail Board Member25 $0$0$0 $01
Boomer Brown Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Ellie Ismail Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Stan Nowell Executive Director40 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 5 people listed · none paid · 17 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Jim Freeze Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Vicky Ismail Board Member25 $0$0$0 $01
Boomer Brown Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Ellie Ismail Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Stan Nowell Executive Director40 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 4 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Jim Freeze Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Vicky Ismail Board Member25 $0$0$0 $01
Boomer Brown Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Stephanie Barnes Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
2020 · 4 people listed · none paid · 13 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Jim Freeze Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Vicky Ismail Board Member25 $0$0$0 $01
Boomer Brown Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Stephanie Barnes Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
2018 · 10 people listed · 4 paid, $175K · 21 employees · 75 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Lindsey Blankenhorn Executive Director40 $65,965$0$0 $65,9651
Nina Sigarto Director of Operations40 $48,896$0$0 $48,8961
Ryan Piper Culinary Director40 $36,240$0$0 $36,2401
Sara Acosta Program Director30 $24,010$0$0 $24,0101
Jim Freeze Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Vicky Ismail Board Member25 $0$0$0 $01
Catherine Lawson Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Rodney Green Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Kiley Mcgrady Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Jillian kuykendall Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$613,382$643,725 $408,561$270,152 $102,630$498,828 $0190
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$747,995$734,043 $444,845$300,495 $74,909$601,698 $0210
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$720,813$673,528 $438,632$286,543 $97,522$622,935 $76,846170
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$642,718$450,673 $398,196$239,333 $233,084$409,565 $000
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$418,463$411,801 $380,017$49,287 $139,287$279,167 $0130
2018 · Form 990 period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$697,158$731,946 $164,901$49,799 $113,370$583,740 $175,1112175

Funders of this organization

6 grantors reported grants to this organization, $300,242 in all, tax years 2016 to 2025. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2016-2022, 2024 8$258,875 2024$14,500
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AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor Exact 2019-2020, 2024 3$30,138 2024$8,477
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NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR DAF sponsor Exact 2024 1$10,000 2024$10,000
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GARRETT FAMILY EVER FORWARD FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “Carrolls Kitchen Inc” 2025 1$1,000 2025$1,000
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THE DUKE ENERGY FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “CARROLLS KITCHEN INC” 2020-2021 2$133 2021$10
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “CARROLLS KITCHEN INC” 2020-2023 4$96 2023$24
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BEYOND26 INCMIJ20 $418,644$422,086 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code J20, revenue within 2x
FREEDOM STAFFING INCNHJ20 $625,941$631,569 DIR OF OPER$40,000 Same NTEE code J20, revenue within 2x
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PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND DAF sponsor$1,066,11016 92017–2024 GOODWILL MANUFACTURING INC; BELOVED COMMUNITY INCUBATOR INC; NO LIMITS CAFE; RECOVERY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC and 5 more
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990 · $643,725 spent · pay $300,796 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $264,869$249,621$15,248$0 41.1%
Other (as described)Food & Supplies $202,141$202,141$0$0 31.4%
Occupancy $54,344$40,578$13,766$0 8.4%
Other (as described)Supplies $23,009$23,009$0$0 3.6%
Payroll taxes $21,197$20,157$1,040$0 3.3%
Office expenses $19,795$16,475$3,320$0 3.1%
Other employee benefits $14,730$14,565$165$0 2.3%
All other expenses $11,858$5,486$6,372$0 1.8%
Fees: accounting $7,700$0$7,700$0 1.2%
Other (as described)Insurance $6,630$2,048$4,582$0 1.0%
Depreciation and depletion $6,589$0$6,589$0 1.0%
Other (as described)Dues & Subscriptions $6,103$4,154$1,949$0 0.9%
Advertising and promotion $2,172$0$2,172$0 0.3%
Travel $1,734$840$894$0 0.3%
Fees: other services $854$854$0$0 0.1%
Total$643,725100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $734,043 spent · pay $300,992 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $300,992$288,977$12,015$0 41.0%
Other (as described)Food Supplies $192,224$192,224$0$0 26.2%
Occupancy $56,709$42,242$14,467$0 7.7%
All other expenses $46,524$36,144$10,380$0 6.3%
Other (as described)Supplies (COGS) $35,451$35,451$0$0 4.8%
Office expenses $28,250$21,608$6,642$0 3.8%
Other (as described)Payroll Taxes $24,773$23,779$994$0 3.4%
Other (as described)HI Stipend $21,219$20,283$936$0 2.9%
Fees: accounting $7,901$3,950$3,951$0 1.1%
Depreciation and depletion $6,589$0$6,589$0 0.9%
Insurance $5,766$2,474$3,292$0 0.8%
Advertising and promotion $3,705$1,750$1,955$0 0.5%
Fees: other services $3,341$3,341$0$0 0.5%
Travel $599$0$599$0 0.1%
Total$734,043100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $673,528 spent · pay $260,827 · grants $0 · events $30
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Food $214,221$214,221$0$0 31.8%
Other salaries and wages $165,558$163,121$2,437$0 24.6%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $76,846$57,635$19,211$0 11.4%
All other expenses $42,480$32,418$10,062$0 6.3%
Other (as described)Food Supplies $38,691$38,691$0$0 5.7%
Occupancy $35,011$35,011$0$0 5.2%
Office expenses $29,191$29,191$0$0 4.3%
Payroll taxes $18,423$18,423$0$0 2.7%
Travel $15,586$15,586$0$0 2.3%
Fees: accounting $8,901$0$8,901$0 1.3%
Other (as described)Dues & Subscriptions $6,993$6,993$0$0 1.0%
Depreciation and depletion $6,589$0$6,589$0 1.0%
Insurance $5,516$0$5,516$0 0.8%
Fees: other services $4,759$4,759$0$0 0.7%
Fees: management $4,480$4,480$0$0 0.7%
Advertising and promotion $253$253$0$0 0.0%
Other (as described) EventEvent Expense $30$30$0$0 0.0%
Total$673,528100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $450,673 spent · pay $154,884 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Food Supplies $150,460$112,845$37,615$0 33.4%
Other salaries and wages $143,981$132,326$11,655$0 31.9%
Other (as described)Supplies (COGS) $36,111$27,083$9,028$0 8.0%
All other expenses $27,043$13,118$13,925$0 6.0%
Office expenses $25,476$12,594$12,882$0 5.7%
Occupancy $22,157$16,618$5,539$0 4.9%
Payroll taxes $10,903$10,011$892$0 2.4%
Fees: management $9,646$7,343$2,303$0 2.1%
Depreciation and depletion $6,589$0$6,589$0 1.5%
Other (as described)Other COGS $5,311$3,983$1,328$0 1.2%
Insurance $4,684$3,085$1,599$0 1.0%
Advertising and promotion $3,954$1,977$1,977$0 0.9%
Fees: accounting $3,300$825$2,475$0 0.7%
Travel $828$621$207$0 0.2%
Other (as described)Auto Expense $230$230$0$0 0.1%
Total$450,673100%

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2020 · Form 990 · $411,801 spent · pay $179,323 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $162,392$138,803$23,588$0 39.4%
Other (as described)Cost of Goods Sold $113,939$56,970$56,969$0 27.7%
Occupancy $35,835$17,917$17,918$0 8.7%
Depreciation and depletion $19,738$9,869$9,869$0 4.8%
Other (as described)Adjustments to Sales Tax Account $18,945$0$18,945$0 4.6%
Office expenses $17,974$8,987$8,987$0 4.4%
Payroll taxes $16,931$14,428$2,503$0 4.1%
All other expenses $7,453$3,121$4,332$0 1.8%
Other (as described)Miscellaneous Expense $5,176$0$5,176$0 1.3%
Other (as described)Dues & Subscriptions $5,132$2,566$2,566$0 1.2%
Fees: accounting $3,245$0$3,245$0 0.8%
Insurance $2,406$1,203$1,203$0 0.6%
Advertising and promotion $1,438$719$719$0 0.3%
Travel $1,197$598$599$0 0.3%
Total$411,801100%

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2018 · Form 990 · $731,946 spent · pay $367,699 · grants $0 · events $2,305
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Food & kitchen supplies $237,731$237,731$0$0 32.5%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $175,111$140,928$16,491$17,692 23.9%
Pay: disqualified persons $167,016$167,016$0$0 22.8%
Occupancy $59,241$48,096$8,535$2,610 8.1%
Payroll taxes $25,572$23,017$1,233$1,322 3.5%
Other (as described)Supplies and materials $20,916$16,789$3,095$1,032 2.9%
Office expenses $12,459$6,572$5,582$305 1.7%
Depreciation and depletion $8,492$6,793$1,274$425 1.2%
Advertising and promotion $6,850$0$0$6,850 0.9%
Insurance $6,432$5,467$965$0 0.9%
Interest $4,798$0$4,798$0 0.7%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $2,305$0$461$1,844 0.3%
All other expenses $1,925$1,925$0$0 0.3%
Travel $1,373$549$412$412 0.2%
Fees: accounting $1,105$0$1,105$0 0.2%
Other (as described)Licenses and permits $427$384$43$0 0.1%
Other (as described)Printing and postage $193$77$58$58 0.0%
Total$731,946100%

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Federal grants and contracts

Awards from USAspending.gov to a recipient with this organization's name and zip code. Obligations by federal fiscal year (October to September); each award links to its page on usaspending.gov.

Fiscal yearGrants and other assistanceContractsAwards
2020$0$01
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