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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: December 2024 Expires: December 2025

Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards

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2121 N 27th St
Lincoln, NE, 68503-1027

Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
Our mission is to relieve hunger, overcome homelessness, address addiction, and provide outreach and advocacy in Lincoln. 

Year, State Incorporated:
1993, NE

Also Known As:
Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach, Inc.

Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach is a daily hunger relief and outreach program that provides two free nutritious meal each day to the working poor and homeless. In addition, a wide array of outreach services are offered such as life skills training, case management, transitional housing, substance abuse counseling, literacy classes and access to basic and emergency needs such as showers and laundry services for our community's homeless. Matt Talbot also coordinates one of the largest volunteer efforts in Lincoln to assist with our hunger relief program.

For the year ended December 31, 2023, Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach's program expenses were:

Programs $2,354,355
Total Program Expenses $2,354,355

Chief Executive
Susanne Blue, Executive Director

Compensation*
$100,202

Chair of the Board
Greg Frayser, Board President

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
WRK LLC

Board Size
12

Paid Staff Size
24

* Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Invitations to fund raising events, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Grant proposals, Internet, Planned giving arrangements, Appeals via Social Media (Facebook, etc.)

% of Related Contributions on Fundraising: 9.17%

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Source of Funds
Donations $2,433,157
Grant Revenue $923,571
Special Events $738,317
Investment Income $255,022
Miscellaneous Income $1,225
Total Income $4,351,292

Programs: 74% Fundraising: 12% Administrative: 14%

Total Income $4,351,292
Total expenses: $3,174,172
  Program expenses $2,354,355
  Fundraising expenses $375,504
  Administrative expenses $444,313
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $1,177,120
Beginning Net Assets $6,635,038
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $7,812,158
Total Liabilities $167,791
Total Assets $7,979,949

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