Masbia
Masbia
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About this organization
Mission
To operate a kitchen to serve free meals to the needy in the community
About
Masbia is a nonprofit soup kitchen network and food pantry, every day providing hot, nutritious meals for hundreds of New Yorkers in desperate need of food. Alongside our hot-meal program, we also give out bags of much-needed groceries every week to those with not enough at home, through our weekend take-home package program. Masbia works to not only feed the hungry, but to provide free, wholesome, and delicious meals for people in a restaurant-style environment, with volunteer waiters serving each person with respect and dignity. Masbia was founded just over eighteen years ago in April 2005 with one goal in mind – no one should go to sleep hungry, even if they could not afford a meal that day. The idea was to set up a restaurant-style ambiance that allowed people to be fed with dignity. Masbia was actually featured in People Magazine in 2014 as a “restaurant without a cash-register”. In 2009, after the great recession, Masbia opened more locations. The expansion was even mentioned on Saturday Night Live. Masbia now runs three locations in New York City, two in Brooklyn and one in Queens. (Masbia of Boro Park, Masbia of Flatbush, and Masbia of Queens) A couple of years in, Masbia staff started giving people raw food to take home. It quickly turned into a weekly food package distribution that by now dwarfs in volume the amount of food given out at the restaurant. Now Masbia operates two programs, one known as Soup-Kitchen, where people are served ready-to-eat dinners, and the other as Food-Pantry, where people receive raw food ingredient packages to take with them. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Masbia Soup Kitchen Network has mobilized to respond to the emergency food needs in our community. Masbia is continuing to respond to a 500% increase in demand. Each day, 500 families visit Masbia every day at each of our three locations. That means about 1,500 families a day and 7,500 every week get food relief from Masbia.
Interesting data from their 2018 990 filing
According to the filing, the non-profit's mission is “To operate a kitchen to serve free meals to the needy in the community”.
When referring to its actions, they were described as: “To operate a kitchen to serve free meals to the needy in the community”.
- According to the law, the state of operation reported by the non-profit is NY.
- As per the filing, the address of the non-profit for 2018 is P O BOX 191181, BROOKLYN, NY, 11219.
- According to their form, the non-profit as of 2018 has a total of 11 employees.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Does not operate a school.
- Does not collect art.
- Does not provide credit counseling.
- Does not have foreign activities.
- Is not a donor advised fund.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $17,725.
- The CEO compensation plan of the organization is determined by an independent party's review and approval.
- The organization has a written policy that describes how long it will retain documents.
- The organization has 5 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2004.
- The organization has a written policy that addresses conflicts of interest.
- The organization is required to file Schedule B.
- The organization is required to file Schedule J.
- The organization is required to file Schedule O.
- The organization pays $574,161 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $303,550 in fundraising expenses.
- The organization provides Form 990 to its governing body.
- The organization has minutes of its meetings.
- The organization has a written whistleblower policy.
- The organization has grants to organizations.
- The organization's financial statements were reviewed by an accountant.
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