BREAD LINE INC
Feeding People & Affirming Lives
BREAD LINE INC
EIN: 92-0111082
Mission
"Feeding people and affirming lives"
Ruling year
1989
Executive Director
Hannah C Hill
Main address
PO Box 73715
Fairbanks, AK 99707 USA
EIN
92-0111082
Food aid
Basic and emergency aid
Urban development
Dining services
Population served
Economically disadvantaged people
Unemployed people
Incarcerated people
Children and youth
Families
NTEE code
Emergency Assistance (Food, Clothing, Cash) (P60)
Congregate Meals (K34)
Urban, Community (S31)
IRS subsection
501(c)(3) Public Charity
IRS filing requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Tax forms
Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
The Bread Line, Inc. is an anti-hunger organization in Fairbanks, Alaska that directly addresses issues of food insecurity and poverty. The downtown area of Fairbanks, where we operate, is considered a "food desert," with a high incidence of homelessness and poverty. In 2016, we saw a 19% increase in the number of people utilizing our soup kitchen.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Stone Soup Cafe
The Bread Line’s soup kitchen, the Stone Soup Cafe provides free, chef-prepared meals, every weekday. Our mission is to "feed people & affirm lives" by providing good food to hungry people without question: all are welcome, all are served.
Stone's Throw
Stone’s Throw is a culinary job training program that empowers people to pave a path to economic security in food service careers.
Students receive progressive on-the-job skills, classroom training & support group benefits. All training phases come together in the real-life setting of a busy kitchen, allowing individuals to learn & practice both technical and employability skills in a supportive environment that fosters self-sufficiency, commitment, consistency, self-awareness, productivity & growth.
Annually, Stone's Throw hosts two adult programs (one in the fall & one in the spring) at our downtown facility. We also offer age-appropriate classes in the winter & summer to the Alaskan youth incarcerated at the Fairbanks Youth Facility.
Stone Soup Garden
In partnership with The Fairbanks Memorial Hospital - who generously made a garden space available to us - the Bread Line launched the Stone Soup Community Garden in 2015. Growing into more than 50 raised beds, our downtown garden is a volunteer-run program that gives real-time instruction on urban agriculture, makes garden space available (for free) to food insecure downtown residents & provides community collaboration.
The Stone Soup Community Garden grows food for use in the Bread Line's soup kitchen, the Stone Soup Cafe, as well as proving food relief to at-risk individuals, other local organizations including several assisted living facilities & other social services.
Kid's Cafe
Kids’ Cafe is a monthly gathering of families & Stone Soup volunteers. The project collaborates with the Fairbanks Children's Museum & other local organizations to educate children what food insecurity is in our community & learn what young people can do about it.
On the third Saturday of the month, September to May, family volunteers make food for the following week in the Bread Line's soup kitchen, make decorations for holiday events & learn about being a good citizen.
Where we work
Awards
Honorary Citation 2024
Alaska 33rd Legislature
Photos
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of volunteers
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Health, Social and economic status, Age groups
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We track the number of volunteers for each Bread Line program, daily.
Total number of volunteer hours contributed to the organization
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Social and economic status, Health, Age groups
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
The Bread Line tracks the number of daily volunteers as well as the amount of hours served across our four keystone programs.
Number of meals served or provided
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, Health, Social and economic status
Related Program
Stone Soup Cafe
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
The Bread Line serves free weekday meals to anyone in need from our soup kitchen, the Stone Soup Cafe, in interior Alaska.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
ISSUE: living with hunger
Bread Line's Aim: feeding hungry people at our Stone Soup Cafe ISSUE: barriers to employment
Bread Line's Aim: culinary job training in the Stone's Throw program ISSUE: community engagement
Bread Line's Aim: Kids Cafe and the Stone Soup Garden Project ISSUE: hunger in our neighborhood
Bread Line's Aim: community collaboration to alleviate hunger
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We have four established programs to achieve our goals: our flagship project, the Stone Soup Cafe, which employs a chef and dozens of volunteers to serve hot meals daily; our Stone's Throw culinary job training program engages people experiencing employment issues and empowers them to make life changes, under the tutelage of professional chefs and life coaches; both the Kid's Cafe & the Stone's Throw Community Garden supports community collaboration and keeps our efforts in the public eye; lastly, we have a number of public outreach programs that help alleviate hunger in our community and are a source of earned income.`
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We currently have a full service, 100 seat capacity, soup kitchen facility, housed in a building we own, in downtown Fairbanks. We operate a morning meal Monday-Friday that also provides a sack lunch to go. From this same location, we run our Stone's Throw program, with three full-time chef instructors and an administrative assistant. Additionally we lease a one acre plot for our 40 bed community community garden. The food from our garden supplements the Stone Soup Cafe, our Summer Food Service Program and a number of anti-hunger community collaborations. The Bread Line is supported by a robust volunteer program of more than 150 volunteers annually. We also have had great success utilizing the AmeriCorps VISTA program for site-specific projects.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
In 2016, we provided 37,940 hot meals to our guests at the Stone Soup Cafe and delivered another 13,938 meals to our low-income neighbors. Our Stone's Throw culinary program graduated eight students with 80% of our graduates successfully employed within 90 days of graduation. We look to increased that to 18 work-ready students graduating in 2018. Our garden has harvested approximately three tons of produce, since it started in 2015. Much of those vegetables went to augment food programs for low-income residents in downtown assisted living facilities. In the future, we look to increase our contract meals with our strategic community partners. We will also be taking on a new AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer to research and implement food-related employment programs. We will also hope to on a licensed social worker to coordinate pass-through social services for our Cafe guests and training program students.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
Revenue vs. expenses: breakdown
Liquidity in 2022 info
17.77
Months of cash in 2022 info
13
Fringe rate in 2022 info
9%
Funding sources info
Assets & liabilities info
Financial data
BREAD LINE INC
Balance sheetFiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31
The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot survive long, but the types of assets and liabilities must also be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan, and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.
Fiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31
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Business model indicators
| Profitability info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted surplus (deficit) before depreciation | -$102,333 | -$52,144 | $383,737 | $106,142 | $138,177 |
| As % of expenses | -20.5% | -12.7% | 72.1% | 18.7% | 18.7% |
| Unrestricted surplus (deficit) after depreciation | -$122,046 | -$71,895 | $364,110 | $86,977 | $117,764 |
| As % of expenses | -23.5% | -16.7% | 66.0% | 14.8% | 15.5% |
| Revenue composition info | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue (unrestricted & restricted) | $397,182 | $357,392 | $915,808 | $673,793 | $875,561 |
| Total revenue, % change over prior year | -13.6% | -10.0% | 156.2% | -26.4% | 29.9% |
| Program services revenue | 46.5% | 36.3% | 10.8% | 17.3% | 12.8% |
| Membership dues | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Investment income | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Government grants | 0.0% | 0.0% | 11.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| All other grants and contributions | 53.1% | 60.1% | 78.0% | 82.7% | 87.2% |
| Other revenue | 0.4% | 3.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Expense composition info | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total expenses before depreciation | $499,515 | $409,536 | $532,071 | $567,651 | $737,384 |
| Total expenses, % change over prior year | 13.4% | -18.0% | 29.9% | 6.7% | 29.9% |
| Personnel | 62.8% | 65.2% | 52.4% | 57.6% | 47.3% |
| Professional fees | 3.4% | 4.6% | 3.1% | 2.6% | 2.6% |
| Occupancy | 6.5% | 7.2% | 5.9% | 6.3% | 6.4% |
| Interest | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Pass-through | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| All other expenses | 27.2% | 23.1% | 38.7% | 33.5% | 43.7% |
| Full cost components (estimated) info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total expenses (after depreciation) | $519,228 | $429,287 | $551,698 | $586,816 | $757,797 |
| One month of savings | $41,626 | $34,128 | $44,339 | $47,304 | $61,449 |
| Debt principal payment | $0 | $350 | $600 | $600 | $600 |
| Fixed asset additions | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total full costs (estimated) | $560,854 | $463,765 | $596,637 | $634,720 | $819,846 |
Capital structure indicators
| Liquidity info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Months of cash | 4.6 | 4.7 | 12.2 | 13.7 | 13.0 |
| Months of cash and investments | 4.6 | 4.7 | 12.2 | 13.7 | 13.0 |
| Months of estimated liquid unrestricted net assets | 5.6 | 5.1 | 12.6 | 14.0 | 12.9 |
| Balance sheet composition info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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| Cash | $192,931 | $159,500 | $540,077 | $646,808 | $798,129 |
| Investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Receivables | $30,935 | $23,918 | $18,021 | $19,605 | $2,500 |
| Gross land, buildings, equipment (LBE) | $776,774 | $781,274 | $781,274 | $781,274 | $787,575 |
| Accumulated depreciation (as a % of LBE) | 25.0% | 27.4% | 29.9% | 32.4% | 34.7% |
| Liabilities (as a % of assets) | 5.3% | 6.6% | 3.9% | 3.6% | 3.4% |
| Unrestricted net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Temporarily restricted net assets | $0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Permanently restricted net assets | $0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Total restricted net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total net assets | $773,012 | $701,117 | $1,065,227 | $1,152,204 | $1,269,968 |
Key data checks
| Key data checks info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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| Material data errors | No | No | No | No | No |
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
Executive Director
Hannah C Hill
Hannah has been with the Bread Line since 2016 and has served as its Executive Director since 2018.
Number of employees
Source: IRS Form 990
BREAD LINE INC
Officers, directors, trustees, and key employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
Compensation data
There are no highest paid employees recorded for this organization.
BREAD LINE INC
Board of directorsas of 05/28/2024
Board of directors data
Kristina Miller
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Term: 2024 - 2026
Jason Case
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Term: 2024 - 2026
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Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Not applicable -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Transgender Identity
Sexual orientation
Disability
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
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