2026-08-28T13:19:12-04:00 2025-12-31 990 2025-01-01 463422131 Kinship MKE Inc KINS 4143011478 2610 N DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DR Milwaukee WI 532122712 Lindy Meer Contoller 4143759453 2026-08-31 2025 Kinship MKE Inc 2610 N DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DR Milwaukee WI 532122712 16654202 false X www.kinshipmke.org X 2013 WI Kinship Community Food Center engages volunteers and neighborhood residents to end hunger isolation and poverty. Our innovative programs nourish food security and wellness foster belonging and community engagement and empower stability and economic prosperity in our city. 11 11 52 9846 132329 0 3900007 15237805 31303 1775 281813 554112 -9608 126945 4203515 15920637 0 0 0 0 1526417 1832380 0 140800 597721 1390665 1660779 2917082 3633959 1286433 12286678 7937274 20321715 204375 251318 7732899 20070397 Kinship Community Food Center engages volunteers and neighborhood residents to end hunger isolation and poverty. Our innovative programs nourish food security and wellness foster belonging and community engagement and empower stability and economic prosperity in our city. false false 1424278 0 1775 When a person walks into Kinship Community Food Center Organization he or she enters a social ecosystem created around food designed to propel his or her journey toward health belonging and stability. As people shop cook grow and share food they find social connectedness and support that generates the confidence to achieve their goals. The Organization offers several programs which address food scarcity and help the whole person thrive. They are briefly described below: Shop | Fresh Food Market Shop is a fresh food market that integrates health education cooking demonstrations a food bar and connections to community resources. In 2025 466,000 pounds of food were given to more than 19,000 community members. The Organization served breakfasts & dinners from our community kitchen and held food preparation demos provided by community chefs. Nearly 90% of our community members say they are now cooking at home because of shopping at our fresh food market. Grow | Urban Farm To feed and educate the community the Organization operated a 27,000 square foot urban hoop house vegetable farm and gardens that grew over 20,000 pounds of fresh local and organic produce in 2025. The Organization partnered with Maglio Company to operate the farm. Feast | Collaborative Meals Feast is a collaborative meal that brings a diverse group around a common table to explore food traditions and whole food culinary skills. Nearly 700 community members participated in wellness events in 2025. 526206 0 0 Stride | Crisis Assistance and Mentoring Stride is a mentoring program that accompanies people in crisis to overcome barriers to health and economic stability. The Organization prevented eviction and or homelessness for 125 families through direct assistance and referrals and stabilized 510 families through employment assistance transportation assistance prevention of utility disconnections and or obtaining needed household goods. Workforce | Employment Readiness and Training Workforce is a paid work experience that integrates social connection and human development to create a healing path toward steady employment and economic mobility. The Organization officially launched its workforce program in 2023 and it combines culinary training with therapeutic practices and personalized coaching. Graduates are matched with careers in their fields of interest and remain active in the Kinship community beyond completion. 489134 0 132329 Kinship Cafe | Our Social Enterprise The Organization opened Kinship Cafe in 2024 in partnership with the ThriveOn Collaboration a new community hub in Milwaukee dedicated to health education and economic wellness. Kinship Cafe offers delicious meals crafted with love creativity and the freshest from-scratch ingredients. The Cafe supports Workforce Trainees who gain culinary and customer service skills and experience in teamwork and communication empowering their path to stability and economic prosperity in our city. 354314 0 -9528 Form | Education and Engagement Form is service-learning and workshops that empower volunteers and neighborhood residents to become leaders of generosity and advocate for the betterment of society. Community members gave 23,000 hours of volunteer services in 2025 which included 80 groups. One third of the Organizations committed volunteers are also shoppers. Nearly 3,000 people participated in our community education training. Mission Internship | A Year of Service In 2025 our ninth year of the Mission Internship program four women gave a year of their life in service to the community while living together in a neighborhood home near the food center. More than just learning to coordinate the operational functions of our food center and farm the mission interns established real relationships to support shoppers volunteers and one another. 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The Organization evaluates its tax positions and assesses their uncertainty if any through review and application of various sources of tax authority including statutes regulations rulings court cases and widely held administrative practices. The Organizations informational returns are subject to examination by the IRS generally for three years after they were filed. Management believes that no uncertain tax positions exist for the Organization at December 31 2025 and 2024. The Organization has not incurred any interest or penalties for income taxes for the years ended December 31 2025 and 2024. Part XI, line 4b Rental expense of $38,724 and sales expense of $192,053 netted with rental revenue and sales revenue respectively in 990 by not in audited revenue. Part XII, line 4b Rental expense of $38,724 and sales expense of $192,053 netted with rental revenue and sales revenue respectively in 990 by not in audited revenue. X X X X X true McDonald Schaefer 342 N Water Street Suite 600 Milwaukee WI 53202 Capital Campaign Consultants false 0 140800 -140800 0 140800 -140800 WI X 7 775297 FMV per pound 0 false true false Part VI, Line 11a The Organizations Finance Committee reviews the 990 and distributes it to the Board of Directors before it is filed. Part VI, Line 12c Board members are required to disclose potential conflicts of interest. Other members of the board or committee determine if a conflict exists. When a conflict occurs the board member with a conflict is asked to leave during the discussion and subsequent vote. Part VI, Line 15 Compensation for all employees is determined after review of various local compensation studies and consideration of individual performance. Executive Director compensation is set directly by the Board of Directors. The Executive Director Managing Director and Finance Committee review compensation for the rest of the staff annually as part of the overall budget approval process. Part VI, Line 19 Kinship MKE Inc.s annual financial audit and 990 is posted on our website.