2025 YEAR END REVIEW:
Here’s our financial overview with income and expense totals for 2025. Year over year, individual donors are our main source of support and we couldn’t be more grateful. When it comes to expenses, the food trailer (Messy Bessy) continues to be our biggest investment.
*The Misc. Fees category has the following breakdown: $130 Annual Costco Fee, $105 Accountant Fee, $93.60 Postage, $70.99 Printing, $69.09 Recipe Research, $30 Fuel, $10 MI State Annual Filing, $1.61 Venmo Fees.Looking ahead, we started 2026 with a balance of $13,146.89. These funds will be used to continue meal programming prior to getting Messy Bessy out on the streets!
Our goal is to lead other non profits by example with full transparency in our funding and use of funds.
In 2025, we hosted fewer free meals due to limited board availability. We have plans for a much brighter 2026 :)
Below are meal breakdowns for the one community we were able to serve in 2025:
8 Meals in South Haven :
February 123 meals - $1239.49
April 96 meals - $268.88
May 67 meals - $341.32
June 55 meals - $255.70
July 80 meals - $426.36
August 86 meals - $645.18
September 68 meals - $289.57
December 128 meals - $778.01
2024 YEAR END REVIEW:
In 2024, we hosted 16 meal events in Southwest Michigan. A total of 1136 meals were served.
Throughout the year, 33 volunteers donated their time to meal prep, service, and clean up. Two of these individuals were tourists visiting from Utah that “just wanted to give something back.”
Below are meal breakdowns for the two communities we were able to serve in 2024:
729 Meals in South Haven :
January 55 meals - $148.64
February 75 meals - $438.99
March 55 meals - $320
April (1) 35 meals - $364.88
April (2) 74 meals - $426.36
May 70 meals - $400.38
June 89 meals - $345.06
July 80 meals - $692.09
August 56 meals - $297.71
November 85 meals - $366.39
December 60 meals - $170.31
407 meals in Kalamazoo :
April 52 meals - $198.85
September 81 meals - $371.79
October (1) 84 meals - $112.49
October (2) 91 meals - $522.38
November 99 meals - $561.71