Public Charity

Meet The Needs Charleston

Based in Mount Pleasant, SC, Meet The Needs Charleston operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $1.1M in revenue, $1.0M in expenses, $208K in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 25 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $496K.

EIN: 472703106 Mount Pleasant, SC Food Programs NTEE: K30 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.1M
Total Expenses$1.0M
Total Assets$208K
Grant Records25
Funding Total$496K
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THE BURDEN THE AREA SOUP KITCHENS AND SHELTERS ARE FACING IN TODAYS ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT AND TO ADMINISTER AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM IN AREA HIGH SCHOOLS THAT PROVIDES JOB READINESS TRAINING FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO ENTER THE HOSPITALITY WORKFORCE.

Where $100 goes at Meet The Needs Charleston

How Meet The Needs Charleston divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$88 Programs the work itself
$11 Management running the organization
$1 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $88 for programs

$44
The goal of Feed the Need Charleston is to support organizations involved in feeding at-risk residents of the greater Charleston area, including One80Place, Neighbors Together, and Neighborhood House
50% of program spending
$44
Teach the Need, a recently launched initiative, is providing a 6-week restaurant skills curriculum to students in eight area, Title I high schools
About 50% (cost not reported)
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Treasurer Dixon Woodward
Secretary Ellen Gansen
President Michael Bakst
Board Member Steve Palmer

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Top Grant Purposes

Human & Social Services
$262,300 8 grants
General Support
$183,500 13 grants
Food Assistance & Nutrition
$15,000 2 grants
Health & Medicine
$10,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$25,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $1.1M $1.0M $208K
2024 $886K $853K $141K
2023 $902K $848K $108K
2021 $309K $418K $31K
2020 $828K $707K $143K

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $828K to $1.1M (+31%), with total assets most recently reported at $208K.

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