Cuisine for Healing
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
CUISINE FOR HEALING IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO PROMOTING THE HEALING POWER OF FOOD BY COOKING ORGANIC, NUTRITIOUS, DELICIOUS MEALS READILY AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE COMBATING LIFE-THREATENING DISEASES, AND OFFERING EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO ENABLE THE INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE LIFESTYLE CHANGES TO IMPROVE THEIR WELL-BEING AND LONG-TERM HEALTH.
- Income
- $582,827
- Spending
- $472,374
- Spent on programs
- 75%
- Reserves
- -6.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 99%
- Employees
- 13
- Volunteers
- 75
- Highest pay
- $24,316, chief executive officer
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 55 out of 100. Higher than 16% of charities in its peer group (food and agriculture, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 45% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 19% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 35% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1575% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 4 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 91 out of 100. Higher than 82% of charities in its peer group (food and agriculture, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 2512 of 12 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $354,718 spent. CFH IS ADDRESSING THE NEED FOR ORGANIC, DELICIOUS, IMMUNE-BOOSTING MEALS AND THE NUTRITIONAL RESOURCES NEEDED BY TARRANT COUNTY RESIDENTS ON ALL 41 MUNICIPALITIES IN TARRANT COUNTY'S 902 SQUARE MILES, WHO ARE BATTLING LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESSES. MEALS, INGREDIENTS, AND NUTRITIONAL VALUES ARE CONTINUALLY REVIEWED AND RESEARCHED FOR OPTIMAL HEALTH. MEALS AND PACKAGING DO NOT INVOLVE METHODS OR MATERIALS SCIENTIFICALLY LINKED WITH SERIOUS ILLNESSES. SEASONAL MENUS OFFER EXTENSIVE CHOICES, INCLUDING BREAKFAST, ENTREES, SNACKS, SIDES AND DESSERTS, ALONG WITH VEGETARIAN, GLUTEN AND DAIRY-FREE OPTIONS. MEDICALLY REFERRED, LOW-INCOME CLIENTS RECEIVE UP TO 10 NUTRITIOUS MEALS PER WEEK, FREE FOR 6 TO 18 WEEKS. THESE CLIENTS ARE COMBATING CANCER AND OTHER LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESSES, INCLUDING ALZHEIMER'S, DIABETES, AND HEART DISEASE, AND UNDERGOING MEDICAL TREATMENTS. MANY SURVIVE ON DISABILITY OR SSI, AND/OR ARE UNINSURED. MEALS ARE DELIVERED WEEKLY THROUGHOUT TARRANT COUNTY. CUISINE'S VOLUNTEERS DROVE MORE THAN 37,000 MILES IN 2024 AND DONATED OVER 1,600 HOURS. WE SERVED MORE THAN 26,133 MEALS IN 2024 WHICH WAS AN INCREASE OF 5,152 OVER 2023, AND MORE THAN A 10,000 MEAL INCREASE OVER 2022. BECAUSE LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESSES KNOW NO INCOME BOUNDARIES, THE SAME NUTRITIOUS, DELICIOUS MEALS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC PURCHASE AT A REASONABLE PRICE AND FREE DELIVERY. ALL RECIPES AND INGREDIENTS ARE BASED ON CFH'S STRICT GUIDELINES FOR HEALTHY INGREDIENTS, PREPARATION, AND PACKAGING. ALL PROCEEDS FROM PURCHASING CLIENTS SUPPORT MEALS FOR CFH'S LOW-INCOME, MEDICALLY REFERRED CLIENTS. MOST OF OUR REFERRED CLIENTS AND 80 PERCENT OF OUR PURCHASING CLIENTS ARE TOO SICK TO SHOP, COOK, OR PREPARE FOOD FOR THEMSELVES. THIS IS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR COMMITMENT TO OFFER THE MOST REASONABLE PRICED MEALS, DESPITE THE INCREASING COST OF ORGANIC INGREDIENTS AND PACKAGING. AS OF THE END OF 2024, CFH HAD SERVED 183,782 MEALS TO PEOPLE IN TARRANT COUNTY BATTLING LIFE-THREATENING DISEASES SINCE FEBRUARY OF 2010, WITH MORE THAN HALF OF THOSE SERVED IN THE LAST 5 YEARS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since December 2008.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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