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Soup Kitchen, Inc

End Hunger (REALLY!!)Soup Kitchen, Inc

COMPETED FOR

$250K
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Competed in
April, 2010

Goals

  • Ending Hunger

Overview

It's simple. We have a line of soups and for every portion sold, an equal portion is donated to someone in need (mainly through local food banks). As there are more of us who can eat that who can't, the math is in our favor.The business model already works profitably on a small scale, this grant will get us to the next level that much faster, and that means good news for those in need.The company is set up as a for profit company because that;s the way the tax code reads. In one sense that's just fine. Better to lend a hand than to need a handout.We all know hunger is a condition and not a root cause, but you know what? It's a lot easier to fix the causes that lead to hunger whe your stomach isn't yelling at you all the time.And the soup (which already tastes good) tastes so much better when you know that every spoonful you feed yourself, means a spoonful going to someone who didn't know where their next meal was coming from.Now they do. It's coming from you.

How will the 250K be Used?

Budget Notes: All other expenses will come from the sale of soup. The non profit is so large corps (ie FedEx) can help. For exapmle, they can be paid to ship the commercial sales of Soup Kitchen, Inc. but can donate the shipping costs of Soup Kitchen Serves (which will handle the distribution of the donated soup)
$ 65,000 First commercial production run of 1 pint pouches of dried soups
$ 3,000 update computers and software
$ 17,000 1 years rent for warehouse/office space
$ 85,000 production run of 1 and 5 gallon commercial use soup pouches
$ 40,000 office marketing and shipping staff
$ 30,000 unforseen contigency fund to be held in bank account
$ 7,000 legal/accounting fees
$ 3,000 set up non profit soup Kitchen Serves so corporations can help
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