DAILY BREAD SOUP KITCHEN INC

What DAILY BREAD SOUP KITCHEN INC does

Daily Bread Soup Kitchen Inc is a Champaign, Illinois-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides free hot meals seven days a week to food-insecure residents of the Champaign-Urbana community. Founded as an independent organization in July 2009 after originating within the Catholic Worker House in 1980, the organization serves over 250 guests daily at its single facility at 116 N. First Street — a former bar (Emerald City Lounge) purchased in 2014 and renovated for over $300,000 before operations moved in December 2016. The service model consists of a daily hot meal (entrée, vegetables, salad, dessert, beverage) with dine-in and take-out options, complemented by a Sack Meal Program for dinner, an Assistance Program providing State IDs, birth certificates, and annual bus passes (funded in part by a United Way of Champaign County grant), and an annual Knapsack Project distributing approximately 750 filled backpacks during the December holidays.

The organization operates with no proprietary technology, no paid staff, and no government funding. It is entirely volunteer-run, with approximately 150 volunteers including retired professionals, university students, and community members, organized under daily crew chiefs covering each day of the week. Funding comes from individual donations (including a recurring Bread of the Month Club at $10, $20, or $50+ per month), local grants, and in-kind food donations from restaurants, fraternities, sororities, dorms, and event tailgaters in the Champaign-Urbana area. On-site partner agencies (health clinics, dental, legal aid, veterans services, housing, SNAP enrollment) extend the service surface and create a hub-and-spoke model for the local food-insecure population, with referrals to over 100 community organizations.

Name

DAILY BREAD SOUP KITCHEN INC

Legal name

Daily Bread Soup Kitchen Inc

Website

https://dailybreadsoupkitchen.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Daily Bread Soup Kitchen Inc is a Champaign, Illinois 501(c)(3) nonprofit that serves over 250 free hot meals daily to food-insecure residents of Champaign-Urbana, seven days a week, entirely with volunteers and donations and no government funding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Community Food Services (62421)

SIC

Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Food & Nutrition Assistance Programs (BPAIAKAF)

Keywords

• Community meal service
• Hunger relief services
• Food assistance program
• Volunteer nonprofit kitchen
• Social services outreach

Headquarters

HQ city

Champaign

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Private individuals donate to support Daily Bread's operations. The Bread of the Month Club allows donors to make monthly recurring commitments of $10, $20, $50 or more. Donations can be made via PayPal or check mailed to the PO Box.
2. Local Grants: Daily Bread receives funding from local grants, including a grant from United Way of Champaign County for the Assistance Program. The organization does not receive state or federal government funding.
3. Food Donations: Significant amount of donated food comes from the C-U community including restaurants, fast food businesses, fraternities, sororities, student dorms, and event tailgaters. Fresh fruit, vegetables, canned goods, and frozen foods are accepted. The organization operates under Champaign County Public Health guidelines.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Daily Bread Soup Kitchen provides a free daily hot meal (entrée, vegetables, salad, dessert, and beverage) and accompanying sack meal to over 250 guests seven days a week at its Champaign, Illinois facility. Beyond meal service, it operates an Assistance Program that helps guests obtain State IDs, birth certificates, and annual bus passes to support movement toward employment and independence, complemented by an annual Knapsack Project winter essentials giveaway and on-site partner-agency outreach (health, legal, veterans, dental, SNAP enrollment).

Product overview

Daily Bread Soup Kitchen is a single-location, non-profit meal service organization that operates as a unified service without a modular product architecture. The core offering is the Hot Meal Service, providing daily hot lunches (entrée, vegetables, salad, dessert, beverage) and sack meals to 200-250+ guests seven days per week. This is supported by the Assistance Program providing State IDs, Birth Certificates, and Bus Passes; the Knapsack Project for winter supply distribution; the Speaker's Bureau for community education; and On-Site Outreach Services bringing partner agencies to the location. Donation programs include food donation acceptance and the Bread of the Month Club recurring giving program. The organization operates entirely with volunteer labor and no government funding.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• God's Love We Deliver: NYC-based nonprofit providing medically tailored home-delivered meals to people living with severe illness. While focused on meal delivery rather than congregate dining, the mission of providing free, nutrition-focused meals to vulnerable populations is directly comparable.
• Society of St. Vincent de Paul: Catholic lay organization operating parish-based soup kitchens and food pantries serving those in need. Operates community meal programs with significant volunteer involvement and direct service delivery comparable to Daily Bread's single-location model.
• Catholic Worker Movement: The Catholic Worker Movement is the originating organization of Daily Bread Soup Kitchen, which began in 1980 at the Catholic Worker House in Urbana. Operates Houses of Hospitality and community meal programs nationally with a similar volunteer-driven model and anarchist-Catholic social justice ethos.
• Food Not Bombs: All-volunteer decentralized movement serving free vegetarian and vegan meals in public spaces worldwide. Operates with a similar entirely volunteer, donation-supported, free-meal service model to Daily Bread, often serving overlapping populations of food-insecure individuals.
• Loaves & Fishes: Sacramento-based nonprofit serving hot meals to those in need, operating multiple community dining locations. Shares Daily Bread's direct-service, free-meal community kitchen model with similar volunteer-driven operations.

Broad incumbents

• Catholic Charities USA: National network of Catholic Charities agencies operating food pantries, meal programs, and social services for low-income populations. Much broader mission than Daily Bread but with direct overlap in community food assistance service delivery.
• Feeding America: National network of 200+ food banks and the dominant US hunger-relief organization. Operates at scale across food banking, food rescue, and anti-hunger advocacy—much broader than Daily Bread's single-location soup kitchen model but addressing the same fundamental food insecurity problem.
• Salvation Army: International charitable organization operating community meal programs, food pantries, and soup kitchens across the US. Shares Daily Bread's community meal service model but operates at much larger scale and with broader social service offerings including disaster relief and rehabilitation.

Emerging players

• Meals on Wheels America: National network supporting community-based programs that deliver meals to seniors at home. Shares the food-security and nutrition mission with Daily Bread but operates a home-delivery model focused on the elderly rather than congregate meal service.

Regional players

• Eastern Illinois Foodbank: Regional food bank serving the same Champaign County community explicitly cited in Daily Bread's data. Operates a food distribution and anti-hunger mission comparable to Daily Bread's, but as a food bank model rather than direct meal service, with a broader geographic footprint across eastern Illinois.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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