Soup Of Success

What Soup Of Success does

Soup of Success is a nonprofit social enterprise operating as a program of Church Community Services (CCS), headquartered in Elkhart, Indiana. Its mission is to empower women in the Elkhart area through education and job training, and it funds this program by selling handmade food products and home goods through its own e-commerce website. The organization employs 6 people and operates with a workforce that includes program participants who produce the goods as part of their training.

The product portfolio spans 22+ items across three categories: Food (14 items including 7 soup mixes, 3 dessert mixes, and 4 dip mixes), Soy Candles (8 scented handmade candles), and Home Goods (7 items). Soup mixes range from $4.00 (dips) to $15.00 (candles), with no subscription model. Products are distributed exclusively through the organization's own direct-to-consumer website (soupofsuccess.com) and its physical location in Elkhart; no third-party retail or marketplace distribution is disclosed. The organization also accepts charitable donations through a Givelively portal, with donations specifically directed to support women in the program.

Soup of Success uses a multi-channel marketing approach centered on social impact messaging, with active accounts on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, plus an email newsletter. Customer acquisition for the program is conducted through a Microsoft Forms-based application process. Governance flows through Church Community Services, and the organization is not venture-backed; there are no funding rounds, acquisitions, or M&A activity disclosed. No revenue figures, founding date, or executive leadership details are publicly available in the source material.

Name

Soup Of Success

Legal name

Soup of Success

Website

https://soupofsuccess.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Soup of Success is a Elkhart, Indiana-based nonprofit social enterprise and program of Church Community Services that sells handmade food products and soy candles online to fund job training for women in its empowerment program.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Enterprise Handmade Food & Home Goods

NAICS

Other Snack Food Manufacturing (311919)

SIC

Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090)

akta.pro primary industry

Prepared soups, stews & chili manufacturing (AFAKAHAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Soup, Chili & Comfort Foods (Self-Serve or Packaged) (CRAHAKAF)

Keywords

• Social enterprise nonprofit
• Handmade food products
• Women empowerment programs
• Soy candle products
• Soup mix retail

Headquarters

HQ city

Elkhart

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Product Sales: Soup of Success generates revenue through the sale of handmade food products (soup mixes, cookies, brownies, dips) and soy candles. Products are made by women in the program, and proceeds fund training stipends for program participants. The shop offers 22+ products across Food, Soy Candles, and Home Goods categories.
2. Donations: The organization accepts charitable donations through Givelively platform, with donations specifically designated to support women in Elkhart to heal and grow.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Soup of Success is a nonprofit social enterprise that sells handmade food products — including soup mixes (chicken noodle, potato, coconut curry, spicy tortilla, sun-dried tomato vegetable), dessert mixes (cookies and brownies), and dip mixes — alongside handmade soy candles in various scents. The organization also accepts charitable donations to fund training stipends for women participating in its empowerment program in Elkhart, Indiana. All products are made by women in the program as part of a social enterprise model operated under the umbrella of Church Community Services.

Product overview

Soup of Success is a social enterprise that sells handmade food products and soy candles to support its women empowerment program in Elkhart. The product portfolio consists of three main categories: Food products (soup mixes in various flavors including chicken noodle, potato, curry, tortilla, and vegetable soups; dessert items including cookie and brownie mixes; and dip mixes), and Soy Candles (handmade in various scents). All products are made by women in the program and proceeds support training stipends. The company operates as a program of Church Community Services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Farmhouse Chicken Noodle Soup for Two Individual portion of Farmhouse Chicken Noodle Soup mix that serves two people. Handmade by women in the Soup of Success program.
• Hearty Potato Soup for Two Individual portion of Hearty Potato Soup mix that serves two people. Handmade by women in the Soup of Success program.
• Cranberry Yogurt Cookies Mix Cookie mix featuring cranberry and yogurt flavors, yielding 2.5-3 dozen cookies, prepared by adding simple ingredients like eggs, butter, and water. Handmade by women in the program.
• Deliciously Dill Dip Dill-flavored dip mix. Handmade by women in the Soup of Success program.
• Dip Trio Bundle of three dip mixes. Handmade by women in the Soup of Success program.
• Coconut Curry Soup Southeast Asian-inspired coconut curry soup mix. Handmade by women in the Soup of Success program.
• Farmhouse Chicken Noodle Soup Mix Family-sized chicken noodle soup mix. Handmade by women in the Soup of Success program.
• Hearty Potato Soup Hearty potato soup mix. Handmade by women in the Soup of Success program.
• Spicy Tortilla Soup Spicy tortilla soup mix with Southwestern flavors. Handmade by women in the Soup of Success program.
• Sun-Dried Tomato Vegetable Soup Vegetable soup mix with sun-dried tomatoes. Handmade by women in the Soup of Success program.
• Turtle Brownies Chewy fudgy brownies loaded with chocolate chips, caramel, and pecans. Just add hot water. Yields one 8x8 or 9x9 pan. Handmade by women in the program.
• Chewy Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies Chocolate cookie mix made with Reese's peanut butter chips. Yields 2.5-3 dozen. Handmade by women in the program.
• Apple Harvest Soy Candle Apple-scented handmade soy wax candle with approximately 48-hour burn time. Handmade by women and volunteers of Soup of Success.
• Christmas Hearth Candle Christmas holiday-scented handmade soy wax candle with approximately 48-hour burn time. Handmade by women and volunteers of Soup of Success.
• Fresh Linen Candle Fresh linen-scented handmade soy wax candle. Handmade by women and volunteers of Soup of Success.
• Mediterranean Fig Candle Mediterranean fig-scented handmade soy wax candle. Handmade by women and volunteers of Soup of Success.
• Oakmoss & Amber Candle Oakmoss and amber-scented handmade soy wax candle. Handmade by women and volunteers of Soup of Success.
• Snickerdoodle Candle Snickerdoodle cookie-scented handmade soy wax candle. Handmade by women and volunteers of Soup of Success.
• White Sage and Lavender Candle White sage and lavender-scented handmade soy wax candle in a straight-sided tumbler jar with bronze lid. Approximately 48-hour burn time. Handmade by women and volunteers of Soup of Success.
• Frosted Juniper Candle Frosted juniper-scented handmade soy wax candle. Nostalgic blend of fresh evergreens, spices and fruits with eucalyptus, clove and hint of lemon. Approximately 48-hour burn time. Handmade by women and volunteers.
• Satisfying Spinach Dip Spinach dip mix. Handmade by women in the Soup of Success program.
• Sizzlin' Santa Fe Dip Southwestern Santa Fe-style dip mix. Handmade by women in the Soup of Success program.

Quantifiable outcome

• Women report becoming 'whole new persons' with learned self-value and belief in capability to achieve goals
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Church Community Services (CCS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSoup of Success is A Program of Church Community Services (CCS). CCS is the parent nonprofit organization that houses and supports the Soup of Success program. The organization displays the CCS logo and links to churchcommunityservices.org. Products are branded as 'Soup of Success, a program of CCS.' This is a core organizational relationship where CCS provides the institutional framework and Soup of Success operates as an affiliated program focused on women's empowerment.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Taza Chocolate: Mission-driven specialty food maker emphasizing direct trade, stone-ground production, and small-scale craft manufacturing. Comparable as a small-batch, cause-led CPG brand selling through own storefront with social-impact messaging.
• Soupergirl: Direct-to-consumer soup brand selling prepared and soup-mix products with a women-founded, plant-forward mission narrative. Overlaps directly with Soup of Success's soup-centric product line and impact-driven positioning.
• Frontier Soups: Specialty maker of gourmet soup mixes sold direct-to-consumer and through gift retailers. Directly comparable product offering (dry soup mixes) and a comparable mix of DTC and gift-channel distribution.
• Newman's Own: Mission-driven food brand donating 100% of profits to charity across categories including soups, sauces, and snacks. Closest large-scale analog to Soup of Success's "purchase funds mission" positioning in the food category.
• Greyston Bakery: Social enterprise bakery that hires and trains individuals facing barriers to employment, producing brownies and baked goods for commercial customers. Highly comparable to Soup of Success's model of using food production to fund workforce training and stipends for an underserved population.
• Endangered Species Chocolate: Cause-marketed chocolate brand donating a portion of proceeds to conservation and community causes; sells through natural and grocery channels. Comparable cause-purchase marketing model with broader distribution reach than Soup of Success currently has.

Emerging players

• DC Central Kitchen: Nonprofit that runs culinary job-training programs and produces food products (catering, packaged meals) to fund its mission. Highly comparable workforce-development-through-food model with broader geographic and product scale.
• Martha's Table: Nonprofit social services organization operating food programming (cuisine program, food distributions) for community empowerment. Comparable nonprofit program structure focused on food skills and self-sufficiency, though larger scale.
• Rescue Chocolate: Small-batch, mission-themed chocolate brand donating proceeds to animal rescue organizations. Comparable small-scale, cause-marketed food brand using product sales to fund a social mission.

Broad incumbents

• Pacific Foods: Large established natural and organic soup, broth, and plant-based beverage brand with broad grocery distribution. Represents the scaled incumbent in the soup category against which Soup of Success's boutique mix positioning must differentiate.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/soupofsuccess
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCtg3oW2shtm3f7fPpNeca4Q
• Facebookfacebook.com/SoupOfSuccess
• Instagraminstagram.com/soup_of_success
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/soup-of-success

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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