Bee U Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
881156617
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Staten Island, NY, USA
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$67,471
Expenses
$60,631
Assets
$1,970
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ateea Kazi (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Ateea Kazi (Executive Director)
  • Andre Ware (Associate Director)
  • Jean Renel Saint Jour (Director Of Finance Operations)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Educational - Bee University NYC is a 501c3 non-profit organization that engages urban communities through hands-on training in beekeeping leadership and environmental advocacy. Our vision is for urban communities to activate greenspaces through the practice of beekeeping and environmental stewardship.

What it reported doing in 2024

Urban Beekeeping Fellowship is a program that hosts a group of 16-24 year-olds in paid hands-on training in beekeeping leadership and environmental advocacy. Urban Beekeeper Fellows will learn the basic skills of beekeeping be responsible for maintaining beehives explore contemporary environmental issues engage with Staten Islands natural environments and help with facilitation of Bee U community programs. Bee University NYC will celebrate the completion of the Urban Beekeeping Fellowship by hosting a graduation ceremony for all of their students. In 2023 Bee U hosted 27 fellows who were awarded stipends for their participation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 88% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 60% for direct work, and 40% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.3%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 92.7%; rating input score 93

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.1%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 57% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 61.6% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.3% of revenue deployed · 92.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $56K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.