Birmingham Chapter Les Dames Descoffier International

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464530653
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Vestavia Hills, AL, USA
Phone
2055417444
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Reported finances

Revenue
$166,455
Expenses
$121,002
Assets
$466,158
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LEIGH SLOSS-CORA (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • SONTHE BURGE (PRESIDENT)
  • CRISTINA ALMANZA (VICE-PRESIDENT MEMBERSHIP)
  • LINDSEY NOTO (VICE-PRESIDENT PROGRAMS)

People named in this filing

  • LEIGH SLOSS-CORA (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • SUSAN SWAGLER (PARLIAMENTARIAN, TECHNICAL)
  • KATHY G MEZRANO (BOARD ADVISOR/COMMITTEES/E)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To raise money for students, teachers, companies, and organizations in the birmingham area to support their education, fund projects for their students, help local food businesses grow, and assist local non-profits to continue their work in the community.

What it reported doing in 2025

Offered mentoring and annual scholarships for education to female applicants pursuing coursework in culinary or pastry arts, farming, beverage management, hospitality, nutrition and dietetics, or agriculture. We also provide support to local high school prostart teams as well as award money to outstanding non-profits and female entrepreneurs in the birmingham area.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 74% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.7%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: 27.3%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.85; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.3% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.9% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $121K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.