Black Girls Cook

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
813960180
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Phone
3477092516
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$186,350
Expenses
$106,550
Assets
$148,766
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Nichole Mooney (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Nichole Mooney (Executive Director)

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

Black Girls Cook aims to empower and inspire inner-city adolescent Black girls through food security, culinary arts, urban farming, entrepreneurship, and STEM, emphasizing Black Diaspora cultural histories and food practices.

What it reported doing in 2024

Black Girls Cook (BGC) has empowered adolescent Black girls in historically neglected communities experiencing disenfranchisement and food insecurity. Through dynamic, hands-on programming, BGC teaches culinary skills, edible gardening, and STEM-focused activities, using food as a vehicle to inspire creativity, self-sufficiency, and community engagement. BGC's commitment to holistic education has expanded to include intergenerational learning opportunities, such as intergenerational cooking classes, that foster cultural preservation and family connection. BGC's innovative programs include the Summer of Food, which integrates culinary arts, gardening, and STEM-focused "Kitchen Sink Beauty" activities. By engaging with fresh ingredients and exploring food systems, participants deepen their knowledge of nutrition, sustainability, and food science.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 57.2%; rating input score 57
  • 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: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 42.8%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.4; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 61%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -28.7% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 42.1% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 57.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $107K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.