Body Empowerment Project Corporation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 871623477
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Milford, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 7866516354
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $126,807
- Expenses
- $119,552
- Assets
- $135,583
- Liabilities
- $2,554
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHRISTINA MIRANDA (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- CHRISTINA MIRANDA (PRESIDENT)
- ROBERT FORD (DIRECTOR)
- TARA LATTAMOUS (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Body empowerment project runs educational workshops surrounding body image and self-esteem for college, middle, and high school students in philadelphia. Our mission is to teach participants the skills to live peacefully and healthfully in their bodies through meaningful near-peer interactions. Because our programs, in part, serve low-income students, it is important that the organization covers 100% of program expenses in order to eliminate any barriers to program entry for prospective participants. Our 501(c3)(3) tax exempt status allows us to operate charitably rather than for-profit, allowing us to continue serving this population.
What it reported doing in 2025
Our youth program is a ten-week, after-school program for middle and high school students. The program seeks to reduce eating disorder risk by introducing preventative intervention combining a validated body positivity curriculum with an innovative near-peer mentorship model. In 2023, our program reached over 400 students across 17 philadelphia public middle and high schools. Statistical analyses of our outcomes data showed a significant decrease in eating disorder symptoms measured in our program participants as well as a significant improvement in body appreciation. The testimonials from our students also highlight the importance of our work. When asked what they liked about our program, students said: "bep is all about loving every part of yourself and when you do, you'll be unstoppable." "being able to work together and know you're not alone. People can have the same sgtruggle and there are others that can be there to support you." these results fuel us to continue our mission and expand our program's reach.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 58
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 56.2%; rating input score 56
- Program expense ratio: 59.6%; rating input score 60
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: 5.7%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.13; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 25.3% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.4% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 22.6% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 56.2% of revenue deployed · 59.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $71K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.