Bulgarian Educational and Cultural Center St Kliment Ohridski Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
371453436
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Olney, MD, USA
Phone
7038275203
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12

Reported finances

Revenue
$205,773
Expenses
$169,842
Assets
$413,099
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • DOROTEYA KHADRA (PRINCIPAL): $10,170 total reported compensation
  • DESI JORDANOFF (PROGRAM DIRECTOR): $8,345 total reported compensation
  • ZORNITSA KOSTOVA (DIRECTOR): $6,810 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The bulgarian educational and cultural center st. Kliment ohridski becc provides academic instructions in bulgarian laguage. Its mission is to encourage and enhance the potential of each student to thrive as a global citizen by stimulating curiosity and appreciation for the language and culture of bulgaria its ancient history natural beauty and rich ethnic tradition. We nurture lifelong love respect and appreciation for the bulgarian language and culture through a great curriculum and programs. We provide an environment in which everyone feels welcome respected trusted and an important part of becc and its mission.

What it reported doing in 2025

The academic program follows strict curriculum provided by the bulgarian ministry of education and adopted by the board of trustees. There were 152 children registered at the end of 2025. In order to successfully complete each level the students must pass the tests in bulgarian language literature history and geography for each grade. The school has fourteen grades including preschool. Highly qualified professional educators teach in each grade. We also invite guest lecturers to give lectures on various topics related to the bulgarian language history and culture. The school also offers 2 classes in bulgarian as a second language for children ages 7-12 and ages 13-17 a class for adults and a class for preparation of high schoolers for the seal of biliteracy exam. Classes take place each saturday from 1:30pm to 4:45pm. The school year begins on the first saturday of september and ends in the last week of may.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 76% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 47
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 49.2%; rating input score 49
  • Program expense ratio: 59.6%; rating input score 60
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.5%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.43; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.1%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 16.8% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 49.2% of revenue deployed · 59.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $101K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $10K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 35 of 40 current checks pass · 5 findings to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX CompCurrentOfficersDirectors column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX Insurance column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX Occupancy column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX OfficeExpenses column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.