Compulsive Eaters Anonymous-how Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
954698572
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2015, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
3236604333
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Eating Disorder, Addiction

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$144,053
Expenses
$160,568
Assets
$215,393
Liabilities
$27,631

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LORRAINE SCHIPPERS (PRESIDENT)
  • MICHAEL DUTCHER (PRESIDENT)
  • SUAN MAYER (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LORRAINE SCHIPPERS (PRESIDENT)
  • ANEISA BOLTON (VICE CHAIR)
  • KEVIN COOK (TREASURER)

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

To support worldwide compulsive eating behaviors compulsive eaters anonymous-how is a fellowship of individuals who, through shared experience, strength, and hope are recovering from compulsive eating and addiction.

What it reported doing in 2024

The World Service Business Conference provided a forum for the conduct of business by the Board of Directorsand Delegates serving as the group conscience of CEA-HOW as a whole, and for the Conference Committeesto present the service work they had performed throughout the year on behalf of the Fellowship.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 71% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 89% 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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 47
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 49.3%; rating input score 49
  • Program expense ratio: 44.2%; rating input score 44

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -11.5%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.34; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 49.3% of revenue deployed · 44.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $71K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.