Cooking in Central Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 061808851
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2013, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Baton Rouge, LA, USA
- Phone
- 2259338056
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $64,614
- Expenses
- $55,925
- Assets
- $207,954
- Liabilities
- $17,426
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LYNN ROSS (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- LYNN ROSS (PRESIDENT)
- LOUIS DEJOHN JR (VICE PRESIDE)
- BARBARA GUYON (SECRETARY)
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
Our primary exempt purpose has been to assist local schools with funds designated for educational materials and supplies along with schools in need due to disaster or devestation in neighboring parishes within the state of Louisiana. We also assist other charitable organizations within east baton rouge parish such as blue star moms, central community assistance foundation, spedtacular kids, and mighty moms. Event expenses are held at a minimum so that a majority of the funds raised can the granted to non profit or educational organizaitons in need.
What it reported doing in 2024
Annual cookoff & boil
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 80% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 65
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 63
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 61.2%; rating input score 61
- Program expense ratio: 70.7%; rating input score 71
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: 13.4%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.72; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -10.8% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 61.2% of revenue deployed · 70.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $40K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 7 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.