Culinary Kids South

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
874187397
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Darlington, SC, USA
Phone
8396001163
Rating
36
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Agricultural Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,500
Expenses
$0
Assets
$2,500
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Malisa Rivera (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Malisa Rivera (Executive Director)
  • Chaasaad Rivera (Board Member)
  • Seth Moses (Board Member)

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

Our mission statement is to assist and empower the youth in low-economic areas in healthier, more nutritious eating habits which will produce more self sufficient adults economically. Through our programs, the youth will be able to not only learn about healthier eating but to also learn about how to become economically sufficient through Culinary Arts, Farming and Agriculture, Aquaculture

What it reported doing in 2025

Culinary Kids Food Sovereignty Project- Culinary Kids Food Sovereignty Project-The Culinary Kids Food Sovereignty Project encompasses the following: *Teaching students about Local Micro Food Systems and its importance. * Being Proactive for Local Micro Food Systems and its benefits * Creating community awareness and outreach using social food sovereignty issues and strategies.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 150% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 150% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.