Howards Healthy Choices Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
453443185
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Trenton, NJ, USA
Phone
6093097255
Rating
95
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nutrition

Reported finances

Revenue
$71,067
Expenses
$71,067
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tynetta Howard (Executive Director & Founder)
  • Michelle Curry (President/Chair)

People named in this filing

  • Tynetta Howard (Executive Director & Founder)
  • Michelle Curry (President/Chair)
  • Stacy Fannin (Assisted Chair)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

A summer camp and after school program to create a service milieu that use a healthy choice platform to redirect, heal, educate and empower children and families. Demonstrated through healing eating. Positive social interaction, mastery of age appropriate life skills and community accountability.

What it reported doing in 2023

The after school program called level up is a free program for the community. We do homework with the children. The children get tutoring in reading, math, cursive writing and how to play chess. We also do art, cooking, dance and more. The summer learning program focuses on math, english, reading, science and includes trigger the mind games, sewing, cooking, hydroponics/aquaponics, cpr/first aid, swimming, obstacle course, a variety of trips, lots of different types of games, and entrepreneur classes which the children do hair and nails and eyelashes. Everything we do is hands on. Summer learning serves approximately 50 children.

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 67% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.3% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $71K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.