Ingredients for Education Inc C/o Natasha Rogoff

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
462557009
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Cambridge, MA, USA
Phone
2023093516
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Nutrition

Reported finances

Revenue
$-81
Expenses
$87,017
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NATASHA LANCE ROGOFF (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • NATASHA LANCE ROGOFF (PRESIDENT): $65,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Education of the public on the dangers of childhood obesity and the benefits of healthy eating and exercise through multimedia programming

What it reported doing in 2024

Ingredients for education ("ife") is a non-profit organization created to promote health and wellness best practices in schools and communities across the nation with the aim of preventing childhood obesity through the use of multimedia and technology programs. Ife brings together technology, health, education and media experts serving on ife's board and advisory board to support ife's growth, sustainability and organizational development. Ife disseminates media programs that engage, inform and inspire lifelong positive health, wellness and exercise choices. Ife's primary philanthropic activity consists of providing free distribution of kickinnutrition.tv (kntv), a ground-breaking digital online health-nutrition education curriculum and platform designed to educate, entertain and empower youth (grades 4-8) to adopt healthy nutrition habits and a physically active lifestyle during formative years in title 1 schools (where greater than 40% of the children receive free and reduced lunch) and in community organizations to participate in community events related to health, nutrition and wellness. Ife also conducts rigorous research to evaluate the quantitative impact of its programs through partnerships with boston university, harvard school of public health, tufts friedman school of nutrition science and policy and independent research firms. Ife will also produce new digital content to support implementation in title 1 schools and to inspire and empower students in underserved communities to lead healthier lives. Ife's philosophy is that "empowerment begins in the kitchen, and thus encourages children to harness the power of healthy eating and wellness to become active positive role models among their friends, at home, in their communities and online. Ife's future strategic goals include professionalizing the ingredients for education organization and fundraising to scale kntv program reach nationally. These activities will further ife's purpose of educating children, teenagers, and adults within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 13
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 35
  • Sustainability: 1
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 16.9%; rating input score 17
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 33.3%; rating input score 33; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -107,528.4%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 74.7%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -37% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -36.7% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -19.1% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 16.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $15K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $65K · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 17/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 33/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.