Nourishing Generations Educational Project

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
275363508
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Felton, CA, USA
Phone
8314190759
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nutrition

Reported finances

Revenue
$124,240
Expenses
$98,705
Assets
$63,966
Liabilities
$231

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Amy Lombardi (President)

People named in this filing

  • Amy Lombardi (President)
  • Nancy Birang (Secretary)
  • Mica Hall (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

Nourishing Generations is dedicated to educating and motivating children, families, and community members of all ages about cooking and eating a healthy, whole foods diet, and enjoying regular exercise, in order to maximize optimal health and minimize disease.

What it reported doing in 2024

Nourishing Generations offers science-based, professional nutrition education, hands-on cooking, and fitness classes designed to develop healthy eating and fitness habits contributing to lifelong health benefits. Nourishing Generations is on the front lines of Americas well-documented nutritionally focused obesity and diabetes crisis, offering our programs in Santa Cruz County since 2011. We reachcommunity members where they are, offering our courses at numerous locationsthroughout the county including schools, affordable housing communities, andcommunity centers. We serve several different populations, from elementary schoolchildren grades K-5, transition-age foster youth (aged 18-24 years, women living with cancer, and senior citizens. This coming school year, we are expanding our programs for local elementary school students, presenting more than 225 class sessions for over 700 students. Our transition-age youth has also grown this year from summer classes to year-round learning, and our senior program is also adding new class dates. The major funding for current programs is provided by CORE Investment (City and County of Santa Cruz), Pajaro Valley Unified School District, Carolines Nonprofit Thrift, and Raleys.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.9%; rating input score 57
  • Program expense ratio: 71.6%; rating input score 72

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: 20.6%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.65; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 30.8%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 34.4% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 49.2% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 30.5% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.9% of revenue deployed · 71.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $71K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.