Sweet Potato Comfort Pie

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
844657505
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Golden Valley, MN, USA
Phone
6124702842
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Intergroup, Race Relations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$164,644
Expenses
$162,065
Assets
$95,441
Liabilities
$33,297

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROSE MCGEE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • TASHA ZERNA (BOARD MEMBER)
  • ANDREA HARTMAN (BOARD MEMBER)
  • MAYA SULLIVAN (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Sweet potato comfort pie's mission is to advance racial justice and equity, heal damage caused by race-based trauma and elevate marginalized voices and experiences.

What it reported doing in 2025

Annual event celebrating dr. Martin luther king jr. And creating beloved community through presentations, the arts, facilitated conversation, and more. Reflections for 10th annual mlk jr. Programthose who attended our dr. Martin luther king jr. Holiday of service re-convene to discuss who they honored with a pie, and their community heroes. Rose service scholar cohort mentorship programblack youth/elders connect to arts & culture, identity, and community.youth gain mentoring in the arts as well as safe spaces to connect toidentity, while elders gain community and healing from isolation.character values: upholding our beloved community photo exhibitshowing of our original photo exhibit, character values: upholding ourbeloved community. This exhibit features portraits of community heroes, with brief, poetic biographies that tell their stories.robbinsdale area school district pie bake. Sweet potato pie served tothe school district in honor of black history month, rose spoke to theheritage and culture of the pie.black people's joy day with st. Peter high school: performance of excerpt of kumbayah the juneteenth story for st. Peter high school students re. The issues of the play and juneteenth history.kumbayah: the juneteenth storytwo performances at capri theater, minneapolis, mn. One performancenorthrop theater, minneapolis. Performances of an original play by sweetpotato comfort pie founder, rose mcgee. Kumbayah: the juneteenth story tells thehistory of the origins of juneteenth, and events around the deliberatewitholding of emancipation.4th annual juneteenth jubilee: sweet potato pie showcase participants celebrate the cultural food tradition of the blackcommunity by sharing the stories of their unique sweet potato comfort pie

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 74% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.3%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 83.6%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7,715.8 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 1.6%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.59; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.35; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -7.8% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.3% of revenue deployed · 83.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $135K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 20 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.