Thaw Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
824828632
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Phone
4128659343
Rating
57
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Personal Social Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$118,143
Expenses
$107,325
Assets
$21,958

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Michele Rice-Kirkwood (Vice President)
  • Dr Camille Clarke-Smith (President & Executive Director)
  • Michele Rice-Kirkwood (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Danielle Green (Board Member and Executive Assistant)
  • Claudia Asbury (Program Facilitator)
  • Denetta Benjamin-Miller (Clinical Program Director)

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

To improve the physical, mental, and emotional health of African American women through trauma-informed wellness, education, and preventive health programming, including physical activity, group support, and health education designed to reduce health disparities and promote overall well-being

What it reported doing in 2025

Boxing Yoga Exhale (BYE) is a trauma-informed physical activity and stress-reduction program designed to improve the physical and emotional well-being of African American women. The program integrates low-impact boxing movements, yoga-based stretching, breathwork, and guided reflection to support stress management, emotional regulation, and increased physical activity. Classes are offered in a safe, supportive group setting and are accessible to women of varying fitness levels, including older adults and those managing chronic stress or health conditions. Approximately 150200 African American women participated in BYE programming during the reporting year through weekly classes, community partnerships, and outreach events. BYE prioritizes access for women experiencing financial hardship and is offered at low or no cost through sponsorships and partnerships with community organizations. The program directly addresses health disparities related to stress, inactivity, and chronic disease.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 51% for direct work, and 49% for grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 25
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 24.5%; rating input score 24
  • Program expense ratio: 26.9%; rating input score 27

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: 9.2%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.2; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.3%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -50.5% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 51.6% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 136.9% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 24.5% of revenue deployed · 26.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $29K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 24/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.