The Becky Baker Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 842047492
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-T 2022, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Pueblo West, CO, USA
- Phone
- 8083334756
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Health Support Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,146,029
- Expenses
- $2,922,613
- Assets
- $247,738
- Liabilities
- $68,659
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RICK BAKER (FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- RICK BAKER (FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- KATHY REEVES (BOARD CHAIR)
- RICHARD BACA (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Offer free monthly shopping to families affected by breast cancer. The store provides clothing, shoes, household goods, baby items, and personal care products at no cost.
What it reported doing in 2025
A breast cancer diagnosis is very expensive, even with quality health insurance. For the underinsured or uninsured, a diagnosis can devastate the family. As a result, many families go without simple necessities such as clothing, shoes, household items, personal care products, or baby and children items. The becky baker foundation resource center offers free monthly shopping to families affected by breast cancer. The store provides clothing, shoes, household goods, baby items, and personal care products at no cost.this is the only store of its kind in the nation. Open to anyone impacted by breast cancer, regardless of where they live, the store welcomes shoppers from pueblo, Colorado springs, denver, and beyond. The space is generously donated by the pueblo mall.the organization has also earned the platinum seal of transparency from guidestar for seven years in a row and partners with the united breast cancer foundation to expand its services.with rising cancer rates in pueblo county, including among women under 50, the need for this resource continues to grow. The foundation lightens the financial burden on families and creates a sense of community and care when it is needed most.
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 99% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 92.7%; rating input score 93
- Program expense ratio: 99.8%; rating input score 100
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 7.1%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.28; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 77.3% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 75.5% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 34.2% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 92.7% of revenue deployed · 99.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.9M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.