The High Tea Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
522044895
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2026299261
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$64,467
Expenses
$45,761
Assets
$23,092
Liabilities
$57,858

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANGELA TERRELL (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MARY TERRELL (EX OFFICIO)
  • FANNIE ALLEN (SECRETARY)
  • ANGELA TERRELL (PRESIDENT)

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 advance the economic and social mobility of girls from economically disadvantaged communities through humanities-based educational programming. The organization uses storytelling, literature, cultural analysis, and intergenerational dialogue with both youth and adult participants to support leadership development, life skills, identity formation, and ethical decision-making. Programs include curated book talks, narrative-based discussions, and digital media platforms that examine real-life experiences, history, and cultural influences to help participants interpret and navigate the human experience.

What it reported doing in 2025

Teen tea talks (t3) [: amp:] in-person engagement: high tea society implemented in-person humanities-based programming in partnership with 10 dc schools and community sites across wards 1 4 5 6 7 and 8. Programming included bi-weekly teen tea talks (t3) focus groups serving 20 core participants as well as pop-up events and school-based workshops reaching more than 300 students. Participants engaged in guided discussions grounded in storytelling and real-life scenarios exploring decision-making leadership media literacy and ethical reasoning. Youth feedback was incorporated into ongoing content development and program evaluation. The organization delivered 68 structured activities during the reporting period and maintained consistent program delivery across multiple sites. Persons served: approximately 320+ youth participants through in-person programming.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 51.4%; rating input score 51
  • Program expense ratio: 72.4%; rating input score 72

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 29%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.51; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -9.5% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -12.4% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 51.4% of revenue deployed · 72.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $33K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 51/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.