The RAMW Educational Foundation Inc D/B/A Educated Eats

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
200703265
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2023315990
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$51,174
Expenses
$141,944
Assets
$255,928
Liabilities
$343,802

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Shawn Townsend (RAMW President & CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Shawn Townsend (RAMW President & CEO)
  • Scott Attman (Chairman)
  • Richard Bell Irving (Vice Chairman/Secretary)

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

Develop culinary education programs with our education partners, locate internships at hospitality companies, and organize continuing education seminars for current restaurant industry personnel

What it reported doing in 2024

Scholarships for tuition paid to educational institutions for students selected by evaluation committee.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending 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: 31
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 40.6%; rating input score 41
  • Program expense ratio: 14.6%; rating input score 15

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: -177.4%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.8; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.34; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.1%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 48.1% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 40.6% of revenue deployed · 14.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $21K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 41/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.