Uncomplicated Kitchen

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 842581873
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2022–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location: Cullowhee, NC, USA
Phone: 3867952469
Rating: 55
Verdict: MIXED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Nutrition

Reported finances

Revenue: $115,617
Expenses: $142,913
Assets: $76,066
Liabilities: $3,478

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Jennifer Kranz (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

Jennifer Kranz (Executive Director)
Nina Baltierra (Board member)
Jess Mrugala (Treasurer)

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 teach community members how to plan meals, shop for ingredients, and cook healthy, simple and affordable recipes.

What it reported doing in 2025

Online cooking classes.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 89% 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

MIXED - 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: 18
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 19
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 18.9%; rating input score 19
Program expense ratio: 15.3%; 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: -23.6%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.53; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 39.5%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 44.1% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 23.6% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 18.9% of revenue deployed · 15.3% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $22K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
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.

High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 19/100.
High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 15/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.