Youth Development
(O53)
IRS Verified
DX Registered
990 on File
COOKIE CART
Financial strength (30%)
74/100
Reliability (20%)
55/100
Effectiveness (25%)
90/100
Impact (25%)
No data yet
CharityAI™ Score
Not yet evaluated
Mission Statement
Cookie Cart’s mission is to provide teens with lasting and meaningful work, life and leadership skills through experience and training in an urban nonprofit bakery. Combining hands-on work experience, classroom work readiness training, formal customer service education, skills certification and financial literacy classes, Cookie Cart helps teens develop the foundational tools they need to become successful, self-reliant adults.
Financial Overview — FY 2024
$2.6M
Total Revenue
$2.8M
Total Expenses
$4.0M
Net Assets
145
Employees
Revenue Sources
Expense Breakdown
Program Expense Ratio
72.6%
Fundraising Efficiency
951.6%
Operating Reserve
17.07x
Liability-to-Asset
23.9%
Revenue Diversification
77.9%
Executive Compensation
$104K
Compared with Peers
FY 2024
Compared with 1,317 similar organizations
(United States, Youth Development, $1M–$10M in expenses), FY 2024.
This organization
Middle half of peers (P25–P75)
Peer median
| Ratio | This org | Peer median | Position (P10 → P90) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Program expense ratio
Program expenses / total expenses
· higher is better
|
72.6% | 81.5% |
P10P90
|
Bottom quarter |
|
Admin expense ratio
Management and general / total expenses
· lower is better
|
20.4% | 11.7% |
P10P90
|
Bottom quarter |
|
Fundraising expense ratio
Fundraising expenses / total expenses
· lower is better
|
7.0% | 4.0% |
P10P90
|
Below median |
|
Fundraising efficiency
Fundraising expenses / gross fundraising income
· lower is better
|
951.6% | 151.9% |
P10P90
|
Bottom quarter |
|
Operating reserve
Months of expenses covered by net assets
· higher is better
|
17.1 mo | 11.3 mo |
P10P90
|
Above median |
|
Liabilities to assets
Total liabilities / total assets
· lower is better
|
23.9% | 9.1% |
P10P90
|
Below median |
|
Revenue concentration
Share of revenue from the largest source
· lower is better
|
77.9% | 89.2% |
P10P90
|
Above median |
|
Revenue growth
Year over year revenue growth
|
-5.7% | 9.1% |
P10P90
|
|
|
Expense growth
Year over year expense growth
|
-4.2% | 10.1% |
P10P90
|
|
|
Surplus margin
Surplus as a share of revenue
|
-9.0% | 1.7% |
P10P90
|
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets | Program % | Staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.6M | $2.8M | $4.0M | 72.6% | 145 |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $2.9M | $4.2M | 69.3% | 106 |
| 2022 | $2.6M | $2.6M | $4.4M | 69.3% | 122 |
| 2021 | $1.0M | $1.4M | N/A | — | 0 |
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