Alabama · Nonprofit
THE COOKERY PROJECT INC
THE COOKERY PROJECT INC (Alabama) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $136,206 to it, the largest being DOROTHY D TRABITS STEPHENS FOUNDATION ($25,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $155k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $136k
- Net assets
- $54k
What The Cookery Project Inc does
Mission
Engage and empower our youth through multicomponent culinary interventions including food sourcing, nutrition education, and culinary experiences.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
HEAT (Health Equity Advancement Training) workshops - Less immersive food preparation than our SALT program with a focus on nutrition. Snacks and meals prepared are cold served or no bake recipes that kids can easily recreate on their own. Geared towards larger audiences as well as caregivers and educators.
$38,187 spent51% of program spendingSTEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) culinary learning camps - STEAM culinary learning fosters creativity, encourages curiosity, builds resilience, sparks experimentation, develops problem solving skills, and lays higher learning foundation.
$16,787 spent$28,322 earned by the program23% of program spendingSALT (Strategic Alliances for Life Training) program - Very immersive nutrition and cooking interventions for adolescents transitioning to living on their own. Our focus is on safe food prep, sourcing, budgeting, and preservation with an emphasis on the health benefits of the food we choose.
$6,713 spent9% of program spendingOur CART program was developed for young chefs ages 11-18 including children and adolescents with disabilities that display an early aptitude and interest in a career in culinary arts. We instill the importance of safe food prep, food sourcing, budgeting, and from scratch cooking. We work with local Culinary Training certification programs to mentorships that segue these budding culinary artists into local programs.
$12,656 spent$16,749 earned by the program17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $74,343.
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Karrie Nelson
Exec director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 8 funders, grant income rose $19 → $43k.
2 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE COOKERY PROJECT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE COOKERY PROJECT INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
33% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE COOKERY PROJECT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 41% · 2023 29% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
94% of THE COOKERY PROJECT INC's grant income comes from Alabama funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like THE COOKERY PROJECT INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE COOKERY PROJECT INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE COOKERY PROJECT INC?
- THE COOKERY PROJECT INC (Alabama) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $136,206 to it, the largest being DOROTHY D TRABITS STEPHENS FOUNDATION ($25,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE COOKERY PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $136,206 in grants to THE COOKERY PROJECT INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE COOKERY PROJECT INC?
- DOROTHY D TRABITS STEPHENS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE COOKERY PROJECT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 13 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing