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SUNFLOWER BAKERY INC

EIN 26-2797556 ROCKVILLE, MD

Largest nonprofits in Maryland

Revenue 2024
$2,270,858
Expenses 2024
$2,577,744

Program services were 86.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
J22
Classification
1000
Street
5951 HALPINE RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SUNFLOWER BAKERY ENABLES PATHWAYS TO EMPLOYMENT FOR YOUNG ADULTS AND TEENS WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES THROUGH PRE-EMPLOYMENT EXPOSURE AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING IN PASTRY ARTS, CULINARY ARTS, HOSPITALITY AND RELATED INDUSTRIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • SUNFLOWER'S PASTRY ARTS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM INCLUDES 26 WEEKS OF TRAINING IN TWO PHASES. PHASE ONE IS 13 WEEKS OF FORMAL PASTRY INSTRUCTION FROM A CURRICULUM DEVELOPED BY SUNFLOWER FOCUSING ON TECHNIQUES AND METHODS, KITCHEN AND FOOD SAFETY. PHASE TWO IS 13 WEEKS AND STUDENTS RECEIVE HANDS ON EXPERIENCE IN SUNFLOWER'S COMMERCIAL BAKERY PRODUCTION KITCHEN UNDER DIRECTION OF CHEF INSTRUCTORS. STUDENTS ALSO RECEIVE EXTENSIVE EMPLOYEE READINESS PREPARATION INCLUDING INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION, SELF-ADVOCACY, PROBLEM SOLVING TECHNIQUES, AND TIME-MANAGEMENT.

    Expenses $1,200,066 · Revenue $513,858

  • THE HOSPITALITY TRAINING HAS TWO PHASES TAUGHT BY INSTRUCTORS WITH HOSPITALITY EXPERIENCE. PHASE ONE CONSISTS OF 13 WEEKS AND IS CLASSROOM BASED FOCUSING ON BOTH HARD AND SOFT SKILLS OF CUSTOMER SERVICE, FRONT OF HOUSE OPERATIONS, SAFE FOOD HANDLING, AND EMPLOYMENT READINESS. PHASE TWO IS 13 WEEKS AND STUDENTS SHIFT FROM CLASSROOM TO SUNFLOWER'S RETAIL OUTLETS AND SUPPORT DAILY OPERATIONS STOCKING INVENTORY, ENGAGING WITH CUSTOMERS, AND RUNNING POINT OF SALE. STUDENTS ALSO RECEIVE EXTENSIVE EMPLOYEE READINESS PREPARATION INCLUDING INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION, SELF-ADVOCACY, PROBLEM SOLVING TECHNIQUES, AND TIME-MANAGEMENT.

    Expenses $559,049 · Revenue $354,730

  • SUNFLOWER'S CULINARY ARTS TRAINING PROGRAM FOLLOWS THE SAME 13 WEEK PHASES AND TEACHES COOKING METHODS, KNIFE SKILLS, FOOD PREPARATION, WORKING WITH MEAT, SAFE FOOD HANDLING AND SOFT SKILLS OF EMPLOYMENT READINESS.PHASE ONE CONSISTS OF 13 WEEKS WHERE STUDENTS LEARN BASICS OF CULINARY PREPARATIONS AND PHASE TWO IS 13 WEEKS WHERE STUDENTS APPLY THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND RECEIVE HANDS ON EXPERIENCE IN THE CULINARY COMMERCIAL KITCHEN UNDER THE DIRECTION OF CHEF INSTRUCTORS.

    Expenses $349,046 · Revenue $7,236

  • JOB SERVICES PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT FOR PROGRAM GRADUATES, INCLUDING RESUME DEVELOPMENT, COVER LETTER CREATION, REVIEWING JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND APPLYING FOR POSITIONS, INTERVIEWING, EMPLOYMENT-MATCHING ASSISTANCE, AND JOB-SITE FADED COACHING FOR OUR GRADUATES.

    Expenses $133,137 · Revenue $132,289

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Sara Portman Milner

    CO-FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $42,987
    From this org
    $41,741
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,246
    Hours/week
    20
  • Laurie Wexler

    CO-FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shai Fierst

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Farber

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gwen Crane

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jillian Levitt

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elissa Goldfarb

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Cathy Bernard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Seleem Choudhury

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Beryl Feinberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dina Goldman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stacey Herman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Susan Hoffmann

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennie Kuperstein

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dina Leener

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Orlee Panitch

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dushanti Peiris

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jason Salamon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Liz Tsakiris

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jody Tick

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $154,500
    From this org
    $150,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,500
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $154,500

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,270,858
    Expenses
    $2,577,744
    Contributions
    $1,234,774
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,005,174
    Expenses
    $1,895,385
    Contributions
    $986,524
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,620,964
    Expenses
    $1,658,608
    Contributions
    $779,515
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,560,849
    Expenses
    $1,438,906
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,330,821
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,357,062
    Expenses
    $1,172,855
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,327,781
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,754,578
    Expenses
    $1,077,108
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,148,730
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,348,257
    Expenses
    $950,526
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,261,719
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $975,160
    Expenses
    $575,018
    Assets (EOY)
    $822,749
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $607,519
    Expenses
    $598,755
    Assets (EOY)
    $439,167
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $534,092
    Expenses
    $604,283
    Assets (EOY)
    $426,942
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $604,860
    Expenses
    $408,245
    Assets (EOY)
    $487,459
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $413,866
    Expenses
    $371,670
    Assets (EOY)
    $249,795
  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $229,871
    Assets (EOY)
    $116,351

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2008

Tax period
1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009
Principal officer
Dina Leener
Mailing address
PO Box 34520Bethesda MD 20827

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.