A Jean Brugger Education Project Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043558890
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Southport, NC, USA
Phone
3074133735
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$146,168
Expenses
$121,831
Assets
$81,239
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kathleen Brugger (President)
  • Cate Brown (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Kathleen Knight (Board Member)
  • Hugh Alexander Brown (Board Member)
  • Sandra Sheil (Board Member)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To create and promote educational and community development programs in San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua by promoting the creation and sustainability of educational opportunities through a scholarship program that benefits the personal and professional development of the youth in the community.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provided support for the community of San Juan Del Sur and surrounding areas through various community service projects. Projects included mental health and sexual reproductive programs, reading comprehension and writing reinforcement, and vocational counseling for high school students. Several groups executed projects in rural communities and neighborhoods of San Juan del Sur. 287 people benefited from the projects. Students in medical sciences, economic sciences, and teaching received training by specialists as they developed their community service project. Fifty mothers and teenagers benefited from the project of reproductive sexual health (Days for Girls), which includes the gift of washable sanitary napkins and undergarments.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Accountability: 18
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.6%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 98%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: $987.62 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.7%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.67; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.6% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.6% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.6% of revenue deployed · 98% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 8 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $119K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.