Africare

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237116952
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2018
Forms available
Form 990 2018
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2024623614
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,751,000
Expenses
$11,090,580
Assets
$5,220,265
Liabilities
$9,560,555

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBERT MALLETT (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ROBERT MALLETT (PRESIDENT): $320,655 total reported compensation
  • JEFF FREEDMAN (CFO (UNTIL 10/2018)): $209,192 total reported compensation
  • EARLENE BARNES (CHIEF H.R. ADMIN. OFFICER): $189,113 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Africare is committed to improving the quality of life of people in africa. Since our founding in 1970, africare has delivered more than $1 billion in assistance to tens of millions of men, women, and children across the african continent. Africare's coverage is among the widest and deepest of any organization working in africa, representing thousands of projects in 36 countries africa-wide since inception.

What it reported doing in 2018

Health, including maternal & child health, HIV/AIDS, orphans & vulnerable children, malaria and water and sanitation - includes increasing activities where basic health care is limited to increase access to and use of quality services provided by rural health clinics, and linking those services to increased services provides by hospitals and primary health service networks. It also includes linking clean water supplies and improved water distribution systems, including well construction, to community level hygiene education and improved sanitation infrastructure.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 13
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.5%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 79.2%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $112.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Pass
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 86.8%; rating input score 87; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -13.7%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.83; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.1%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -34.9% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -33.7% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -22.9% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.5% of revenue deployed · 79.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $8.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $321K · 19 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $258K reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 38 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2014 to 2018
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.