Alpha Communities International

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
205153032
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Cimarron, CO, USA
Phone
5033174297
Rating
58
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,706
Expenses
$450
Assets
$9,272

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RAY GIFFORD (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • PATIENCE BOGART (SECRETARY/TR)
  • PATIENCE GIFFORD (BOARD MEMBER)
  • RAY GIFFORD (PRESIDENT)

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

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Alpha communities international is operated exclusively for charitable, educational, and religious purposes. Rendering christian charitable and humanitarian services to impoverished, underprivileged, disadvantaged, sick, aged, homeless or otherwise needy persons in asia and throughout the world. Providing vocational training and education, medical care and other community development services according to christian ethics and principles as stated above. Undertaking, according to christian ethics and principles, any other charitable and humanitarian projects designed to improve the quality of life for the underprivileged, impoverished, disadvantaged, sick, aged, homeless or otherwise needy persons and supporting other organizations, projects and initiatives that are organized and operated for similar purposes.

What it reported doing in 2024

Assist local initiatives and promote community based responses that impact poverty through education, health care, service provision and agricultural development in china and mongolia.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 42
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 7.9%; rating input score 8
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 92.1%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 20.6; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -28.8% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -28.4% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -17.4% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 7.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $450 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.