American-haitian Association for Medical Economical & Educational

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
208257652
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Dover, FL, USA
Phone
5059904441
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,853,970
Expenses
$1,910,142
Assets
$616,796
Liabilities
$518,040

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

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Harold B Salomom (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Harold B Salomom (Executive Director)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

AHAMESs mission is to work with the rural communities and the neglected poor on livelihood enhancement projects in order to uplift and improve the living condition and achieve economic self sufficiency. The organization has made health care accessible to many trains and support the rural population in crop production irrigation soil conservation environmental protection and biodiversity. AHAMES continues to fund the education of many and provide funding for small business start up projects and assist in disaster recovery.

What it reported doing in 2024

Bureau Conjoint: In 2024 the cooperation between AHAMES and Norwegian Church Aid NCA FLM RMC DKH continued. During the year AHAMES has executed several projects two of which known as ACTCOS and ELCA entitled Emergency Cash Protection and Disaster Risk Response for Internally Displaced Persons in Haitis West and South Department were implemented to support the population forced to run away from their home due to gangs warfare for territory control. The organization has supported the relocation of more than 520 households and provided cash transfer distribution to these families to help them with resettlement and economic assistance. The other two projects entitled Contributing to the Resilience of Rights Holders specially Women Climate Resilient Wash Service and Climate Smart Economic Empowerment by Adopting a Human Right-Based Approach and Building Resilient Communities Through Climate Resilient Wash Services and Sustainable Livelihoods in the Big South were implemented to reinforce WASH in several schools train the local population to deal with risks and disasters during drought and hurricane. Through this project more than 100 farmers received financing for setting up agricultural plots high yield multi story based on vegetable crops tubers and roots and also by focusing on bee honey plants. As part of the projects deliverables more than 20 farms were established 25 bee producers were put to work 30 micro-enterprises created and financial assistance were given to a total of 60 breeders to acquire livestock veterinary care and other inputs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Affiliate-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions from related organizations.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 55
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.9%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 91.2%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Limited
    • Requires narrative reports: Limited
    • Conducts field audits: Limited
    • May suspend future funding: Limited
    • Requires financial reports: Limited
    • Conducts site visits: Limited
    • Requires grant agreements: Limited
    • May require repayment: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 42.9%; rating input score 43; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: -3%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.32; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.84; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.9% of revenue deployed · 91.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $1.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 40 of 43 current checks pass · 3 findings to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 43/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX OtherEmployeeBenefits column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.