Benedict International Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 833171578
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2019
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2019
- Location
- Wappingers Falls, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6467159565
- Rating
- 42
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $130,635
- Expenses
- $123,620
- Assets
- $8,515
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Rita Aghadiuno (Founder and CEO)
- Engr Uche Ubajaka (Vice president)
People named in this filing
- Rita Aghadiuno (Founder and CEO)
- Chuck Ihekwaba (COO)
- Melia Mbanefo (Legal Support)
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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of Benedict International, Inc., is to support the invisibly broken and/or the vulnerable poor across borders and races. This includes providing direct relief, legal assistance, physical and/or moral support to those battling mental and/or physical disabilities, extreme hardship or neglect, as well as systemic discrimination or prejudice.
What it reported doing in 2019
Multiple awards were given to accomplish the following efforts in the last year: 1. Construction of boreholes in remote arid locations that benefitted approximately 350 people. 2. Establishment of SMEs for widows and the disabled/poor 3. Distribution and mailing of clothing and food items to the poor 4. Distribution of Children's items at the Children's Home and the Women's shelter 5. Financial and legal support provided to immigrant student facing religious discrimination 6. Provision of Legal support and research for homeless disabled persons 7. Advocacy and research on behalf of the poor/disabled/disadvantaged 8. Support and guidance for the mentally challenged 9. Support services for the elderly poor or isolated, including deliveries and care 10. Scholarship to 2 nursing students who were previous victims of abuse.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5.4%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 43.7%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- 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 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.