Broken Chains for Humanity Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 264016891
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Elk Grove, CA, USA
- Rating
- 93
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $159,734
- Expenses
- $314,171
- Assets
- $86,973
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Ron Cook (CEO)
People named in this filing
- Ron Cook (CEO)
- Daniel Castanaza (Trip Coordinator)
- Dr Robert Cluff (Secretary)
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
To provide free medical and dental services to hundreds of poor Mayans of Guatemala. Groups of volunteers go with us each year to provide these services. Our goal is to be able to provide free year-round medical and dental care in this area. One clinic is nearly finished so we should be able to start soon. We also provide nutritious food for malnourished families who are living in poverty.
What it reported doing in 2024
We have nearly finished building one permanent medical dental clinic with a second one partially finished in order to provide these services year-round up in the mountains of Guatemala. Provided medical dental care two times this year along with food bags to give to hungry families and malnourished children.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 15
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 83.4%; rating input score 83
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -96.7%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 23.5% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 83.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $262K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2014 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.