Care for Ethiopia

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
872976910
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Falls Church, VA, USA
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Reported finances

Revenue
$54,679
Expenses
$27,900
Assets
$212,558

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GRACE DENEKE (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • KEMOY CHOW (CHAIRMAN)
  • ROSEMARY JALO (VICE CHAIRMAN)
  • JOYCE BREWER (BOARD MEMBER)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

1. To improve access to quality early learning opportunities for children in preprimary schools in underserved communities of Addis Ababa. 2. To create safe and nurturing environments that support the emotional and psychological well-being of young children while providing programs that empower women to achieve self-sufficiency in underserved communities of Addis Ababa. 3. To build the capacity of caregivers teachers and community members to sustain ECD programs and services underserved communities of Addis Ababa. 4. Community Outreach - To engage and support vulnerable communities through a variety of initiatives including educational support mentorship and volunteer programs aimed at empowering individuals and promoting sustainable development in underserved areas.

What it reported doing in 2025

Community Outreach - To engage and support vulnerable communities through a variety of initiatives including educational support mentorship and volunteer programs aimed at empowering individuals and promoting sustainable development in underserved areas.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 50
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 36.8%; rating input score 37
  • Program expense ratio: 72.2%; rating input score 72

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: 49%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.62; rating input score 89; 89th 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: -14.1% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -92.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 36.8% of revenue deployed · 72.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $20K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 37/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.