Children Of Kilimanjaro Orphanage Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
844832555
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Bellingham, MA, USA
Rating
55
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$201,071
Expenses
$149,638
Assets
$333,485
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jon Rowe (President-Treasurer)

Highest reported compensation

  • Fatty Hussein (Chief Matron): $1,644 total reported compensation
  • Kasikile Abdallah (Chief Patron): $1,644 total reported compensation
  • Gudila Kanje (Assistant MatronTeacher): $1,409 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of section 501(c3). To provide funding to financial, educational, medical and emotional support to orphaned children through exposure to a loving enviroment

What it reported doing in 2025

During 2025 our corporation made monetary donations to purchase food and water supplies for the children of the orphanage.

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 most voting board members are independent. 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: 9
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 67
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 8.8%; rating input score 9
  • Program expense ratio: 11.8%; rating input score 12
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 25.6%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.23; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.5% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 28% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 47.8% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 8.8% of revenue deployed · 11.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $18K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2K · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 13 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 9/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 12/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.