Christalis Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
830427806
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Burtonsville, MD, USA
Phone
2407721131
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Support N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$200,155
Expenses
$185,973
Assets
$15,293
Liabilities
$4,560

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Shalini David (President/CEO (Founder))

Highest reported compensation

  • Renee Titus (Uganda Project Manager): $56,052 total reported compensation
  • Jenna Swamy (Project Manager): $44,231 total reported compensation
  • Shalini David (President/CEO (Founder)): $16,843 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To show our love for children who are victims of various injustices by providing them with food, shelter, clothing, education, and healthcare, emotional support, and opportunities to succeed. We do this through our orphanage and community program.

What it reported doing in 2025

Home Program: Provided shelter (home) and basic needs, including food, toiletries, shoes, clothing, education, healthcare, love, and support to 7 children. Provided the same basic needs, except for shelter, to 31 children who lived with their relatives. One of our young boys was first in his class, and another started nursery school for the first time. Two of our boys completed high school, and one completed advanced-level secondary school. One of our girls completed a certificate course, and another started a bachelor's degree at university. Community Program: Provided tuition, school supplies, school shoes, and uniforms to 21 students. One of our primary school students was second in her class, and another scored in division one on his Primary 7 government exams. Three of our students completed primary school, and eight of our students completed high school. We also provided emergency medication for a toddler with cerebral palsy, and emergency diapers, wipes, and formula for a newborn whose mother passed away during childbirth.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 69% for direct work, and 31% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 66
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.5%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 74.8%; rating input score 75
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.93 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.1%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 63%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -12.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -34.5% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.5% of revenue deployed · 74.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 9 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $139K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $56K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 25/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.