Daughters of the Nile

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
846038791
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Littleton, CO, USA
Phone
3039475123
Rating
57
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$254,586
Expenses
$57,862
Assets
$387,647
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Robin Terry (President)
  • Lisa Marner (Vice President)
  • Amber McGill (First Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Connie Strang (Secretary): $650 total reported compensation
  • Barbara (Treasurer): $250 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 purpose is to advance philanthropic and charitable endeavors, to encourage, advocate and participate in altruistic activities, to promote friendliness and good will between its members, and to undertake all proper activities, attending or having for its purpose the better acquaintance and the closer association of its members. The sole philanthropy of El Mejdel is the support of the Shriners Hospitals for Children through donations to the Daughters of the Nile Foundation. El Mejdel is Co-hosted a international convention of Daughters of the Nile in June of 2025 and the fundraising and convention registration caused the revenue to increase this year.

What it reported doing in 2025

El Mejdel accomplishment was to promote Daughters of the Nile and to so was to cohost a international convention in June of 2025. Over 1000 attending.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 74% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 88% 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: 22
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 83
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 10.8%; rating input score 11
  • Program expense ratio: 42.5%; rating input score 43
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.13 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 18; 18th 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: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 77.3%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.7; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.6%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 10.8% of revenue deployed · 42.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $650 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 11/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 18/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.