Diocese of Norwich Outreach to Haiti, Inc.
Legal name: Diocese of Norwich Outreach to Haiti Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 274249966
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Norwich, CT, United States
- Phone
- 860.800.3601
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,796,065
- Expenses
- $1,368,502
- Assets
- $2,510,067
- Liabilities
- $138,695
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
People named in this filing
- JOHN BOULEY (CHAIR)
- DENNIS PETRUZZI (VICE CHAIR)
- RALPH STEWART (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Helping Haitians help Haitians. _Outreach to Haiti_ is a successor organization to both _Haitian Ministries for the Diocese of Norwich_ and _Hospice St. Joseph for the Diocese of Norwich._ _****_The merger in December 2010 of these sister agencies—each of which has been in Haiti for more than two decades—brings together long-standing programs and projects that support Haitians in need. Each now operates as one organization under the auspices of the Norwich Diocese. All the programs of each agency have been preserved. Work will continue out of the Norwich Mission House (at #7 Rue Lorimer, Route des Frères, Petion-Ville since the.
What it reported doing in 2024
Cultural exchange and economic development: operate a guest house to accomodate international travelers engaged in volunteer work in haiti as well as those who participate in immersion experiences designed to raise awareness of the realities of conditions impacting this developing nation. Promote economic development through support of local artisans and, in partnership with international agencies, create employmment opportunities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 94% 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 70
- Transparency & Controls: 55
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 71
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 64.3%; rating input score 64
- Program expense ratio: 83.7%; rating input score 84
- Fundraising efficiency: $18.37 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 23.8%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.83; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 64.3% of revenue deployed · 83.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 56/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.