Dir Biyabir
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 861176840
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Mountain View, CA, USA
- Rating
- 96
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $147,574
- Expenses
- $164,154
- Assets
- $106,756
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- Haeran Fisseha (Chairperson)
- Eminet Ayele (Secretary)
- Charlie Colosky (Treasurer until Aug 30)
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
To alleviate extreme poverty in Ethiopia by investing in people and developing their ability to help themselves by funding sustainable grass-roots community projects that develop new skills in people and then leverage these skills in entrepreneurial opportunities that generate income while preserving and protecting the natural environment and biodiversity of the communities. Dir Biyabir is incorporated and registered as a charitable organization in the state of California. Dir Biyabir also funds emergency relief for civilians in Ethiopia affected by famine war and epidemics.
What it reported doing in 2025
Bugna Emergency Relief project provided emergency relief for civilians facing famine in the wereda district of Bugna in North Wello Zone Ethiopia. It had 2 phases in Phase 1 emergency food as well as emergency veterinary medicine for cattle was funded. In phase 2 teff and wheat seeds were provided to her farmers get back on their feet and grow their own food. 4,712 people received emergency food aid and 1,387 households received seeds for planting
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 75% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 99.5%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -11.2%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.65; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 26.3% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.9% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $163K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.