Distressed Children and Infants International Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 810671495
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Cheshire, CT, USA
- Phone
- 2033766351
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Relief
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $266,060
- Expenses
- $278,916
- Assets
- $32,213
- Liabilities
- $4,209
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DR BRIAN DEBROFF (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DR ZIAUDDIN AHMED (VICE PRESIDE)
- DR BRIAN DEBROFF (PRESIDENT)
- DR EHSAN HOQUE (EXECUTIVE DI)
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
Distressed children & infants international (dci) protects child rights and helps families in developing countries out of poverty through education, health care, and income generating opportunities. Dci also connects american youth to less fortunate children in other countries and inspires them to take leadership in humanitarian causes.
What it reported doing in 2024
The blindness prevention program: dedicated to making vision care accessible to underprivileged children and families living in urban slums and remote, underserved rural areas. Through this initiative, dci provides free eye screenings to detect early signs of visual impairment. It offers treatment services for refractive errors and cataracts, which are among the leading causes of preventable blindness. The program also promotes community awareness and education on eye health and ensures access to resources that support the visually impaired. The program operates in bangladesh and india.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 75% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 85
- Accountability: 60
- Sustainability: 27
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.5%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 86.3%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $15.77 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 51; 51st 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: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Pass
- Conducts field audits: Pass
- May suspend future funding: Limited
- Requires financial reports: Pass
- Conducts site visits: Limited
- Requires grant agreements: Limited
- May require repayment: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -4.8%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 90.5% of revenue deployed · 86.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $241K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2010 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 51/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.