Dougbe River School

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
472482571
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Cleveland, OH, USA
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$138,236
Expenses
$122,228
Assets
$76,367
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Isaac Monah (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Vicki Kanka (Board Chair)
  • Chandra Andersson (Board Vice Chair)
  • Melissa Garcar (Board 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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our organization raises funds to support a school in rural Liberia. We provide teacher salaries operating expenses and funds for capital improvements for a school which serves more than 200 children in grades pre-k to 9 who would otherwise not have access to public education.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provide education to children in a school in rural Liberia

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 65% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Assets have declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.1%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 83.6%; rating input score 84

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: 11.6%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.3% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -11.1% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.1% of revenue deployed · 83.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $102K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 19 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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 — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.