Ekenywa

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821225307
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Phone
2154161231
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$103,177
Expenses
$97,799
Assets
$25,668
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Christopher Gasperi (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Elsie Mbugua (Director)
  • Tracey Chebra (Director)
  • Jeanne Downs (Director)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To empower schools and communities in Kenya with improved access to health, water, sanitation and education programs

What it reported doing in 2024

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Programs - Provision of water and sanitation related infrastructure to primary schools and community residents benefiting over 5,000 lives with a permanent water source (well). Provision of rainwater harvesting and water storage as well as permanent handwashing stations. This year we have increased our connections to 150 households individually with water (in addition are the water points in the community to draw water from). We have also planted over 3,000 trees in the community homesteads and schools.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 65% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 75% for direct work, and 25% for member benefits.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64.1%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 67.7%; rating input score 68

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: 5.2%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 31.2%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -11.2% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.1% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.8% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64.1% of revenue deployed · 67.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $66K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • 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.
  • 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: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.