Elimu-USA

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 462537050
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2022–2024
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location: Beverly Hills, CA, USA
Phone: 3235569000
Rating: 45
Verdict: MIXED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: International Relief

Reported finances

Revenue: $64,338
Expenses: $39,832
Assets: $98,149
Liabilities: $0

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

People named in this filing

CINDY RODRIGUEZ (BOARD CHAIR)
NINA CHUNG (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization's purpose is to empower her to become community leaders and entrepreneurs ensuring financial freedom, self-worth, and equality.

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization was able to provide vocational sewing programs for girls in rural kenya.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 0
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 76
Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

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: 38.1%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.46; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: -8.4% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
Review — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization could not be resolved against the register, so the check is unfinished.