Eyes on Refugees Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
812120011
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2019
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
Carlisle, MA, USA
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ethnic, Immigrant Centers

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,964
Expenses
$5,186
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JENNIFER A SILVERSTONE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JENNIFER A SILVERSTONE (PRESIDENT)
  • AMANDA CANEY (TREASURER)

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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Eyes on refugees works to maintain the human dignity of those fleeing war and persecution. Our mission is to help refugees find safe and dignified housing, and to empower assimilation into their new homeland. We bridge the gap between resettlement agencies and full assimilation.

What it reported doing in 2019

Eyes on refugees (eor) fills a gap in the resettlement of refugees located in eastern Massachusetts who have resided here for a few months. Eor picks up the slack when resettlement agencies are unable to provide additional government resources or cannot recertify refugee families for social welfare programs. Eor provides financial support to familiies in terms of food stamps, snap, wic, apartment housing and help finding low paying jobs that are not skill matched. Eor helps refugees assimilate into their new domicile more easily by providing these services during the transition process. Most of our work is done locally, serving resettled refugees in carlisle, westford, concord, andover and worcester, mass.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 91
  • Accountability: 50
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • 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: -30.8%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -125.1% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -47.4% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -66.3% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2017 to 2019
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.