Felege Tibeb Ethiopian Hirtage Center
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 842171242
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Lynnwood, WA, USA
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $71,126
- Expenses
- $46,212
- Assets
- $117,866
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
People named in this filing
- TAMRU WELDMICHEAL (CHAIRMAN)
- BEREHANE TEKA (SECRETARY)
- BOGALE BIZUNEH (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Felege Tibeb incorporated to preserve, promote, and share the rich and diverse cultural heritage of Ethiopia with Ethiopian American children residing in Washington State and the broader community. Recognizing the importance of cultural identity in shaping one's worldview and sense of belonging, we seek to provide a platform for Ethiopian American children to deeply engage with their ancestral roots, traditions, and values.
What it reported doing in 2025
Provide cultural education, civic engagement and community building for a total of 120-150 children.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 65
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 54%; rating input score 54
- Program expense ratio: 83.1%; rating input score 83
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 35%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.55; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 31.1% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -4.3% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 23.6% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 54% of revenue deployed · 83.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $38K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.