Ferguson Humanitarian Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
274646895
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2017
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2017, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Montrose, CA, USA
Phone
8182725115
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Human Rights

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$72,043
Expenses
$55,408
Assets
$18,376
Liabilities
$1,756

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JINNIE ROSALES (SECRETARY)
  • BRUCE FERGUSON (DIRECTOR)
  • BERNARD PERCY (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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Fundraising for educational programs

What it reported doing in 2017

Provided funds to: road to rights international, sri lanka youth organization for youth educational programs in human rights and music.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 49% for direct work, and 51% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 47.1%; rating input score 47
  • Program expense ratio: 61.3%; rating input score 61

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 23.1%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.2%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -33.7% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.8% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 71.2% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 47.1% of revenue deployed · 61.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $34K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2016 to 2017
  • 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.

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

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 47/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.