Fond Doux Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 454662879
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Durham, NC, USA
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Relief
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $180,475
- Expenses
- $110,850
- Assets
- $158,927
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Elizabeth Engel (President)
People named in this filing
- Ruth Clausing (Board Member)
- Linda Mitchel (Board Member)
- Jim Johnson (Board Member)
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
Fond Doux Foundation works in the Fond Doux area of Haiti to transform the lives of those in need through support for: Improving access to health care nutrition and Education. Education is enahced through the support of local schools and providing scholarships for students to continue with higher educational opportunities. FDF also creates and provides English as a Second Langauge ESL classes for the community. FDF operates a community health clinic bringing much needed access to public health care this includes basic helath care and educational classes directed to improve basic health care awareness. FDF also works with the community in providing animal husbandry care and teaching the proper care to sustain their livestock in addition to providing education on agriculture gardening best practices. FDF also assists with the construction and repair of basic housing. FDF wishes to provide the tools and education for the community to become self sustaining.
What it reported doing in 2025
Access to basic health care in the Fond Doux area of Haiti has always been challenging In the past there havebeen very limited options outside of traveling 30 minutes to the nearest clinic. This was only possible if you could findtransportation and had money to pay for the transportation in addition to needing funds to pay for the clinic visit. FDF isoperating a clinic staffed by a Doctor and Nurse Practitioner that can evaluate and treat basic health care needs. In addtionwhen funds are available FDF has assisted in arranging and paying for life saving surgeries.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - 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.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 58.2%; rating input score 58
- Program expense ratio: 94%; rating input score 94
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: 38.6%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.43; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 23.9% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 22.1% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 26.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 58.2% of revenue deployed · 94% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 6 filed program accomplishments · $104K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 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 58/100.