Friends in Solidarity Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
475649302
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Silver Spring, MD, USA
Phone
9372710977
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
International Development
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,329,240
Expenses
$837,098
Assets
$1,723,351
Liabilities
$53,090

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Anne Mumbi Kigutha (President)

People named in this filing

  • Anne Mumbi Kigutha (President)
  • Lawrence Lundin SJ (Treasurer)
  • Bridget Bearss RSCJ (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Friends in Solidarity is a ministry instituted by Roman Catholic women and men religious in the US to raise awareness and support the educational, health, agricultural and pastoral needs of the peoples of Africa and especially in South Sudan.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Solidarity with South Sudan Office is headquartered in Juba. The grant made to them covers the salaries of the: the finance manager, finance assistant, roaming finance officer, HR manager, administrative assistant. It also covers the cost of operations in Juba which include renting an office space, and other expenses related to travel to the outstations of the ED, living expenses of the Juba community members, legal fees, etc.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 48.5%; rating input score 48
  • Program expense ratio: 71.4%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: $78.1 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 3rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 37%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.06; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 27.3% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 48.5% of revenue deployed · 71.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $598K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 25 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 48/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grants require schedule f did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.