Friends of Burkina Faso Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
522070442
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Promotion of International Understanding

Reported finances

Revenue
$86,500
Expenses
$79,492
Assets
$83,878

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kristen Combs-Bicaba (President)
  • Souleymane Diallo (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Kristen Combs-Bicaba (President)
  • Souleymane Diallo (Vice President)
  • Kristin Lavoie (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Friends of Burkina Faso maintains a network of returned Peace Corps Volunteers and friends of Burkina Faso living primarily in the United States to support and empower communities in Burkina Faso through humanitarian aid and community development program funding and oversight.

What it reported doing in 2024

Creating a Framework to Train Civilians to Identify and Respond to Life-Threatening Bleeding North North-Central Central and Central Plateau Regions This project is sponsored by Pull for Progress an organization founded by a Burkinabe physician and a US surgeon and whose purpose is supporting sustainable development through initiatives in health education and social and economic development in underserved areas. As Burkina Faso has experienced an alarming increase in firearm injuries due to extremist violence this has resulted in preventable deaths from hemorrhage as there is no formal emergency response system in the country. This project will bring the evidence-based Stop the Bleed training to critical provinces around Ouagadougou and Ouahigouya including rural areas and IDP camps. Using a train-the-trainer model a total of 18 instructors and 4,320 individuals will receive education on how to respond to life-threatening hemorrhage before the arrival of first responders.

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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.5%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 93.1%; rating input score 93

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: 8.1%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.06; rating input score 48; 48th 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: 14.4% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -30.5% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -25.3% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.5% of revenue deployed · 93.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 6 filed program accomplishments · $74K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.