Friends of Ruwenzori Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 815254476
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Orinda, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9253760519
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $261,956
- Expenses
- $261,759
- Assets
- $99,256
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- KRISTEN BROCK (EXECUTIVE DI): $55,800 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Investing in healthcare and education to build economic self-reliance for rural ugandans through a fiscal partnership with kida, a ugandan NGO.
What it reported doing in 2024
1.subsidy of kida hospital operations applied to salaries of 53 healthcare workers: 142,708. Kida hospital provides 24-hour inpatient care, labor and delivery, c-sections as needed, minor surgery, outpatient care including HIV testing, immunizations, prenatal care and family planning services. In 2024 there were 1,738 inpatient admissions, 3,558 outpatient visits, 375 babies delivered, 851 family planning visits, 392 women received prenatal care, 3,374 HIV tests were performed, 95.6% of 515 active HIV+ clients suppressed their viral load, 221 surgical operations took place, including 127 c-sections, and 8,198 children were vaccinated for measles, dpt, polio, and tb. 137 women were screened for cervical cancer.
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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 65
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 69
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 68.6%; rating input score 69
- Program expense ratio: 68.8%; rating input score 69
- Fundraising efficiency: $7.94 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Limited
- Conducts field audits: Limited
- May suspend future funding: Limited
- Requires financial reports: Pass
- Conducts site visits: Pass
- Requires grant agreements: Limited
- May require repayment: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.1%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 21.3%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 68.6% of revenue deployed · 68.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $180K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $56K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 33/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.