Ghana Beyond Subsistence

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
842128735
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Wooster, OH, USA
Phone
3304640005
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Reported finances

Revenue
$76,682
Expenses
$73,179
Assets
$15,152

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Dorothy Rose Elder (President)
  • Linda Houston (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Dorothy Rose Elder (President)
  • April Stewart (Board member)
  • Linda Houston (Vice President)

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

Teacher Travel for the Ghana Immersion Experience to work in schools with Ghanaian teachers and students, farmers, and community leaders for mutual growth and development.

What it reported doing in 2025

Teacher Immersion experience. GBS traveled with 10 teachers and one physician and provided workshops for teachers, observed and worked in schools on project-based learning, provided first aid kits to 18 schools, feminine hygiene pads to 6 schools where girls often miss school during their menses.

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 67% for direct work, and 33% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.4%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 98.9%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.6%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.21; rating input score 19; 19th 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: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -23.7% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.4% of revenue deployed · 98.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $72K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.