Gifts - Rwanda

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474858020
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Tacoma, WA, USA
Phone
9712374089
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$189,203
Expenses
$163,434
Assets
$37,701

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KARINA ALVAREZ (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ANNIE MILLS (PROJECT MANA)
  • KARINA ALVAREZ (PRESIDENT)
  • LAURA SHELTON (SECRETARY)

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

The mission is to follow the lead of the locals in rugarika, rwanda, responding only when invited, to help make real, sustainable change in the village and encourage and support abundant, joyful filled lives.

What it reported doing in 2025

Education support: provided tuition fees and school materials to 5 university, 76 secondary, and 44 primary students. Women's group: a group of women is formed and trained to receive support in making bags, body lotion, and soaps. Health insurance: health insurance was provided for poor families in nyarubuye cell. Community gardens and livestock: families in need received domestic animals (goats, rabbits, and chickens) and some seeds to make gardens at their home. House construction: two houses will be built to help poor families.

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 91% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64.3%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 74.5%; rating input score 74

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: 13.6%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.6%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.6% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -11% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64.3% of revenue deployed · 74.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $122K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.