Global Awareness Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
650714986
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2022
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Phone
9548027701
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Student Services, Organizations of Students

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$210
Expenses
$15,354
Assets
$30,328
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Barbara Brodman (President/Treasurer)
  • Marlee Forsthoffer (Vice President for Project Oversight & Development)

People named in this filing

  • Barbara Brodman (President/Treasurer)
  • Marlee Forsthoffer (Vice President for Project Oversight & Development)
  • Wayland C Brodman (Vice 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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

GAI SELVA supports sustainable development projects in the Peruvian Amazon by maintaining an ecological preserve and educating students from the US and local communities about the need for sustainable practices. Through its educational programs and local outreach it assists in the development of sustainable tropical forest industries.

What it reported doing in 2022

GAI, through its GAI Selva Project, for 22 years offered an acclaimed graduate program in medicinal plants and natural medicine to hundreds of Pharmacy graduate students and faculty from colleges of Pharmacy throughout the US. It supported scientific research and development in the area around Iquitos, Peru, working closely with local universities and the Peruvian National Institute for Traditional Medicine (IMET); and it continues to develop and implemented a variety of projects to train and employ members of local communities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 63.8%; rating input score 64

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7,211.4%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.98; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -11.3% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.5% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 63.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2010 to 2022
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.