Global Humanitarian Expeditions

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
020624253
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2013
Forms available
Form 990 2013
Location
Denver, CO, USA
Phone
3038588857
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Democracy & Civil Society Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$519,945
Expenses
$507,031
Assets
$24,697
Liabilities
$6,289

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KIMBERLY TROGGIO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KIMBERLY TROGGIO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $60,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To recruit volunteer dental professionals and lay volunteers to travel for terms of service for projects internationally at dental clinics, orphanages, and schools. To identify charitable organizations internationally that need volunteers, organize the logistics of sending volunteers abroad to participate in dental projects, and to provide dental care to the needy.

What it reported doing in 2013

Set up charity clinics in Vietnam, India, Nepal, Kenya, Cambodia and Guatemala that provided dental care to 11,788 children.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 78
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.5%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 71.3%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3,548.34 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.5%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.8%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 19.8% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 33.3% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.5% of revenue deployed · 71.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $361K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $60K · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 25 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2010 to 2013
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.