Good Neighbors USA

What it reported doing in 2025

Women & children shelter in 2025, the good neighbors la domestic shelter successfully enrolled a total of 61 clients, including 48 adults and 13 children, providing a safe and supportive environment for women and children in crisis. The program provided a comprehensive range of individualized, client-centered case management services tailored to meet the unique needs of each household. Services included assistance in securing emergency, temporary, and transitional housing; access to medical and mental health care services; legal advocacy support, including assistance with restraining orders and obtaining identification documents; transportation assistance and client incentives; as well as ongoing housing navigation aimed at promoting long- term stability and self-sufficiency. Education gnu's education program advocates for every child's right to quality and equitable education, with a focus on increasing enrollment and retention among girls and marginalized groups. In 2025, gnu supported children with disabilities in nepal through an inclusive education project addressing infrastructure gaps, social stigma, and access barriers. Gnu also facilitated the distribution of 8,100 solar led lights in el salvador, enabling children in underserved communities to continue studying after dark. Water & sanitation gnu's water and sanitation program provides access to clean water and safe living environments through community infrastructure and hygiene education. In 2025, gnu delivered 1,224,000 water purification tablets to zambia and launched a new wash project in nicaragua serving 96 rural communities where 43% of residents lack access to safe water. Using a gender-responsive approach, the project targets a 70% reduction in diarrheal diseases among children under 15 and works to increase female leadership in community water management. Income generation gnu's income generation program strengthens economic capacities of individuals and communities through vocational training, business development support, and access to initial capital. In 2025, gnu supported at-risk adolescents in guatemala-particularly indigenous girls facing school dropout-through certified vocational training in sectors such as agriculture, mechanics, and beauty services, integrated with entrepreneurship and digital skills development. In el salvador, a u.s. Embassy-funded vocational program trained 30 youth in automotive mechanics and beauty services, with all participants successfully completing the program and receiving toolkits to begin immediate income generation.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 93%; rating input score 93
• Program expense ratio: 92.8%; rating input score 93
• Fundraising efficiency: $21.02 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
  • Requires narrative reports: Fail
  • Conducts field audits: Fail
  • May suspend future funding: Fail
  • Requires financial reports: Fail
  • Conducts site visits: Fail
  • Requires grant agreements: Fail
  • May require repayment: Fail
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 14th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -0.3%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.21; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0.3%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings