Grace Cares Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
542081309
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Newfane, VT, USA
Phone
8022581855
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$88,487
Expenses
$120,894
Assets
$72,018

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DANIELLE HUFFAKER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DANIELLE HUFFAKER (PRESIDENT)
  • CHERISE ADJODHA (VICE PRESIDE)
  • ISABEL MANGUS (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

To empower communities to foster, preserve, and share their indigenous cultures and traditions. This is accomplished by building healthy, educated, productive communities. Grace cares provides expertise, funding, and support for health, education, cultural preservation, and economic development projects.

What it reported doing in 2025

Watha project - the uzima community development project supports the well- being and development of the wathapeople in the galana region of kenya through development programs in education, healthcare, water access, and human rights training. Total expenses of 5,692. Yocupa - yocupa was founded in 1996 to use theatre and the performing arts as a means to influence social behavior changes in communities of zambia with high numbers of reported sexual and gender based violence incidents as evidenced by the zambia police victims support unit annual reports. Many more incidents, of course, go undocumented. Total expenses 427. B4 peace project - the goal of this program is to promote the arts and education projects that develop individual and community awareness on the importance of peacebuilding. Total expenses 5,170. Munali youth empowerment program - this project provides early learning resources such as books, reading workshops, and health and safety programs in the lusaka province of zambia. Total expenses 7,300

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 94% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 73.2%; rating input score 73

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: -36.6%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.6; rating input score 35; 35th 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: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 73.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $89K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.