Greenheart International

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 363417309
IRS 990 coverage: 2014–2024
Forms available: Form 990 2024
Location: Chicago, IL, USA
Phone: 3129442544
Rating: 63
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: International Academic Exchange

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $17,242,288
Expenses: $19,868,759
Assets: $6,194,510
Liabilities: $3,278,932

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

DANIEL J EBERT (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

DANIEL J EBERT (PRESIDENT): $290,162 total reported compensation
LAURA ROSE (DIRECTOR/CHIEF ADVISOR): $222,109 total reported compensation
MARCELLE BENEDICTA (VP, MARKETING & EXTERNAL RELATIONS): $186,149 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Greenheart international connects people and planet to create global leaders through personal development, volunteer service, environmentalism, fair trade, and cultural exchange. We envision a world in which communities come together as agents of change to create a more peaceful and sustainable future for all.

What it reported doing in 2024

Homestays, educational, volunteering, teaching and environmental programs for u.s. Participants abroad. Homestays and education for international students in the united states. Internships, trainee, and work programs for international participants in the united states.

Operating model

Revenue model: Earned-program. 86% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 77
Transparency & Controls: 47
Accountability: 87
Sustainability: 12
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 91.4%; rating input score 91
Program expense ratio: 79.3%; rating input score 79
Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

Independent voting board: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

Operating margin: -15.2%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.53; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 8.5%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 91.4% of revenue deployed · 79.3% of spending went to programs
Governance: 6 of 7 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $15.8M in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $290K · 16 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $784K reported
Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 9 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.
Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.