Groundup Africa
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 301129754
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Phone
- 2137060846
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Relief
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $20,007
- Expenses
- $23,763
- Assets
- $29,392
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JANET SUBER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MARLA CUSACK (DIRECTOR)
- JANET SUBER (PRESIDENT)
- DAVID SUBER (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to raise funds deducated to directly supporting and providing financial aid to impoverished communities in uganda. Our focus is to empower individuals and communities, including families, women, children, and to preserve the health of local wildlife and ecosystems. We will make grants to ugandan non-profit organizations that are supporting women who struggle with poverty, HIV, and domestic violence.
What it reported doing in 2024
Leadership and community-wide farmer training, education and practices for sustenance, sustainability.
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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.4%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 76.2%; rating input score 76
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -18.8%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.24; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 22.1% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -9.5% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -13% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 90.4% of revenue deployed · 76.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $18K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.