Growing African Solutions

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
872732041
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Valley Forge, PA, USA
Phone
4014779141
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$161,127
Expenses
$122,941
Assets
$274,052
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Corey Duefield (Vice President and CEO)
  • Hadija Duefield (President)

People named in this filing

  • Hasifa Nabbanja (Treasurer)
  • Corey Duefield (Vice President and CEO)
  • Hadija Duefield (President)

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

Disseminate African solutions to local and global problems. Currently developing improved solutions to elder care for disadvantaged people by providing integrated affordable housing and health deputies.

What it reported doing in 2024

Doubled the number of housing units available for stated goals. Continue developing African solutions to local and global problems. Expanding improved solutions to elder care for people living with chronic diseases by providing integrated affordable housing and healthcare. Increased community involvement throughout 2024. improved relationships with partner organizations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 73% 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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.4%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 96.2%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 23.7%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.23; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -14.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.4% of revenue deployed · 96.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $118K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.