Gyc Africa
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 933903371
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Missouri City, TX, USA
- Phone
- 6124064588
- Rating
- 61
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $46,571
- Expenses
- $45,201
- Assets
- $1,370
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
People named in this filing
- VALMY KAREMERA (BOARD MEMBER)
- EZRA KENYANYA (CHAIRMAN)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Gyc africa is a missionary movement of vibrant, passionate students and young professionals who are driven by the reality of christ's imminent return. We exemplify christian virtue and excellence in all aspects of our lives, and we are dedicated to spreading the advent message across the african continent. We are a supporting ministry of the seventh-day adventist church and a gyc affiliate ministry.
What it reported doing in 2024
Gyc africa held its inaugural conference in kenya, advancing its mission to engage students and young professionals in spreading the christian message through the seventh-day adventist church. The conference achieved an average daily attendance of more than 300 participants and provided a structured program promoting spiritual development, leadership training, and ministry collaboration.
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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 6
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 80%; rating input score 80
- Program expense ratio: 82.4%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: $5.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.9%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 80% of revenue deployed · 82.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 2 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $37K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 11 of 11 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 42/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.