Haiti Relief Fund Carlo Thertus

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
201830776
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2020
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Lynbrook, NY, USA
Phone
5165994248
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Disaster Preparedness and Relief Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,729
Expenses
$7,704
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • CARLO THERTUS (PRINCEPAL OF)
  • KAREN MICHEL (VICE PRESIDE)
  • ERIC GOTTESMAN (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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide basic emergency relief of food, water, clothing and temporary stelters to the earthquake victims of haiti. 13 railroad containers of donated goods, including the above in addition to temporary shelters, construction equipment, medical equipment, drugs and medical suplies. This was all done on a volunteer basis, no individualese received and salaries or monies. No director received any compensation. The distribution of these goods to the victims of the earthquake can be viewed and is fully documented on the organizations website wwww.hatirelieffund.org. Many hospitals in the New York area donated medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, this included incubators, xray machines and sonogram machines, all to aid the people of haiti. Supplies were also donated to help rebuild a dialysis center.

What it reported doing in 2020

We have achieved sending clothing, materials for building, bleach water for the people of haitit. We have collected medical equipment from various medical facilities to equip a new kidney dialysis facility in port of prince

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.7%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.3%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: -29.7% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -47.2% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -107.9% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $8K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 6 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2017 to 2020
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.