Hands Together for Haitians Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 202512245
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- North Palm Beach, FL, USA
- Phone
- 5616765822
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,489,475
- Expenses
- $1,491,288
- Assets
- $460,638
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- NANCY ANDERSON (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- LAVEAUX NARCISSE (VICE PRESIDE): $53,000 total reported compensation
- ORESTAL MICHEL (DIRECTOR): $42,310 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
In palm beach county (Florida): hands together for haitians strives to assist the haitian immigrant population with the transition from living in their native country to living in the united states. This goal addresses a multitude of issues including education, health care, social, language and cultural barriers, access to social resources, counseling and guidance, and meeting daily needs such as food requirements. In haiti: hands together for haitians strives to build sustainable programs to support those who are suffering from a lack of adequate nutrition, health care, education, employment and social programs.
What it reported doing in 2025
Haiti education, agricultural projects, sponsorship & outreach: in haiti, 1) hands together for haitians supports 2 rural grade schools in haiti with teachers' salary support and food for the children, 2) hands together for haitians also works with farmers in 2 areas, providing them with seed, fertilizer, irrigation pipes and training and 3) hands together for haitians sponsors 13 families with 600-800 a year for food and basic needs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 85% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 80
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.6%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: 93.5%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Fail
- Conducts field audits: Fail
- May suspend future funding: Fail
- Requires financial reports: Fail
- Conducts site visits: Fail
- Requires grant agreements: Fail
- May require repayment: Fail
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.1%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.4%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 18.7% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 15.9% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.5% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 93.6% of revenue deployed · 93.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $53K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 19 of 20 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 47/100.