Helping Ensure Africa Looms International Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
352339901
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Buffalo, NY, USA
Phone
7169315778
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Ethnic, Immigrant Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$70,914
Expenses
$49,101
Assets
$290,194
Liabilities
$26,905

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ABDALLA MOHAMUD (President)
  • ABDIRAHMAN FARAH (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • ABDALLA MOHAMUD (President)
  • ABDIRAHMAN FARAH (Vice President)
  • MUSTAFA ABDO (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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization, run and managed by former refugees, helps new arrivals in the country adapt to the challenges that arise from leaving a region of conflict and violence, and arriving to a new ilfe in the us. Heal offers culturally compentent assistance for refugees who need access to healthcare, housing, legal services, and education. We provide educational programs for adults and youth to help with learning english, navigating social services, and conflict resolution.

What it reported doing in 2023

Summer youth program and youth education services - provided two teachign staff, supplies, and administrative support to summer programs with more than 125 refugee and immigrant youth through a program sponsored by both the city of buffalo, mayor's office, and the buffalo employment training center. Provided quality holistic services which guide refugee/immigrant parents and schools with advocacy, interpretations, problem solving assistance, and cultural consultations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 30.8%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.91; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -16.4% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.7% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25.3% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2023
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.