Humane Borders Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 805033532
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020
- Location
- Tucson, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 5203985053
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Emergency Assistance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $474,058
- Expenses
- $369,308
- Assets
- $473,028
- Liabilities
- $9,230
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
People named in this filing
- DAN ABBOTT (PHOENIX REPR)
- NORM BAKER (DIRECTOR)
- DINAH BEAR (SECRETARY)
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
The main purpose of our organization is to provide humanitarian assistance to persons in need in the desert borderlands of the u.s. And mexico, and to work towards a more just environment in the borderlands.
What it reported doing in 2024
Service water stations: we assist migrants in distress with food, water, first aid, and if necessary arrange with the border patrol for rescue and, or transportation of migrants. In 2023 we serviced approximately 30 water stations in the southern Arizona desert, on land managed by federal, county, and city governments who has given us permission. Our two part-time staff coordinate the work of 17 regular volunteer drivers of our water trucks, and we had many other volunteers from all over the country, and a few from other countries. Volunteers have put out more than 18,000 gallons of water every year, and have put more than 4,000 hours serving the water stations each year, picking up trash left by migrants, educating the public, helping families looking for loved ones perhaps lost in the desert, and helping out at shelters on the us mexican border. We also report if we find human remains in the desert and keep a nationally known map that monthly updates the number and location of known deaths in the Arizona desert.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 92% 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 filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 73
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 62
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 74%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 94.5%; rating input score 95
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 22.1%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.28; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 24.8% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 17.7% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17.5% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 74% of revenue deployed · 94.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $349K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.