Humanitarian Openstreetmap Team United States Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
273166713
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2028109490
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Support N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,705,428
Expenses
$8,658,559
Assets
$11,376,232
Liabilities
$2,509,645

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NATE SMITH (PRESIDENT)
  • KUO YU CHUANG (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • REBECCA FIRTH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • ELISABETH CHAMBERLAIN (DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ELISABETH CHAMBERLAIN (DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $171,352 total reported compensation
  • PAUL UITHOL (DEPUTY DIRECTOR, TECH & DA): $166,561 total reported compensation
  • REBECCA FIRTH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $154,440 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The humanitarian openstreetmap team (hot)'s mission is to ensure that maps and geospatial data are available, accessible and used to improve well-being, reduce suffering, and increase the resilience of people.

What it reported doing in 2024

Regional open mapping hubs: hot's regional open mapping hubs support open mapping organizations, communities and contributors throughout the world, enabling them to use open data in a way that strengthens communities and improves lives. In 2024, hot operated four regional open mapping hubs in latin america & the caribbean, west and northern africa, asia pacific, and eastern & southern africa. These teams together supported more than 100 communities across more than 60 countries working with thousands of local community members. A sample of successful projects include mapping informal settlements with local communities to support data needs for the freetown city council in sierra leone, partnering with the government of brazil on the mapa de periferias project to collaboratively map the country's 12k+ favelas, and responding to more than a dozen disasters including flooding in nigeria, wildfires in belize, a volcano eruption in the philippines, and a cyclone in mozambique among many others. The regional hubs now lead the expansion of local, regional and international partnerships to grow a global network of advocates who advance the creation and use of open geospatial data for impact

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 64
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 81.8%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.7 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Limited
    • Conducts field audits: Limited
    • May suspend future funding: Limited
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Limited
    • Requires grant agreements: Limited
    • May require repayment: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 76.2%; rating input score 76; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -84%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.31; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.7%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22.5% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23.2% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 81.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $7.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $171K · 15 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $419K reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 32 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.