Humanity First USA

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
200464012
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Silver Spring, MD, USA
Phone
8779943872
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Humanities Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,988,475
Expenses
$5,949,920
Assets
$5,119,436
Liabilities
$470,758

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

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MAJID KHAN (MEMBER & PRESIDENT, HF HEALTH SVC)
  • MUNUM A NAEEM (CHAIRMAN & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ALANA LAUDONE (VP, FUND DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING): $132,212 total reported compensation
  • MAJID KHAN (MEMBER & PRESIDENT, HF HEALTH SVC): $125,769 total reported compensation
  • SAHIBZADA WALEED AHMAD (VP, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS): $113,152 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Humanity first's mission is to relieve suffering caused by natural disasters or human conflict, promote peace and understanding, and strengthen people's capacity to help themselves.

What it reported doing in 2024

Human development - vocational school - funded school in liberia to teach technical skills such as construction, plumbing, electrician, etc. Computer school - support computer school in mali. Medical clinics - continued to fund medical clinics including in mali and tanzania. Hospital - funded construction of hospital in ivory coast. Sewing center - continued to support sewing centers in different countries. Medical training mission - these missions are organized with medical staff volunteers who visit remote areas, along with medical supplies and equipment; serve as many people who are in immediate need of medical treatments as possible and train local healthcare providers. Our kids our future - seek to help the most underserved school districts across the country by engaging local volunteers and providing critical materials and services to schools. Primary schools and related projects - fund primary schools in haiti, mali, burkina faso, malaysia, guatemala as well as builded/expanded new schools in mali, burkina faso. Feeding programs in various countries including tanzania, liberia, burkina faso, mali, malaysia, indonesia. Orphan care - provide educational support, clothing, meals and other required support to orphans in indonesia.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 68% for direct work, and 32% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - 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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.4%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 89.7%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $14.41 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Pass
    • 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: 96%; rating input score 96; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.6%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.86; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.8%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.4% of revenue deployed · 89.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $5.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $132K · 23 people listed
  • Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 49/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 43/100.