Humanity Funds

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
882704186
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022
Location
Edmonds, WA, USA
Phone
5714262934
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Disaster Preparedness and Relief Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$313,266
Expenses
$258,225
Assets
$77,272
Liabilities
$19,000

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Silke Johnstone (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Larry Craig Johnstone (Chairman)
  • Erik Schumy (Board of Directprs)
  • Janet Trowbridge (Director on the Board of Directors)

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 mission of The Humanity Funds is to provide sustainable support and relief to individuals in global crisis areas with a focus on assistance for women and children. The programs of The Humanity Funds primarily in Ukraine include providing community heating points assistance to hospitals in crisis supporting programs to address psychological trauma caused by loss of family members and exposure to war addressing the health needs of women and children and as needed meeting immediate emergency needs after catastrophic events. The mission also includes support for Ukrainian Cultural Identity in face of Russia effort to erase that identity.

What it reported doing in 2024

A part of Russian tactics in the war on Ukraine is to expropriate Ukraines rich culture. To counter his effort it is important to make sure the world understands the scope and breadth of that culture and its deep roots in Ukraine. To advance this objective The Humanity Funds brought the Kyiv Classic Orchestra to Seattle for a highly successful performance in Seattles Benaroya Hall.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 61% for direct work, and 39% for grants.

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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 62
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.2%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 92.4%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $20.76 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 80th 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; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: 17.6%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.3; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 34.4% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 69.4% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.8% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.2% of revenue deployed · 92.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 8 filed program accomplishments · $239K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.