Humans for Education

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474963153
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Rochester, NY, USA
Phone
9176026091
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12

Reported finances

Revenue
$86,724
Expenses
$77,023
Assets
$99,022

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GABRIELA AVALOS (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • STEPHANIE MONTICELLI PHD (CHAIR)
  • PIERS CAREY (DIRECTOR)
  • SAAHIL MEHTA (DIRECTOR)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Humans for education seeks to improve educational environments around the world, particularly in developing countries, through the use of integrated infrastructural and educational models; to cooperate in developing educational practices with teachers to promote improved standards of teaching; and to disseminate information about the need to the greater public.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, humans for education's primary initiative was the young single mothers program, implemented in partnership with narok vocational training centre. The program provides full scholarships to 12 young single mothers from three rural communities in the maasai mara region to participate in a one-year vocational training program in catering, fashion design, and cosmetology. The program began in september 2025 and will conclude in november 2026. In addition to tuition, participants receive support for uniforms, personal supplies, accommodation, and transportation. Upon completion, participants will receive grants to start small businesses and improve their economic stability. The organization's scholarship program continued to support 86 students across three schools in the maasai mara region. Consistent payment of school fees has contributed to improved school capacity and education quality. Four female students are nearing completion of secondary school, a significant achievement in these communities. Partner schools continued implementing wash and school feeding programs to improve student health and attendance, supporting better educational outcomes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 81%; rating input score 81

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.2%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.29; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 38.9%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72% of revenue deployed · 81% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $62K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.