International Qeros Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 273790420
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Eugene, OR, USA
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $60,986
- Expenses
- $67,275
- Assets
- $4,559
- Liabilities
- $2,529
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
People named in this filing
- Dea Lisk (Secretary)
- Justin Overdevest (Treasurer)
- Marza Miller (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The vision and purpose of the International Qero Foundation (IQF) is to sustain the Andean Cosmovision, the Indigenous identity and culture of the Qeros Indigenous Peoples, for the next Seven Generations. IQFs primary goal is to bring life sustaining relief to the Qeros, while seeding into longevity for the future.
What it reported doing in 2024
The foundation supports a variety of projects, which are created by the Qero themselves; including food security, the support of clean water, solar electricity, short wave radio communication, education and more.The project areas include (1) Food security, (2) Clean water purification systems, (3) Solar powered electricity, (4) Education support of the Qero youth in basic academics, inclusive of their native indigenous teaching methods & traditions, (5) Solar poweredradio-communication systems, and (6) Bridges
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 19
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 95.3%; rating input score 95
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -10.3%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.55; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 30.3%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 95.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $64K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.