Joy in Haiti

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270614223
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2012
Location
O Fallon, MO, USA
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Reported finances

Revenue
$186,109
Expenses
$187,388
Assets
$36,973

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Cynthia Keage (President)
  • Steven Liesman (Vice-president)

People named in this filing

  • Cynthia Keage (President)
  • Steven Liesman (Vice-president)
  • Jennie Kimmel (Secretary)

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

Joy in Haiti exists to assist adults and children in Haiti to meet basic daily needs and to provide primary and secondary education. JIH provides help for older students to attend vocational school. JIH also supports a home for girls and a Pre-K - grade 13 school for boys and girls.

What it reported doing in 2024

Due to continuous gang violence in close proximity to House of Joy orphanage it was necessary to move to a less dangerous area of Port-au-Prince. The Pastor who founded and administers the orphanage already had a house. It was decided by the board that this would be the safest and most economical place to move the fifteen girls and young women being served. A second story is being added to the existing house to provide more living space. It includes a bathroom kitchen and sleeping rooms. The annual rent for the previous location is no longer being paid.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filed totals do not add up and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.9%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 63.5%; rating input score 63

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.7%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.2; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.1% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.4% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6.9% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63.9% of revenue deployed · 63.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $119K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.