Landmine Relief Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
202060167
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2012, Form 990-N 2008
Location
Van Nuys, CA, USA
Phone
8189977712
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$573,685
Expenses
$653,245
Assets
$251,197
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WILLIAM MORSE (PRESIDENT)
  • JAMES CARR WAGNER (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • WILLIAM MORSE (PRESIDENT): $14,023 total reported compensation
  • JILL MORSE (ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER): $14,022 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To support cambodia landmine museum, support cambodian self help demiming in clearing landmines, and defusing explosive remnants of war. In addition, providing food to those unemployed due to covid 19. Support the rural schools support organization in building schools which support 3,200 children each month, and supporting an organic farm that teaches rural people how to grow alternative, sustainable crops, and providing emergency medical assistance to those without medical care.

What it reported doing in 2024

Clearing land mines and unexploded bombs in rural villages thus enabling the residents to be able to use the land to build houses and schools, as well as use the land for farming. We have helped the cambodian self help demining (cshd) to clear over 177 minefields and 5,742,187 meters squared land in cambodia, as well as assisted tens of thousands of people to live a safer life. The cshd also gives mine risk education classes to schools and villages.in addition, we have helped the rural school village program (rsvp) to build 22 schools as of 2019, as well as support 3,200 children every month. We also support the cambodia landmine museum relief center and its university scholarship program, as well as provide emergency medical assistance to those who cannot afford medical care. Under the banner of the together project, providing food to those who are displaced and suffering as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. In addition, we introduced our sustainable farming program, and are building a garden with a hydroponic greenhouse, a net garden, an aqua pond and a mushroom garden, which will be replicated around the country providing those in rural areas with additional incomes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 90% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 5
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 93.9%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 11
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -13.9%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.3%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 93.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 1 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $613K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $14K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 55/100.