Let Africa Live

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
920651428
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Minnetonka, MN, USA
Phone
6518159396
Rating
93
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Vocational, Technical Schools

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$162,115
Expenses
$162,186
Assets
$534

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ERIK A THORSELL (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • KUBISA MSOSTHENE (SECRETARY)
  • NGULWE ALFANI (BOARD MEMBER)
  • ERIK A THORSELL (PRESIDENT)

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

Our mission is to strengthen and create pathways for congolese youth impacted by war and armed our mission is to strengthen and create pathways for congolese youth impacted by war and armed hope and opportunity for all congolese children, families, and communities.

What it reported doing in 2025

Train 120 single mothers in cutting and sewing, through the provision of sewing machines and other equipment to help them start their own businesses.distribution of food, clothing, footwear, medicines, mattresses, and other supplies to 3,000 internally displaced families in bukavu, goma, minova, and the surrounding areas. Payment of school fees for 60 orphaned children, and also provide incentive to staff members.

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

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: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.2%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 96.1%; rating input score 96

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%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd 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: 25.3% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.5% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -75.3% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.2% of revenue deployed · 96.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $156K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.