Life Beyond Water Gobal Outreach Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
823014500
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Hampton, GA, USA
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
International Relief

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$-76,097
Expenses
$12,586
Assets
$-2,512
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MELISSA ELLIS (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • CASIM ELLIS (CFO)
  • IMANI LEIGH ELLIS (SECRETARY)
  • MELISSA ELLIS (CEO)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide relief through education aid and support to area that are plagued by the lack of clean water and sanitation while developing the next generation of water leaders to foster sustainabilty.

What it reported doing in 2022

We focus on improving access to reliable water and sanitation services in the united state and abroad, we have been strengthening local capacity to improve sustainability while increasing coverage and we collaborate with local 501c3 orginazations and community afflication to strengthen water systems at local and national levels. We focus on improving access to reliable water and sanitation services in the united state and abroad, we have been strengthening local capacity to improve sustainability while increasing coverage and we collaborate with local 501c3 orginazations and community afflication to strengthen water systems at local and national levels. We focus on improving access to reliable water and sanitation services in the united state and abroad, we have been strengthening local capacity to improve sustainability while increasing coverage and we collaborate with local 501c3 orginazations and community afflication to strengthen water systems at local and national levels. We focus on improving access to reliable water and sanitation services in the united state and abroad, we have been strengthening local capacity to improve sustainability while increasing coverage and we collaborate with local 501c3 orginazations and community afflication to strengthen water systems at local and national levels. We focus on improving access to reliable water and sanitation services in the united state and abroad, we have been strengthening local capacity to improve sustainability while increasing coverage and we collaborate with local 501c3 orginazations and community afflication to strengthen water systems at local and national levels.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 38
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 42
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 50%; rating input score 50
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -116.5%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: -0.2; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 50% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.