Maasai Childrens Initiative

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
260895824
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2014
Forms available
Form 990 2012, Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
Vashon, WA, USA
Phone
2064634264
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Reported finances

Revenue
$119,294
Expenses
$140,662
Assets
$460,110

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Matthew Bergman (President)

People named in this filing

  • Matthew Bergman (President)
  • Rita Olson (Treasurer)
  • Sekeyian Vallen Yialle (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 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Organization intends to support female literacy, child nutrition and computer technology education programs in Maasai community schools located in southern Kenya. To enable and support young women of the Maasai Tribe, in the pursuit of literacy and other educational opportunities to promote the overall economic empowerment of women. In serving these purposes, the organization may provide necessary tuition, financial support and food to these women and their dependents.

What it reported doing in 2014

Organization funded programs supporting education and career opportunities for Maasai girls in Southern Kenya. Specifically, the Organization funded feeding programs to benefit families of Maasai girls and thereby allow the girls to attend school. These programs provide nutritional meals that help support success in the classroom. The Organization now funds entirely the Mara Hills Academy which has been built by the Organization and educates close to 200 students, some are day students and some are boarding school students. The Organization also partially funds a separate school for day students only where the lunch program is provided by the Organization.

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.5%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 58.9%; rating input score 59

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -17.9%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.27; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -49.5% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -31.9% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.5% of revenue deployed · 58.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $83K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2013 to 2014
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.