Mbaitu Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
842498907
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Waltham, MA, USA
Phone
7819858340
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,576
Expenses
$11,491
Assets
$3,675
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CAROLYN MUSYIMI-KAMAU (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • CAROLYN MUSYIMI-KAMAU (CEO)
  • DR WILLIE KIILU (BOARD CHAIR)
  • KATUNGE CHARLES MATIVO (TREASURER)

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

Charitable and educational purposes

What it reported doing in 2024

Education Support: Five students supported by the organization have successfully joined college. One of them is a volunteer with the organization 12 students received full sponsorship throughout the year covering school fees and other essential expenses. The number has grown to 19 students this year Food Support: Reached and supported over 2,000 farmers across South Eastern Kenya through the organizations seed distribution program. Both the students and farmers continue to benefit from Mbaitu Incs commitment to education and food security in South Eastern Kenya.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% 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

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.7%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.32; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -9% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -22.4% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -33.8% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $12K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within 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 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.