Medhen Orphan Relief Effort a Njnon Profit Corporation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 208503441
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Bentonville, AR, USA
- Phone
- 3128949399
- Rating
- 60
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Relief
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $614,162
- Expenses
- $96,643
- Assets
- $906,553
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Nancy Holland (Vice President)
- Kimberly Poulo (President)
People named in this filing
- James Miller III (Trustee)
- Dr Ashley Meredith (Trustee)
- Leah Abraham (Trustee)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to provide as much financial support as possible, in order to fund various programs and services focused on the health, nutritional, medical, educational, and psycho-social well-being of orphaned and vulnerable children cared for by the Medhen Social Center, an NGO based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. We currently support over 650 children, caregivers, & related beneficiaries who were significantly impacted by AIDS/HIV, other life threatening diseases, were displaced by the Civil War, are suffering from/ or afflicted with leprosy, and/or are suffering from severe deprivation & abject poverty.
What it reported doing in 2025
This amount represents the total funding provided by M.O.R.E. in 2024 to the Medhen Social Center for the programs sponsored and/or supported by M.O.R.E. The funding provided is used for medical, nutritional, housing, educational, clothing, psycho-social counseling, career counseling & support, school (and other supplies), and other essential services for the beneficiaries based on their individual needs. Some of the 2024 funding was used for specific services critical to the support of children with special needs - physical, emotional, and developmental; as well as those suffering from and/or afflicted with leprosy.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 37
- Transparency & Controls: 75
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 92
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 17.3%; rating input score 17
- Program expense ratio: 82.8%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Claims monitoring procedures: Limited
- Requires narrative reports: Limited
- Conducts field audits: Limited
- May suspend future funding: Limited
- Requires financial reports: Limited
- Conducts site visits: Limited
- Requires grant agreements: Limited
- May require repayment: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 84.3%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.38; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 31.6% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.9% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 17.3% of revenue deployed · 82.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $80K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 43 of 43 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 17/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.