Mita Project
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 332170107
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Bronx, NY, USA
- Phone
- 0000000000
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Relief
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $117,000
- Expenses
- $107,000
- Assets
- $12,000
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Walamatien Coulibaly (Executive Director)
- David McCoy (President of Board of Directors)
- Henry Schwalbenberg (Vice-President of Board of Directors)
People named in this filing
- Walamatien Coulibaly (Executive Director)
- David McCoy (President of Board of Directors)
- Henry Schwalbenberg (Vice-President of Board of Directors)
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
Mita Project works to strengthen food security climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods among smallholder farming communities in Cte dIvoire and West Africa The organization supports farmers through climate-smart agriculture training regenerative farming practices digital agricultural extension services cooperative engagement and market access support with a strong focus on women farmers and underserved rural communities Mita Project promotes sustainable land management soil restoration climate adaptation and community-based agricultural development The organization also develops and implements low-cost digital advisory systems including SMSUSSD platforms to improve farmer access to localized climate and agricultural information in low-connectivity rural environments
What it reported doing in 2025
Program 1 Climate-Smart Agriculture Farmer Training Mita Project provided climate-smart agriculture training and regenerative farming support to smallholder farmers in northern Cte dIvoire with a focus on women farmers and underserved rural communities Activities included cooperative-based training sessions field demonstrations and farmer outreach on mulching composting intercropping water management soil restoration and reduced field burning During 2025 the program reached more than 300 farmers across three agricultural cooperatives Monitoring data showed increased adoption of soil-protecting practices including reductions in field burning and greater use of mulching and organic soil management techniques Farmers also reported improved decision-making related to planting timing climate variability and sustainable land management practices Program 2 TikaHarvest Digital Advisory Platform Mita Project developed and piloted TikaHarvest a localized SMSUSSD digital advisory platform designed for smallholder farmers in low-connectivity rural environments The platform delivers climate and agronomic advisories accessible on basic mobile phones without requiring internet access or smartphones In 2025 TikaHarvest was piloted with 300 farmers across three cooperatives in Cte dIvoire Farmers received localized advisories related to rainfall timing drought conditions soil protection mulching and climate-adaptive planting strategies Early monitoring indicated strong farmer engagement and increased adoption of recommended climate-resilient agricultural practices The platform supports improved farmer access to timely agricultural information and strengthens climate adaptation efforts among vulnerable rural communities
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 87% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 91% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 78.7%; rating input score 79
- Program expense ratio: 86%; rating input score 86
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: 8.5%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 22.4%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 78.7% of revenue deployed · 86% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $92K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.