Neighbor Kwa Jirani Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
453842273
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Fair Oaks, CA, USA
Phone
5303681997
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Reported finances

Revenue
$91,164
Expenses
$55,428
Assets
$134,311
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Cheryl Wood (President)

People named in this filing

  • Cheryl Wood (President)
  • Mike Wood (Treasurer)
  • Mike Wood (Secretary)

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

The Foundation exists to provide assistance to orphans, the poor and the sick in the counties of Kisii and Migori in the Southwest corner of the Republic of Kenya. We do this by providing safe foster homes and by paying all the costs for orphans to attend a primary school for orphans only (Amani Primary School for Orphans), located in the village of Riosiri, Migori County, Kenya. We also partner with community based healthcare providers to sponsor disease awareness and prevention programs and to pay for medicines and hospital care for the poor in the community.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Foundation continued to improve the Amani School for Orphans infrastructure and equipment and provided funds for local community and educational health and hygiene programs, such as Freedom For Girls, which provided 12 months supply of sanitary napkins for 180 village girls.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.2%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 97.6%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 39.2%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.42; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.9% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 61.2% of revenue deployed · 97.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $54K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.