Odaa Community Foundation Inc Fka Save Oromia Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
921491379
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Wilmington, DE, USA
Phone
9204702117
Rating
46
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$65,340
Expenses
$44,777
Assets
$20,563
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TSION HERMES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • ZACHARD HERMES (CFO)
  • TSION HERMES (EXECUTIVE 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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The odaa community foundation is dedicated to catalyzing personal and community health transformation. Our current mission centers on culturally resonant health and wellness initiatives in diverse communities. We specialize in delivering community-driven health solutions, leveraging expertise from fields such as clinical medicine, behavioral health, public health, holistic wellness, and social entrepreneurship. Our approach to youth mental health integrates peer and clinical support, encompassing group coaching and specialized care, and is exemplified by our near-peer model. This model, backed by rigorous research, features structured conversations led by near peer lay-providers, and is backed by trauma-responsive, data-driven methodologies. Our approach to community engagement and education leverages strategic partnerships with grassroots organization to design culturally-informed, youth-supported community health engagement and education spaces.

What it reported doing in 2024

The first major accomplishment is the receipt of the city of boston's successlink grant for the community health and wellness corps, amounting to $98,000, which is awaiting disbursement. This innovative program aims to engage, employ, and empower boston's youth by providing them with meaningful work experiences and learning opportunities focused on community service, healthcare, technology, and the arts. Through training in personal and professional development, and extensive community engagement in health education programs, the initiative seeks to address the mental health crisis among youth. It emphasizes a holistic health model, incorporating mental health, heart health, and maternal health into its curriculum, and partners with local organizations to deliver impactful programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

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: 31.5%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 28; 28th 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: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 197.3% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.