One by One

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
204434900
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2017
Forms available
Form 990 2017
Location
Schaumburg, IL, USA
Phone
8475922438
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Specifically Named Diseases

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$547,769
Expenses
$499,731
Assets
$223,992
Liabilities
$2,371

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • CAROLYN ANDERMAN (ACTING EXEC. DIR. FROM 9/17): $58,800 total reported compensation
  • ANDREA JOHN-SMITH (INTERIM EXEC. DIR. THRU 08/17): $24,400 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We partner with communities to develop and support holistic fistula treatment and increase access to safe childbirth for all women.

What it reported doing in 2017

1) 2017 was a transition year for our let's end fistula program inkenya. We worked with our kenyan team to document the successes, challenges and lessons learned in phase i, and we engaged in intensiveplanning for phase ii of this initiative. One component of thisassessment/planning year was holding a fistula survivors summit ineldoret. We brought together 35 women and girls who had receivedtreatment through our program in prior years to carefully document andlearn from their experiences. In the fall of 2017, the organization started to seek a strategic partner to improve mission impact.2) we supported outreach in uganda to educate rural communities aboutfistula and the availability of treatment, and find women living inisolation with this childbirth injury. We covered the full cost of holistic fistula treatment for 89 women and girls. This includedround-trip transport to a treatment facility, surgical repair of thefistula, and social reintegration support.3) in partnership with Texas children's hospital/baylor college ofmedicine, we supported innovative fistula research being carried out bydr. Jeffrey wilkinson to improve understanding of the complex needs offistula patients and improve treatment outcomes.4) we helped support construction of a new maternity hospital intanzania.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 61% for direct work, and 39% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the required major-donor schedule is missing or incomplete.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 67
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.3%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 72.7%; rating input score 73
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.16 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: No; rating input score 0
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.8%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.45; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.6%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.6% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.9% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66.3% of revenue deployed · 72.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $363K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $59K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2010 to 2017
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Major donor itemization scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 38/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.