Opportunity Palestine
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 473609182
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Detroit, MI, USA
- Phone
- 3138211055
- Rating
- 93
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
- Affiliation
- Interfaith
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $42,947
- Expenses
- $47,400
- Assets
- $18,411
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Kelsey Johnson (President, Director)
- Tim Fries (Vice President, Director)
People named in this filing
- Kelsey Johnson (President, Director)
- David Upmeyer (Secretary, Director)
- Tim Fries (Vice President, 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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To raise awareness and funding for the Schools and Educational Programs of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, highlighting the importance of Christian and Muslim students growing and learning together and the curriculum emphasizing peace education, interfaith dialogue, and gender balance and equality. Schools are located in Beit Sahour, Beit Jala, Bethlehem, and Ramallah, and are open to all regardless of gender, race, religion, or ability to pay. Other programs include an Environmental Education Center, Community Development Center in Jerusalem, and a Kindergarten on the Mount of Olives.
What it reported doing in 2025
$21,000 was designated for scholarship assistance to needy families who could not fully pay for tuition.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 95.5%; rating input score 95
- Program expense ratio: 86.5%; rating input score 86
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -10.4%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 27; 27th 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: 22.9% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 95.5% of revenue deployed · 86.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $41K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.