Oromo Community Inc Minneapolisst

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411727260
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Saint Paul, MN, USA
Phone
6517573047
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ethnic, Immigrant Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$241,434
Expenses
$282,326
Assets
$515,623
Liabilities
$2,096

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LEYLA ABAWARI (PRESIDENT)
  • BASHANANTU MOHAMED (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • YUSUF FARDI (ELDERS AFFAIRS)
  • LEYLA ABAWARI (PRESIDENT)
  • BASHANANTU MOHAMED (VICE PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Oromo community of Minnesota provides multiple social services to east african immigrants in the minneapolis st. Paul and its metropolitan areas. Ocm services includes but not limited to youth and elderly programs, immigration, employment.

What it reported doing in 2024

Social & racial inequity grant-ocm provides critical social support to newly arrived refugees, asylum seekers, and low-income families affected by the impacts of the covid-19 pandemic. The organization offered immigration assistance, helped clients complete food and nutrition program applications, supported public housing applications, and provided referrals to essential services. Ocm also provided employment counseling and job readiness support to help community members secure meaningful work. Services included rsum assistance, job search support, and interview preparation. Transportation services were offered to elders and individuals without reliable means of travel, ensuring that they could attend appointments, social events, and community programs.ocm continued to provide tutoring and school navigation support to refugee students and removed language barriers through translation and interpretation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 99% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 84.7%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -16.9%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.83; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.9% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99% of revenue deployed · 84.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $239K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.