Orphans Unlimited Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043717267
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Eagle Lake, TX, USA
Phone
9792343422
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$917,679
Expenses
$910,914
Assets
$322,123
Liabilities
$916

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRENDA S LANGE (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRENDA S LANGE (PRESIDENT): $26,400 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Caring for and educating orphans

What it reported doing in 2024

1. Seven orphan homes host 60 orphans. Our 7 homes currently serve 29 infants and toddlers under 3 years of age, 12 little disciples ages 3 to 5, as well as 19 school age children. Due to the 12 preschoolers soon needing a bed in the schoolchildrens home, we expanded that complex with a 2 bedroom, 3 bath, and 3 toilet addition that will be completed by march, 2025. 2. Our joseph program provided food for over 1,300 orphans cared for by 665 widows living in balama district. 3. In meluco district we assisted 335 orphans cared for by 56 widows. 4. Electricity now exists in all 7 of our childrens homes. 5. Food bought in june/july 2024 supported all orphans listed above. Beans: 112.5 tons rice: 244.6 tons corn: 79 tons peanuts: 2.6 tons 6. Sixteen water wells received major repairs, and another 6 received minor repairs. 7. Church salvations: 1,414 children 709 teenagers 355 adults 8. Bbc teams: 11,577 salvations of children and teens with 54,843 children coming to the bawana games that end in a bible lesson each week. 9. One new church was planted in namuno district with 30 people attending. 10. One man delivered from a very demonic state who received jesus afterwards. One family walked 15 kms/7 miles to ask for healing for a sick family member that they had carried to the church. They went to a witchdoctor first with no results, then were told that jesus heals jesus healed the man, and set him free from his sins the whole family came to jesus that day.

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 91% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 55
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.8%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 98.6%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
    • 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; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.7%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.35; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.8% of revenue deployed · 98.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 7 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $898K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $26K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 8 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.