Outreach International

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
431164177
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Kansas City, MO, USA
Phone
8168330883
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
International Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,319,685
Expenses
$3,354,843
Assets
$5,094,558
Liabilities
$40,879

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SCOTT MURPHY (DIRECTOR & INTERIM CEO (THRU 09/25))
  • JOHN HERRON (PRESIDENT & CEO (UNTIL 5/9/25))
  • ELENE CLOETE (PRESIDENT & CEO (AS OF 8/4/25))

Highest reported compensation

  • JOHN HERRON (PRESIDENT & CEO (UNTIL 5/9/25)): $183,292 total reported compensation
  • ANDREA READ-DAVIS (CHIEF FIELD OPERATIONS OFFICER): $120,488 total reported compensation
  • CHARLOTTE BELSHE (CHIEF DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING OFFICER): $102,757 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Outreach international delivers solutions to poverty by partnering with communities in low-income countries to build lasting, locally-led programs that awaken their strength to overcome their struggles.

What it reported doing in 2024

Advocacy & development research - as a long-term implementer and advocate for community-led development, outreach international is well positioned to assist individuals, governments, foundations, and charities with evidence-based best practices by conducting rigorous evaluation and research activities. The outcomes from such activities provide insights on how to strengthen interventions, and also contribute to global scholarship that advocates for the often undervalued, yet highly effective potential of community-led development. Research outputs included 6 publications (peer-reviewed and international blogs), 4 large scale research projects, and 2 international conference presentations. The organization also sustained relationships in ongoing ingo research consortia and established new partnerships with researchers at higher education institutions. Outreach international facilitated the implementation of community-led monitoring and evaluation, supporting community partners to develop, administer, and analyse their own project evaluation. In the philippines and cambodia, 120+ leaders administered 3,500+ surveys focused on water, sanitation, and food security challenges. The data is used to advocate for greater support from funders and government agencies. This work is gaining traction, resulting in 3 international webinars, 1 peer-reviewed article, and a daylong workshop attended by staff from various ingos, governments, and bilateral development agencies.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 42% for direct work, and 58% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - 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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.4%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 81.5%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.49 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Pass
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.1%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.52; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.1%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.4% of revenue deployed · 81.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $183K · 19 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 38 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.