Padoc Area Scholars Society USA

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
881533171
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Saint Paul, MN, USA
Phone
6129682370
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$501,563
Expenses
$478,066
Assets
$46,724
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • FRANCIS ROBY (PRESIDENT&TR)

People named in this filing

  • DIXIE GEDSTAD (SECRETARY)
  • KIM KORINEK (DIRECTOR)
  • AUGUSTINO MAYAI (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

South sudan has been impacted by decades-long conflicts, and the south sudanese people have been deprived of development opportunities for many years. South sudan gained independence from sudan in 2011 after many years of civil war. South sudan lacks basic infrastructure and has a minimally skilled workforce. South sudan is ranked as the 1 poorest country in the world with an annual per capita gdp of 455. For comparison, haiti is 21st with a gdp of 3,108. The u.s. Dollar is very impactful for the youth of south sudan as a full-year tuition and fees costs only 450 many of our college scholarship recipients receive full tuition and living expenses for 2, 3 and 4 year college programs. All of the college majors that we support have direct employability in the south sudanese economic system. Most of our students are orphans. Many others suffer from ptsd as a result of experiencing traumatic violent events.

What it reported doing in 2024

We provide college/university scholarships including up to 500 per semester for tuition and fees and 600 living allowance for the school year. About 80% of our students attend college/universities that cost less than 500 per semester for tuition and fees. We provide assistance with medical bills when the medical condition is a serious threat to our student's health. We provide assistance with transportation to the college/universities when the students do not have the capacity to travel. We continued college scholarships from last school year to this school year for 108 students. Additionally, we added 117 new scholarship recipients that began college this school year.

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. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.5%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 98.1%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: $83.59 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings

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: Limited
    • Requires narrative reports: Limited
    • Conducts field audits: Limited
    • May suspend future funding: Limited
    • Requires financial reports: Limited
    • Conducts site visits: Limited
    • Requires grant agreements: Limited
    • May require repayment: Limited
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.7%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 109% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 67.2% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.5% of revenue deployed · 98.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $469K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.