Pamoja Initiative Corp

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
922190658
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
3476656417
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$130,000
Expenses
$86,907
Assets
$43,093

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Omar Umra (Treasurer)
  • Ismail Bwana (Programs)
  • Fatma Abdulkadir (Finance)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Pamoja International Association is a socially responsible not for profit organization designed towards promoting education, sports and intercultural leadership with programs in Kenya and currently setting up a base in Portugal and North Carolina. The vision is a two-way street that connects opportunities between the global south and north on an equal footing. A platform of opportunities that offers sports for development programs, promotes rural education through state-of-the art design/opportunities and advances learning tools/opportunities for learners and educators across borders. The entity would also partner with other grassroots organizations that share the same values and support their initiatives.

What it reported doing in 2023

Under the initiative we currently have: 1. Shamba La Shela Primary School in Lamu, Kenya 2. Annual football tournament in Lamu, Kenya with a football player attending the United World Academy 3. Swimming 4 Change program for young girls in Kenya 4. Culture Exchange with Nova Terra School in Portugal 5. Continuing professional education, or CPE, credit for medical professional in North Carolina

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 71% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.9%; rating input score 67
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 33.1%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $87K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.