Pay It Forward Ethiopia

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
452488223
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2014
Location
De Pere, WI, USA
Rating
43
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Reported finances

Revenue
$19,529
Expenses
$13,155
Assets
$30,162
Liabilities
$41,045

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Patrick Joyce (President)
  • Tesfaye Joyce (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Patrick Joyce (President)
  • Tesfaye Joyce (Vice President)
  • Megan Graff (Secretary)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Pay It Forward Ethiopia Inc. supports and funds in-country nonprofit organizations throughout Africa that demonstrate Gods love by providing sustainable care and assistance to orphans widows and other at-risk individuals. The organization provides financial resources and oversight to strengthen the impact and effectiveness of these charitable programs.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization provides financial support to in-country nonprofit partners throughout Africa that serve orphans widows and other at-risk individuals. Funds are used for essential services ongoing care and program development. The organization monitors the use of funds to ensure accountability transparency and alignment with its charitable mission.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 76% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 13
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 20.5%; rating input score 21
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 32.6%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.29; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.36; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -36.5% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -30.6% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -34% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 20.5% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 21/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.