Peace Sisters Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 812710495
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Pasadena, CA, USA
- Phone
- 6083462738
- Rating
- 94
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $86,587
- Expenses
- $112,679
- Assets
- $107,407
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LARA ELDREDGE SCHOTT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- YENDOUKOI KAMPOR (PRESIDENT / CEO)
People named in this filing
- FIONA VAJK (BOARD CHAIR)
- JENNIFER KANADY (SECRETARY)
- HILDA OKEREKE (TREASURER)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To support the costs of children's education, principally girls from poor families in africa, including such costs as are considered necessary to support the educational purpose.
What it reported doing in 2024
In the 2024-25 school year, peace sisters continued its work in the dapaong, togo area of west africa. 420+ girls in need of financial aid were included in our network to receive holistic support to help them continue their education. The five pillars of our program include: 1) school fees & supplies, 2) health care, 3) id cards, 4) mentoring & counseling, and 5) solar study lamps. Of the students, 296 attended at the high school or middle school level, and we were able to assist 81 students who are pursuing higher education at a university, nursing or trade school. Additionally, we continued supporting 44 apprentices who followed a less formal educational track in order to pursue a vocation. We procured 50 solar study lamps from a local nonprofit in dapaong and distributed them to girls living in homes without electricity so they can study at night. We also continued to provide basic health insurance coverage that allows the girls to access urgent care clinics, and in order to prevent absenteeism from school, we provided menstrual pads to all the girls. We also provided 100 girls with new school uniforms. Furthermore, we added dormitory capacity to our community center in dapaong so the high school students could study late into the night without worrying about having to walk home after curfew. Thanks to a grant from the us embassy in lom, togo, we also provided formal tutoring services to 205 girls so they could prepare for their high stakes exam.
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 99% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 85.2%; rating input score 85
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -30.1%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.95; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.8%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 26.1% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 85.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $96K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.