Pipeline Worldwide
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 800561261
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2021
- Location
- Cave Creek, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 6026923306
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Relief
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,021,553
- Expenses
- $985,560
- Assets
- $276,205
- Liabilities
- $26,045
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JAMIE NOLLETTE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- SUSAN GRAY (PRESIDENT SINCE 8-2025)
- CRAIG WOLF (VICE PRESIDENT SINCE 8-2025)
- KEN KOBS (PRESIDENT UNTIL 8-2025)
- SCOTT WAGNER (VICE PRESIDENT UNTIL 8-2025)
Highest reported compensation
- JAMIE NOLLETTE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $54,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Pipeline worldwide's mission is to strengthen communities living in extreme poverty in northern uganda. We function as the community catalyst by accelerating impact through collaboration and partnerships that leverage resources and technology. (continued on schedule o) (continued from 990 page 2) our model develops skilled and healthy people who are empowered to not just survive but thrive on their own and improve the lives of others living in their community.
What it reported doing in 2025
Sustainable development & jobs: 1. Build sustainable and resilient buildings utilizing local materials2. Increase employment and decent work for all3. Reduce the number of youth lacking employment, education, or training4. Increase access to on-the-job technical and vocational training
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 78% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - 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: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 80
- Accountability: 83
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 78.9%; rating input score 79
- Program expense ratio: 81.5%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: $7.11 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 25; 25th 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: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Fail
- Conducts field audits: Fail
- May suspend future funding: Fail
- Requires financial reports: Fail
- Conducts site visits: Fail
- Requires grant agreements: Pass
- May require repayment: Fail
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.5%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.5%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.3% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 78.9% of revenue deployed · 81.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $804K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $54K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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: 6 of 8 not reported.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 25/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 49/100.