Preserve International
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 833543069
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Arlington, TX, USA
- Phone
- 8172333431
- Rating
- 94
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Economic Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $89,484
- Expenses
- $82,945
- Assets
- $8,056
- Liabilities
- $51,971
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Elizabeth Jordan-Flight (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Elizabeth Jordan-Flight (Executive Director)
- Jenna Sigman (Director of Outreach & Engagement)
- Maegan Stevens-Liska (Board of Directors)
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
Preserve International exists to fight hunger and minimize the burden of seasonal poverty in East Africa through the provision of innovative, rurally-minded food preservation technology and training to reduce post-harvest crop loss. We also endeavor to spread awareness of food waste reduction practices in the U.S. through education and training on seasonal eating and safe food preservation techniques.
What it reported doing in 2025
Preserve International, through its on-the-ground operations in Uganda, continued to expand its Train-the-Trainer model in 2025, strengthening local capacity and deepening community impact. Building on prior work, the organization added an additional 28 community-based agricultural groups, primarily composed of women and refugee-led initiatives. The program base was transitioned from Yumbe to Palorinya, where Preserve International partnered with Impact Driven Mission, a local refugee-led organization, to provide more comprehensive and integrated training. Trainings included techniques in solar dehydration, water bath canning, and improved storage practices to reduce post-harvest loss, alongside expanded support in agriculture, group development, and financial management. Preserve International Uganda also distributed hundreds of PICS bags, drying tarps, and other post-harvest handling supplies to support safe storage and reduce crop loss. The organization continued deploying Sparky dryers, a locally designed solar and biofuel-powered food dehydrator, to help preserve seasonal harvests such as mangoes, tomatoes, and leafy greens. These efforts enabled participants to improve household nutrition and generate income by selling preserved goods during the off-season. Through this model, Preserve International empowered local trainers and participants, fostering stronger integration within the community and reducing dependence on external facilitation. The approach emphasizes sustainable, relationship-driven development and long-term resilience across refugee and host populations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 77% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 45% for direct work, and 55% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - 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 and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 92.7%; rating input score 93
- 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: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.3%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 6.45; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 31.4%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -36.9% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 92.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $83K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.