Project Healthy Children Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
830396815
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Westborough, MA, USA
Phone
8575003654
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,841,343
Expenses
$7,366,104
Assets
$16,284,563
Liabilities
$2,030,930

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • FELIX BROOKS-CHURCH (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • FELIX BROOKS-CHURCH (CEO): $203,136 total reported compensation
  • JOHN KANGARUA (DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION & MANUFACTURING): $181,305 total reported compensation
  • TIM LAKU (DIRECTOR OF IT): $168,860 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Project healthy children inc provides support for food fortification policy development, enforcement, and the tools for flour millers to fortify flour with essential nutrients thoughout eastern africa.

What it reported doing in 2024

1. Provide technical support and education to governments and millers on the benefits of food fortification. 2. Design and support an effective model that will enable small and medium scale, mills to cost effectively and sustainably fortify their flour. 3. Advocate with government agencies for fortification including standards and enforcement. In fy2025, the organization reached approximately 32 million people with our services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 61
  • Transparency & Controls: 56
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 44.6%; rating input score 45
  • Program expense ratio: 87.9%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $21.93 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 46.8%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.21; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.3%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.2% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 44.6% of revenue deployed · 87.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $203K · 13 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $253K reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 45/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.