Project I See You

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 844221149
IRS 990 coverage: 2020–2025
Forms available: Form 990 2025
Location: Denver, CO, USA
Phone: 3034812841
Rating: 68
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue: $753,599
Expenses: $631,957
Assets: $655,772
Liabilities: $35

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Mercy Tucker (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

Mercy Tucker (Executive Director): $60,000 total reported compensation
Reba Jones (Vice Chairperson): $11,843 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Project I See You's vision is to create a world where society is strengthened by every woman being seen, heard, and valued through a transformative exchange of service, healing, and reciprocal dignity.

What it reported doing in 2025

Immersion Trips - Teams were organized to build cross cultural experiences with Centro Te Veo in the DR. Groups include those organized and led by Project I See You staff and leaders as well as other organized groups that are led by outside leaders. For all trips, efforts are made to work with the leadership of Centro Te Veo to coordinate programs and projects with the community in the DR.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 86% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 81% 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: 62
Transparency & Controls: 62
Accountability: 85
Sustainability: 57
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 62.6%; rating input score 63
Program expense ratio: 74.1%; rating input score 74
Fundraising efficiency: $6.97 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: Limited
Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
- 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: Fail
- May require repayment: Fail
Grant itemization coverage: 57.1%; rating input score 57; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

Independent voting board: 90%; rating input score 90; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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: Fail

Sustainability

Operating margin: 16.1%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.04; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 11.4%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 25.3% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 24.4% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 27.2% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 62.6% of revenue deployed · 74.1% of spending went to programs
Governance: 9 of 10 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $468K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $60K · 10 people listed
Consistency: 28 of 31 current checks pass · 3 findings to review
Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
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: 7 of 8 not reported.
High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 24/100.
Review — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 57/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.