Project Okurase

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463211555
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
North Charleston, SC, USA
Phone
8434521310
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$155,904
Expenses
$143,556
Assets
$47,459

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • DR CYNTHIA CUPIT SWENSON (BOARD CHAIR)
  • DR IDA S TAYLOR (TREASURER)
  • IRIS POOLE (MEMBER)

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

To work with the people of ghana, west africa to improve their lives by implementing sustainable solutions to life's greatest challenges and together sharing those solutions with other villages

What it reported doing in 2025

Support a village in ghana, west africa to develop and implement sustainable solutions for life threatening problems. To date, the organization has constructed buildings, held medical clinics, opened a computer classroom, helped support the startup of local small businesses, opened a montessori school, and planted an organic garden.

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 - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 54
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 52.3%; rating input score 52
  • Program expense ratio: 56.8%; rating input score 57

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.9%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 52.3% of revenue deployed · 56.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $82K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 52/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.