Project Ruth

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
871913408
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Kernersville, NC, USA
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Reported finances

Revenue
$130,876
Expenses
$118,897
Assets
$191,279
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Otniel-Ioan Bunaciu (President)

People named in this filing

  • Otniel-Ioan Bunaciu (President)
  • Ralph Stocks (Treasurer)
  • Celia Jones (Secretary)

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

Project Ruth is a Charity based in Bucharest Romania established to provide transformational educational opportunities to children and adults affected by poverty especially those from Roma Gypsy backgrounds with the purpose of improving their life choices.

What it reported doing in 2025

Project Ruth in Bucharest Romania receives funds from this 501c3 to provide education for approx.200 students including teacher salaries and building utilities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and total assets are large relative to annual expenses, but may not be spendable cash. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.2%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.61; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.8% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.