Raincatchers

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
320023133
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2021
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2021
Location
Fowlerville, MI, USA
Phone
7342764980
Rating
33
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Development
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,361
Expenses
$92,183
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Roro Eustache (Board member)
  • Gaia Stanley (Board member)
  • Travis Farmer (Board 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 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Raincatchers designs, installs and maintains rainwater collection systems in Haiti. We recruit volunteers from churches, high schools and colleges to deliver, install and maintain the systems. Our goal is to address the deplorable yet preventable health conditions that results from Haiti's critical shortage of safe water, while providing a youth leadership training experience in an environment requiring the ability to improvise and adapt.

What it reported doing in 2021

Raincatchers' mission is to design, install, and maintain rainwater collection systems in Haiti. We organize short term trips to deliver, install, and maintain the systems, recruiting volunteers from churches, high schools, and colleges. Our goal is to a) address the deplorable yet preventable health conditions that result from Haiti's critical shortage of safe water, while b) providing a youth leadership training experience in an environment requiring the ability to improvise and adapt.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 71% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

REVIEW - 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6,673.2%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -18.7% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.