Reaching Across Borders Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
852397845
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Newnan, GA, USA
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,180,595
Expenses
$3,514,835
Assets
$260,702
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Maile Ramzi (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Raiza Kolia (Executive Dir.)
  • Ernst Mucke (Chairman)
  • Maile Ramzi (Vice President)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Reaching Across Border's ("RAB") mission is to engage with vulnerable communities, especially through women-led organizations and refugee-led initiatives, to foster holistic economic empowerment rooted in social enterpreneurship. RAB supports individuals in earning a dignified income, developing practical skills and building emotional resilience. Through trauma-informed, culturally-grounded mental health (MH) and psycho-social support (PSS), RAB strives to illuminate a path toward healing, dignity, and hope for displaced and marginalized populations. Rooted from a moral imperative and driven by a commitment to social justice, RAB is dedicated to reaching across borders with compassion, equity, and solidarity. In addition, RAB builds strategic partnerships with NGOs around the world that align with RABs mission to deliver critical services, such as education, housing, and humanitarian relief, to refugees and marginalized populations. A key partnership this year has been with the Bonyan

What it reported doing in 2024

RAB established six community crisis libraries within shelters housing internally displaced populations. These spaces were created to provide children and families with safe, supportive environments during displacement. The libraries provided access to books, educational materials, and structured activities, including art sessions and storytelling classes. These activities aimed to support childrens emotional wellbeing, encourage creativity and learning, reduce the psychological impact of displacement, and create a sense of normalcy and community connection within temporary shelter environments. Through these integrated programs and services, RAB continued to advance its mission of providing community-based humanitarian assistance that promotes mental wellbeing, resilience, protection, dignity, and empowerment among vulnerable individuals, families, and communities affected by conflict and displacement.

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.
  • 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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 0
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 98.7%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -10.5%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 101.2% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 93.3% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 36.9% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 9 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 10 filed program accomplishments · $3.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.