Rebuild Africa Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
142007728
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Cambridge, MA, USA
Phone
6174913539
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Reported finances

Revenue
$141,421
Expenses
$139,999
Assets
$54,770
Liabilities
$10,778

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • WILLIAM MASSAQUOI (DIRECTOR / E)
  • GORDON ADOMDZA (DIRECTOR)
  • ROBERT CHEGE (TREASURER/DI)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Rebuild africa, inc has a mission to empower citizens of liberia to rebuild their lives and communities through education, vocational training, and mentoring - focusing primarily, but not exclusively, on youths living in poor and remote communities. Rebuild africa directs them to ask the right questions, analyze all sides of an issue, think critically, solve vexing problems, and behave entrepreneurially in their context. Rebuild africa encourages persons to challenge the status quo by taking leadership in creating new solutions and working for the economic prosperity of their communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024, our programs reached a total of 658 learners across its four centers in lofa and bong counties, maintaining average school attendance rate of over 90%. Academic proficiency improved at the newly established kolahun community academy. Students meeting the national reading standard increased from 8% to 69%. Their literacy rates climbed from 15% to 78.6% and numeracy skills improved from 35% to 77.3%. The academic gains are a direct result of adoption of proven evidence-based educational materials, including teaching at the right level(tarl), read liberia, and the luminos curriculum. Ra equipped 55 teachers with innovative student-based pedagogical skills through a robust professional developement program, including 2 workshops on inclusive teaching practices and bi-weekly continuous professional development (cpd) throughout the year. Ra implemented a multi-faceted retention strategy to combat high turnover of teachers in rural areas, resulting in a 15% improvement in retention. Ra continued to develop deep community partnerships with communities providing building supplies and labor for school constructions. Some schools implemented vital school-lunch programs. Ra intensified fundraising efforts, submitting 10 grant applications in 2024. Internally, ra focused on strengthening its operational framework, participating in the acumen lightful bridge program to build resilience in digital growth and developed key policies, including a child protection policy and beneficiary policy, to align with international standards.

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 92% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.5%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 83.3%; rating input score 83

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.5%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.5% of revenue deployed · 83.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $117K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.