Remember Niger Coalition
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 263500898
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2009
- Location
- Holland, MI, USA
- Phone
- 6163501818
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Relief
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $522,095
- Expenses
- $413,277
- Assets
- $287,276
- Liabilities
- $6,348
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHRIS CHATELAINE-SAMSEN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- KARA VANDERKAMP (EXECUTIVE DI)
- CHRIS CHATELAINE-SAMSEN (PRESIDENT)
- BETH ROBERTSON (VICE PRESIDE)
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
Remember niger coalition (rnc) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to unifying people and mobilizing resources to expand quality educational opportunities in niger, africa. We are unique in that we partner with and support nigerien organizations who have a remarkable vision for their country and share our core values. Through a holistic approach and working side by side with our nigerien partners, who own and operate their schools, we are able to ensure that more and more children receive a high quality education in one of the least developed countries in the world. Our vision is that every child in niger has access to a high quality education, which will create opportunities for leadership roles in their communities and beyond. Through our work, we will reach a tipping point in niger: when enough children have received a quality education, they will have an enormous impact on their communities and will positively transform their country.
What it reported doing in 2024
Quality education support: the organization provides funds that are used for primary and secondary school and higher education assistance, school supplies, student health and nutrition, food, uniforms, teacher training and technology. The program is geared towards girls, young women, children with disabilities, orphans and children from very poor families in niger. Contributions are pooled from all donors supporting this program to ensure that as many children can attend school as possible.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 50% for direct work, and 50% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 62
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 69.3%; rating input score 69
- Program expense ratio: 87.5%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: $32.14 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Fail
- Conducts field audits: Fail
- May suspend future funding: Fail
- Requires financial reports: Pass
- Conducts site visits: Fail
- Requires grant agreements: Pass
- May require repayment: Fail
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 20.8%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.7; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 69.3% of revenue deployed · 87.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 15 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $362K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 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.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 5 of 8 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.