Responsible Jewelry Transformative Nfp

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
842484943
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
3129686643
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Vocational Counseling

Reported finances

Revenue
$75,969
Expenses
$47,723
Assets
$8,027
Liabilities
$2,000

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SUSAN WHEELER SMITH (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SUSAN WHEELER SMITH (PRESIDENT)
  • SARA LACROIX (SECRETARY)
  • NATALIE CLARK (DIRECTOR)

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

Engage in achievement with sustainable development goals through education, initiatives and creating connections across the global supply chain industries. The conference works to shed light on issues of the environment, human rights and equity within the jewelry industry. Direct trade relationships, business structures and best labour practices in order to foster equity and economic growth in a poverty driven livelihood. Prevent human rights abuses by providing education, self-empowering support and by raising awareness in the international community. The rjt also holds safety equipment drives and various other small initiatives to support the mission statement of the organization.

What it reported doing in 2024

Mining community empowerment -rjt partnered in the founding of the marange women's alliance, a community-based organization supporting women in marange, zimbabwe. This alliance is one of our core initiatives focused on empowering women in the mining sector. Pilot mining camp / unity house-a shipping container home project in kenya designed to provide safe housing and support for women miners.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 48.5%; rating input score 48
  • Program expense ratio: 77.1%; rating input score 77

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: 37.2%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -74.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -22.1% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -33.8% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 48.5% of revenue deployed · 77.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $37K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 48/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.