Restore Humanity Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
205496307
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2013
Location
Fayetteville, AR, USA
Phone
4798412841
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Gift Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$437,539
Expenses
$363,487
Assets
$153,820
Liabilities
$5,702

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • SARAH FENNEL BUCHANAN (CHAIRMAN): $74,250 total reported compensation
  • HERBERT BUCHANAN (DIRECTOR): $63,750 total reported compensation
  • ALANNAH MASSEY (SECRETARY): $56,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to help the communities we serve to acheive positive and lasting change through the development of human potential. We do this by creating a loving home for children, investing in both individuals and infastructure, and by providing acces to education, healthcare and opportunity.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization established and maintains an orphanage in siaya county in kenya. The orphanage currently houses children whose ages range from five years old to seventeen years old. This is their principal program. The organization also has a rh scholars program that covers tuition and living for multiple university and trade school students who are studying in kenya (former children from their orphanage and children they assisted with secondary school fees ). The organization also covers secondary school fees for other kenyan children in sirembe and purchases maxi-pads for secondary school girls in that same community. In january 2025, they opened the rh academy that currently has 3 preschool classes and 1st- and 2nd-grade classes. The rh academy is next to the orphanage in sirembe, siaya county, kenya, and serves children from the orphanage and the surrounding area.

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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 41
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 40.8%; rating input score 41
  • Program expense ratio: 49.2%; rating input score 49
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.8 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Limited
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.9%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 53.4%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 40.8% of revenue deployed · 49.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 12 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $179K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $74K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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 41/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 16/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.