Robin Raina Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
510497387
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2018
Forms available
Form 990 2018
Location
Alpharetta, GA, USA
Phone
6782812027
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,305,525
Expenses
$43,408
Assets
$10,044,227
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • ROBIN RAINA (Trustee)
  • ROMICA RAINA (Trustee)
  • RAHUL RAINA (Trustee)

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 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To primarily establish, develop, run, maintain and grant aid in cash or in kind to child welfare charity activities directed at providing education, food, clothing and lodging to underprivileged children.

What it reported doing in 2018

RRF Slum Home Project: Beginning October 2007, RRF embarked on project to build 6000 free homes for the slum dwellers of Delhi. As on date, 1157 homes have already been built. Each of these homes is fully painted, 4 sided brick having a concrete roof, plastered floor, walls, with electricity, fan and exhaust etc. Each home is provided to a slum dweller on legal land absolutely free of cost, on the legally binding condition that they would have to send their kids irrespective of gender, to the Robin Raina Foundation schools (with free meals, clothing, food, education, picnics etc.); as also commit to not selling this home for a period of seven years from the time they take possessionThe Robin Raina Foundation (RRF) donated money to the Robin Raina Charitable Trust, SCALE and RRF Slum project to support a number of charity projects in India, namely -DELHI, INDIAoRaina-Prayas School: RRF and Prayas, one of the largest charities in India have partnered together and adopted 800 children belonging to slum areas, in Bawana in North West Delhi, India. The project is housed in an eleven room school facility equipped with computers, library, television, Water filter, refrigerator and class room facilities. The school provides breakfast, lunch, clothing, toys, medical care, picnics, and extra-curricular activities in addition to quality education to the children. oRaina-Shine School: RRF and Shine (a charity started by the Hindustan Times newspaper) have partnered together and adopted 650 children belonging to slum areas, in Ghijor village in Noida, India. The project involves a two floor school housed in an twelve room school facility equipped with computers, library, television, Water filter, refrigerator and class room facilities. The school provides food, clothing, toys, medical care, picnics, and extra-curricular activities in addition to quality education to the children.oRaina-Prayas Self Help Group: In Bawana itself, the Raina Prayas joint venture has set up twenty self help groups comprising a total of 600 slum dweller women with a view to provide them empowerment in terms of education, co-operative financing, legal and social support to fight exploitation. The women run a joint cooperative movement and loan money to each other as also support each other through thick and thin, in a democratic manner. oRaina-Prayas UNDP Empowerment Program: The Raina Prayas joint venture has almost teamed up to provide vocational training, embroidery and stitching training to a few hundred mothers of the slum dweller children of Bawana, to help them seek sources of employment.oRaina- Prayas Micro credit Finance: The Raina Prayas joint venture provides micro-credit finance to slum dwellers in Bawana district of Delhi, to help them become independent and start some occupation that requires some initial capital."Blind Aid Project (For Boys): RRF has sponsored 156 blind children in the age group of 17 years to 23 years in Delhi, in terms of helping them become completely independent financially. RRF pays for the graduation studies, hostel fees, books, clothes, food etc. for each of these children, who are studying at present in eminent schools like St. Stephens, Ramjas, Hindu, Kirori Mal etc. in Delhi. Thanks to the foundation's constant financial and moral support, one hundred two (102) of these children are today finishing Masters in various subjects with the Delhi University, while studying in the top schools in Delhi. oServants of People Society Med-Aid Project: RRF has donated one medical Ambulance to Grameen Seva Kendra run by Servants of the People Society (Founded by Lala Lajpat Rai, the famous Indian freedom fighter in 1921), for rural areas around Delhi. This ambulance today has Doctors traveling four times a week to far-flung villages around Delhi city, to meet the medical needs of the needy

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 21
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 18
  • Sustainability: 97
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 2.8%; rating input score 3
  • Program expense ratio: 57.6%; rating input score 58
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 96.7%; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 231.39; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -18.7% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.6% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 2.8% of revenue deployed · 57.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 14 of 15 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2010 to 2018
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 3/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 8 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.