Russian Orphan Opportunity Fund Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133925089
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
Racine, WI, USA
Phone
2626399398
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$31,353
Expenses
$32,632
Assets
$412,847
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DARIA KIRJANOV (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ARNE ALSIN (DIRECTOR)
  • AMY LIVINGSTON (DIRECTOR)
  • LAURA NEMMERS (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Providing high-quality education and social support for children in russian orphanages, and young adults who have grown up in russian orphanages, aiming to eradicate prejudices against them, providing a community living context for orphanage graduates to help them integrate into and add to society.

What it reported doing in 2024

Roof's largest project is be the pskov post-orphanage education centre in the city of pskov (the fr pavel adelgeim centre for post-orphanage support). In addition to providing basic educational programmes, our centre also helps orphanage graduates with questions of obtaining housing, keeping necessary personal documents up-to-date, and finding and maintaining jobs. The centre also serves the equally important goal of providing a "family and support group for these young people who find themselves alone in the city at the age of 16+, after growing up in rural orphanages. Our programs have served orphanage graduates in the pskov area. In addition to educational assistance, roof provides a great deal of legal aid, helping orphanage leavers to secure housing; despite being guaranteed a right to housing upon leaving the orphanage, very few of these young adults manage to enact their rights without one or more formal court cases. We work closely with municipal and regional social services personnel, so as to best serve our target group. Our main educational efforts were in basic life skills (budgeting, cooking, paying bills, etc.), and cognitive skills development. Most of this work is one-on-one or in small groups.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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.

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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 88.9%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • 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; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.1%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 12.65; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -12.5% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10.1% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 88.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $29K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2012 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.