Rwenzori Center for Research and Advocacy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
981511659
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Uganda, Rwenzori, UG
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$134,800
Expenses
$134,800
Assets
$52,463
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jostas Mwebembezi (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Kansiime Doreen (Horticulture Officer): $8,219 total reported compensation
  • Jostas Mwebembezi (Executive Director): $2,367 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

RCRA is dedicated to fostering community empowerment in Uganda. We do this through initiatives in community and reproductive health access to climate-resilient livelihoods womens empowerment and evidence-based advocacy.

What it reported doing in 2024

Activity 1.1 Conducting a regional-level inception meeting with 5 participants from each of the 10 districts of Tooro sub-region Meeting report Attendance list Payment vouchers Receipts September 6 2024 Completed 52 stakeholders attended and understood the projects objectives and scope. They identified their roles and responsibilities in the project. The project was launched which marked the beginning of the implementation process. Activity 2.1 Conducting of a 5-day regional Training of 40 Trainers Training report Attendance list Payment vouchers Receipts September 30,2024 Completed Trained 40 participants across the 10 districts in the Tooro. They included the Assistant District Health Officer-Maternal and Child Health 1 Medical Officer 1 Midwife and an Assistant Inventory Management Officer per district. Activity 2.2 Conducting a 2-day facility based mentorship of 136 health facilities in the region Mentorship report Attendance list Payment vouchers Receipts November 30,2024 Delayed The delay was due to lack of heat stable cabetocin in the country. We have engaged ministry of health on this matter and they have promised that a batch of 20,000 doses will be arriving in the country this December. However these are still few. Details on the challenges section January 31 2025

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 55
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 38
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.3%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 62.3%; rating input score 62
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 22nd 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: 16.7%; rating input score 17; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.9%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -94.8% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -54.4% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.3% of revenue deployed · 62.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 6 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $84K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $8K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 40 of 43 current checks pass · 3 findings to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 17/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX AllOtherExpenses column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX CompCurrentOfficersDirectors column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.