Sands in Burkina
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 451252566
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2015
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2015
- Location
- Arlington, TX, USA
- Phone
- 8325270538
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $36,060
- Expenses
- $37,162
- Assets
- $9,097
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Christopher Sands (President)
People named in this filing
- Christopher Sands (President)
- Nicky Otts (Board Member)
- Josh Fitzgerald (Board Member)
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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Sands In Burkina exists to serve and show the love of Jesus Christ to the Dagara people in West Africa through programs focused on Oprhans, Distressed Infants and Children in Crisis.
What it reported doing in 2015
Provide funding and support of the Center For Distressed Infants. The center provides nutrition, medical care and education to families who care for infants who have been orphaned, are twins, or have mothers who cannot produce milk. Currently the program serves more than 50 infants.
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84.4%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 81.9%; rating input score 82
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -3.1%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -39% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -42.5% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -8.8% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 84.4% of revenue deployed · 81.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $30K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2012 to 2015
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.