Sawa-someone a World Away
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 464507361
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- Aurora, CO, USA
- Phone
- 3035489212
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $28,217
- Expenses
- $29,737
- Assets
- $10,485
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CARA LAWLER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- CARA LAWLER (PRESIDENT)
- MARY LAWLER (V/P-TREASURE)
- TIM LAWLER (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide adequate housing and supplies to children in need
What it reported doing in 2024
Supporting the children of el shadai grace centre outside of nairobi kenya is sawa's primary project. Some children left the orphanage during covid, but sawa has still been able to help with medical bills and basic needs. There are 3 yound adults who completed secondary school and aged out of the orphanage. In 2024 sawa provided support for their transition and paid tuition and living expenses for one student taking college courses. The numbers in el shadai can vary, but there are up to 25 primary school age children and about 5 secondary school age children. Sawa has stopped paying school fes for new additions to the orphanage due to the deterioration of the relationship and communication with the orphanage director, but the funding we provide to operate and maintain the building benefits all the children. Sawa also covers expenses for all the children to support thier health and safety.
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.
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: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.2%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 85.6%; rating input score 86
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5.4%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.35; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -15.7% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -12.7% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -10.6% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 90.2% of revenue deployed · 85.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $25K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.