Sewhope Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
261639100
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
Ottawa Hills, OH, USA
Phone
4195379185
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$670,054
Expenses
$604,295
Assets
$724,021
Liabilities
$3,679

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

People named in this filing

  • TIMOTHY KUHN BE (SECRETARY)
  • GLORIA BUGANSKI (TREASURER)
  • ANNE RUCH MD (CHAIRMAN)

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

Our mission is to partner with the poor, marginalized and exploited in guatemala to help end the injustices of poverty and bring about sustainable communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Education highlights for 2024: - our additional classroom was built and ready for the 2025 school year - seiner lopz is our full-time principal - two new teachers were hired for parvulos and 5th grade - teachers worked on khan academy time each week to improve their math skills - for 2024: 8,040 minutes and 555 skills mastered, all working at least at the 4th grade level - regular education meetings have been held each month adi continues to translate - students - raz kids - 35,290 books listened to; 35,512 books read - students - khan academy math skills - improved on 13,027, 103 per student - mastered 9,733, 77 per student - distribution of crosses to students during may visit, help from maumee united methodist church youth - communication with sponsors included a handmade card in may and a christmas card in december - visit from the guatemalan ministry of education to discuss 2025 school year - held meeting with teachers to go over raz and khan academy and how to assist students to achieve more - we gave the standardized test that was given to us by the ministry of education one time. Most kids got 100%, decided not to give it again, very time consuming to grade - two new desktop computers were purchased through money donated at leap fundraiser - students received vaccinations - planted new trees on site with students caring for them - students had guest speakers that showed them possibilities of future careers - we held a metric olympics with students estimating and measuring actual distances of various events - we had our first family move night showing the movie vivo - our pen pal program with maumee valley country day school included letters and zoom calls - vbs was held right after school was completed, 125 students were in attendance; students also have bible study each day at school - a family fun day was held at the conclusion of the school year. Members of the staff, families and the community came together and paid for and poured a concrete slab performance area for the school and students' use - seiner secured many donations from the community for extra activities

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 74% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.1%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 87.4%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.59 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 9.8%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.2; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.2% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.1% of revenue deployed · 87.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $528K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 36/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.