Solid Ground International
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 461233726
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2012
- Location
- Menlo Park, CA, USA
- Phone
- 6508624906
- Rating
- 95
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Victims' Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $159,609
- Expenses
- $186,170
- Assets
- $332,984
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVID WOLTER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- LYNETTE HSU MD (BOARD CHAIRPERSON)
- DAVID WOLTER (PRESIDENT)
- SANDRA BORGEST (SECRETARY)
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
Solid ground international is dedicated to the help, assistance, and healing of individuals exploited by human trafficking. The main purpose of the organization is to restore these individuals to full health and independent living through the establishment and maintenance of transitional housing.
What it reported doing in 2024
Solid ground international (sgi) provides transitional housing so that survivors of human trafficking and gender-based violence can focus on educational goals, vocational and social skills training, counseling, spiritual healing, and community re-integration. The goal is to launch survivors into a successful independent life, focusing on transforming them into the best individuals they can become. Our homes provide a program coordinator, a social worker, a psychologist, residential advisors, and an administrative officer to provide daily support to these individuals to reinforce these goals. We currently have two homes in cebu, philippines, as well as a program for residents who have graduated from our transition homes but still need housing support while they complete educational and vocational goals.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 89.7%; rating input score 90
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: -16.6%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.79; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 89.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $167K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.