Somali Bantu Community Organization of W

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
550913398
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2020
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Buffalo, NY, USA
Phone
7168819100
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$88,177
Expenses
$94,426
Assets
$81,112
Liabilities
$37,118

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALI MACHEREMO (PRESIDENT)
  • IBRAHIM IFTIN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • ALI MACHEREMO (PRESIDENT)
  • KAREN ADAMSKI (SECRETARY)
  • SISTER ROSEANN CAPPOLA (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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to educate and empower refugees and immigrants in buffalo and erie county, while preserving their traditions, languages and cultures that bond to a dynamic community. Our vision is to help build a community that strengthens families to self-sufficiency and become active citizens in society. We believe in hard work and perseverance in order to improve the quality of life while creating hopes for refugees and immigrants.

What it reported doing in 2020

Resettling in a new place comes with many challenges. The sbco was created to help refugees and immigrants transition to a new life. Services currently available include:-translation and interpretation for adults and children in chizigula, may may, somali and swahili;-case management for adults and children, including social services, health care access, public school registration, immigration resources and other services;-dispute and conflict resolution within the community;-after school program for refugee and immigrant children in grades k through 8, where homework assistance, academic skills building, mentoring and social integration are provided;-say yes summer school program for refugee and immigrant children in grades k through 8-access to affordable produce through the somali bantu community farm.

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.6%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 70.6%; rating input score 71

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: -7.1%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.86; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.46; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.7%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.6% of revenue deployed · 70.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $67K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.