Strong Villages Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464192246
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2018
Forms available
Form 990 2018, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Agoura Hills, CA, USA
Phone
8182258090
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$117,836
Expenses
$104,671
Assets
$84,515
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DORIS LYNN BEALER (President)
  • JEFF MACINTYRE (Vice President)
  • LAURA MATSUNAG DDS (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • DORIS LYNN BEALER (President)
  • JEFF MACINTYRE (Vice President)
  • LAURA MATSUNAG DDS (Vice President)

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 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Strong villages provides assistance to and partners with villages worldwide, irrespective of race, religion, creed or political conviction. Dental and medical care is provided at no cost. To the individuals that inhabit these villages.

What it reported doing in 2018

(4a) Access for basic dental and medical care is circumstantially denied to the under-served and high-risk segment of the population of the Toledo District in Belize, Central America. In Belize a concurrent lack of awareness of contributing factors for oral diseases and the methods to prevent them results in poor oralhygiene practices compounded by a significant increase in consumption of sugary and highly processed foods. Diabetes mellitus and HIV/AIDS, the first and fourth leading causes of death in Belize, and medical scholarship implicate poor oral health as a causative factor in developing heart disease. The disabled who are unable to travel at all are particularly impacted by the lack of services. Toledo has thehighest rate of disability in the country (8.4%). Strong Villages' Dental Belize Initiative is strongly supported by the Belize Health Ministry and aligns its Initiative with The World Health Organization.Strong Villages also supports the continued renovation of the Tumul kin Health Center in Blue Creek Village which allows for us to serve a population of over 28,000 from surrounding villages. During 2018, over 3500 volunteer hours were provided by dentists and other volunteers in order to serve over 4000 patients. In addition to the dental procedures themselves, education and supplies for oral hygiene were provided. Vision screening was also provided to many of the patients and Strong Villages distributed over 1500 pair of eye glasses. Medical, dental and eye care professional services rendered for 2018 isvalued at $625,000.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 72% 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: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 45
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.4%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 90.5%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $328.11 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 95; 95th 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: No; rating input score 0
  • 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: 11.2%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.81; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

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

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.4% of revenue deployed · 90.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $95K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Major donor itemization scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.