Sub-Saharan Education Project Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 272309367
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2016
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-N 2015
- Location
- Atlanta, GA, USA
- Phone
- 4045238337
- Rating
- 62
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $74,780
- Expenses
- $76,690
- Assets
- $35,816
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Sara Allegra (President)
- Jennifer Owens (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Sara Allegra (President)
- Caitlyn Gill (Treasurer)
- Audrey Tollenaer (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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Sub-Saharan Education Project, Inc.'s ("SSEP") mission is to enrich the lives of women and children by increasing access to community based educational opportunities. Our programs consist of skill building vocational training for women, infrastructure development including school construction and classroom/school renovations, comprehensive scholarship programs for younger students, weekly tutoring classes, internship programs to high school graduates and medical outreach programs.
What it reported doing in 2016
Village Program Support - Held medical outreach programs with three villages with populations between 250-800 residents. Offered community engagement programs and focus groups regarding access to education and women's empowerment.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 54
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 54%; rating input score 54
- Program expense ratio: 52.7%; rating input score 53
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2.6%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 29; 29th 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: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 54% of revenue deployed · 52.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $40K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.