Sustain International
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 812830377
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Auburn, AL, USA
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- International Economic Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $13,402
- Expenses
- $12,880
- Assets
- $9,213
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Ariel Cameron (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Ariel Cameron (Executive Director)
- Elizabeth Owenby (Board Member)
- Jennifer Arrington (Board Chair)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Sustain International works in Rwanda to execute developmental and sustainable projects to create thriving communities through job creation business training and clean water projects.
What it reported doing in 2025
Sustain International continued laying the groundwork for a training center in Rwanda. During this year we continued a temporary sewing center while working on the backend of the large training center. We also ran a pineapple and banana farm for the community where we will be working. Additionally we set up a health insurance program for our community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.9%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.72; rating input score 39; 39th 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: -79.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -31% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -35.7% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.