Tanzania Sharing Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 853417052
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Houston, TX, USA
- Phone
- 8328844222
- Rating
- 44
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $65,897
- Expenses
- $65,128
- Assets
- $11,544
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Rose Lupiana (President)
People named in this filing
- Rose Lupiana (President)
- Irene Matanda (Public Relationship)
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
The organization is organized and operated to provide charitable support and relief to individuals within the Tanzanian community by offering financial, emotional, and social assistance during times of hardship and significant life events. Programs include emergency assistance for illness, death, and financial distress, as well as community-based activities that promote cultural unity, social support, and overall well-being. The organization's activities are designed to strengthen community ties and provide relief to those in need.
What it reported doing in 2025
The organization operated programs that provided financial, emotional, and social support to members of the Tanzanian community during times of hardship and significant life events. Assistance was provided to individuals and families experiencing illness, death, and financial emergencies, helping to alleviate immediate financial burdens. The organization also facilitated community gatherings and cultural events to promote unity, social support, and community well-being. These activities strengthened community relationships and provided meaningful support to those in need.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 13
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 13.1%; rating input score 13
- Program expense ratio: 13.2%; rating input score 13
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.2%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.6%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -150% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 13.1% of revenue deployed · 13.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $9K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 13/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 13/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.