The Alta Project

What it reported doing in 2025

Comprehensive Support to Milimatutu Girls Senior Secondary SchoolProvided comprehensive support to students and staff at Milimatutu Girls Senior Secondary School. When third-term school fees did not arrive with returning students, the school faced closure; Alta covered wages for support staff - drivers, cooks, security, secretarial, and non-certified classroom aides - and provided food security for the boarding students, allowing the school to remain open. The students completed the school year. Approximately 500 students benefited directly from these services. Based on average family size in the region, the educational, nutritional, and economic benefits of the program extended to an estimated 3,000 family members.Alta staffed and stocked an on-site medical clinic throughout the year, keeping girls healthy and recovering quickly with little lost class time and without the cost and distance of seeking care in Lodwar, and provided conseling alongside visiting specialist teams and the school's ongoing on-site work. Hygiene and sanitation support included 1,000 dignity kits for students and staff, a soap making program in which the girls produced their own soap to keep themselves, their uniforms, and the school clean year-round, and basis supplies such as toilet paper, toothbrushes, and toothpaste.Alta scholarshipped four girls for ICT training in Nairobi, who continue their studies at Milimatutu and Lodwar; sustained an on-campus ICT track in which earlier graduates now teach computer skills to current students; and established the application process and administrative infrastructure for a girls' scholarship program launching in 2026. The organization strengthened the campus through infrastructure improvements, ICT equipment, and the beginning of Starlink satellite connectivity for digital and online learning. With the students, Alta planted 1,500 trees and supported tutoring by the Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) in afforestation and agriculture, and facility film-based awareness programming, including screenings of NAWI.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 81%; rating input score 81
• Program expense ratio: 83.4%; rating input score 83
• Fundraising efficiency: $15.93 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 24th 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: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 2.9%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 26.8%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 44.8% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 29.9% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings