The Combi Institute Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
461664375
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Carmel, IN, USA
Phone
3178431855
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Health Program (Includes General Health and Wellness Promotion Services)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$231,419
Expenses
$215,584
Assets
$755,343
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR EVEROLD HOSEIN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MS SHEZARA ALI (DIRECTOR)
  • DR EVEROLD HOSEIN (PRESIDENT)
  • DR BARBARA HOSEIN (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Apply the communication planning methodology called combi, communication for behavioral impact, for achieving behavioral results in health and social development in the developing world, and so contributing to the relief of the poor and underprivileged.

What it reported doing in 2025

4a. Expense: 18,000 agencies involved: university of cape town, south africa and united states agency for international development (USAID). Planned prepared curriculum (4,000) and conducted an 8-day combi course in cape town (14,000) for 15 participants drawn from the health sector in south africa and zambia 4b. Expense: 38,000 agencies involved: : zen sapatay retreat and agricultural extension demonstration farm, trinidad and tobago technical legal support for establishing the zen sapatay retreat and agricultural extension farm - payment to law firm of pollonais and blanc, trinidad and tobago (8,000); support for developing and pre-construction of the zen retreat and farm (30,000). 4c. Expense: 18,000 agencies involved: pan american health organization/trinidad and tobago); and unicef netherlands further revisions and finalisation of two (2) communication for behavioural impact (combi) plans for the office of the prime minister/trinidad and tobago on gun violence (gv) and domestic violence (dv) (9,000); and further revisions and finalisation of combi plan on positive parenting for the dutch caribbean (9,000) 4d. Expense: 15,000 agencies involved: green trinidad and tobago walking club (gttwc). Planned (5,000) and conducted (10,000) a walking event in port of spain/trinidad to promote the recommendation of the un world health organization to walk 30 minutes per day/5 prevent non-communicable diseases such as cardio-vascular diseases and diabetes. 4e. Expense: 15,000 agencies involved: nalis - national library and information system authority/trinidad and tobago, and the green party of trinidad and tobago. Planned a national symposium for public discussion of reform of the health, education and agricultural sector of trinidad and tobago to be held at nalis 4f. Expense: 21,000 agencies involved: nisus communication institute, united nations children's fund, world health organization developed proposals for conducting combi training in cambodia, uganda, thailand, vietnam, mozambique, qatar, pakistan, cayman islands, nigeria, maldives, egypt, sri lanka, and promotion of same with various un agencies. 4g. Expense: 13,585 agencies involved: city university of New York/school of public health- cuny/sph for cuny/sph fee: support in conducting june 2023 summer combi course 4h. Expense: 2,950 agencies involved: ubongo international, nigeria. Tuition refund for prospective participant to cuny/sph nyc combi course: olatayo olaniyan 4i. Expense: 37,000 agencies involved: city university of New York/school of public health (cuny/sph) curriculum planning (4,000), field visit for planning for june 2023 combi course at cuny/sph (9,000), and conducting the 2-week course in june 2024 for 15 international participants (24,000). 4j. Expense: 14,000 agencies involved: green party of trinidad and tobago (gptt) design and implementation of public relations support for the gptt and its development agenda for health, education, agriculture and community development in trinidad and tobago during the year 2024. 4k. Expense: 8,000 agencies involved: united nations children's fund (unicef), world health organization. Planning and developing generic training curricula for combi workshops in africa and asia regions. 4l. Expense: 27,000 agencies involved: ministry of education, culture, youth and sports/st. Maarten; ministry of health, indonesia. Planned and conducted 8-day combi workshop in st. Maarten for mecy staff (12,000); planned and conducted 8-day combi workshop in bali/indoensia for moh/indonesia staff (15,000)

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 89% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: 6.8%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.5; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $216K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.