The Rhema Project Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 453987811
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2012
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2012
- Location
- South Bend, IN, USA
- Phone
- 5745326323
- Rating
- 41
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Nonmonetary Support N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $72,493
- Expenses
- $85,712
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of The Rhema Project is to eliminate female infanticide, sex determination feticide and other discriminations against the girl child (female gendercide) in India by supporting and networking with organizations and indigenous groups. We strive to add value to female lives in India through the short-term rescue of unborn, newborn and the Indian girl child as well as long-term initiatives that include education, health and wellness, trade and micro-finance to help Indian women become truly valued by their culture.
What it reported doing in 2012
Aroma Ministries - Prenatal & Newborn Care Initiative. Objective of grassroots program is to reestablish the true value of the girl-baby within her family and culture by providing basic nutritional needs, education and healthcare needs to the expectant and newborn mother. A village advocate (staff) distributes 1/2 liter of milk to every expectant mother in community allowing both nutritional needs to be improved as well as allowing space for a relationship to begin. Village advocate also begins to educate families on the value of all baby children. Each month expectant mothers are taken to clinic or hospital for prenatal checkup and to receive vitamin supplements. Mothers are treated to a meal in a local restaurant before returning to their home village. Once the baby is born, families with female babies are allowed to continue on the milk distribution program and receive an additional 1 liter of milk each day for the next 6 months. TRP also celebrates the birth of the baby girl with small gifts as well as her 6 month and 1 year birthday. 120 families participated in the program and 58 girl babies were born. Within the first 18 months the rate of female infanticide has dropped to near zero (from 45 deaths per year) and 90%+ of the birth families have decided to raise their daughters. Only two (2) cases of sex determination feticide were identified. In the 4thQ 2012 five (5) additional villages that had been identified with an extremely high rate of female gendercide were surveyed and a community census was taken.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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. 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: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 11
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -18.2%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 11 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.