The Student Sponsorship Program of South Africa Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 134099659
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2013, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Dover, DE, USA
- Phone
- 3022386222
- Rating
- 53
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $61,915
- Expenses
- $10,656
- Assets
- $132,708
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TERESA CLARKE (PRESIDENT)
- DEBRA WINTER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- TERESA CLARKE (PRESIDENT)
- JILL ZIMMERMAN (TREASURER)
- DEBRA WINTER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
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
To provide scholarships to low income students.
What it reported doing in 2025
Provide support to low income students in the form of scholarships, books, tuition, uniforms, supplies, and support to alumni in college.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 14
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 80
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 5.1%; rating input score 5
- Program expense ratio: 29.8%; rating input score 30
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: 82.8%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 12.45; rating input score 93; 93rd 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: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -25.5% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -10.1% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 5.1% of revenue deployed · 29.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 5/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 30/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.