These Numbers Have Faces

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
260416765
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2007
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
5034898643
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$248,344
Expenses
$322,193
Assets
$153,856
Liabilities
$32,850

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAMES PRESSNELL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JAMES PRESSNELL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $68,500 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We believe educated, empowered, and community-driven young people are the best vehicles for social change. To solve many of the problems africa faces, the continent needs talented young people with leadership skills and a deep passion for their communities. Our program operates out of our rwandan headquarters serving students from rwanda, burundi, and dr congo.university leadership program: our work focuses on three aspects: educate, equip, and empower. Women's empowerment initiative: research has shown the best way to overcome poverty is by educating and empowering women. For this reason, these numbers have faces makes sure at least 50% of our students are female.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024, these numbers have faces provided access to a university education for 70 students. We also facilitated monthly leadership development workshops to equip them with the leadership and professional skills to be effective selfless leaders who make a transformational difference in their communities. 2024 outcomes include:---16 students were supposed to graduate in 2024. All 16 indeed graduated successfully.---all of our graduating students were able to find meaningful employment by the end of the year.---all 70 of our students completed their community impact projects for this academic year, impacting in life-changing ways the lives of over 5,000 people. These projects included public health, engineering, agriculture, nutrition, girls pursuing stem careers, and more.other 2024 accomplishments include:---facilitated 9 monthly leadership development workshops throughout the academic year.---facilitated 3 quarterly women's empowerment workshops throughout the academic year.---facilitated 3 quarterly men's workshops throughout the academic year.

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 69% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 64
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 67%; rating input score 67
  • Fundraising efficiency: $30.15 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 36.3%; rating input score 36; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -29.7%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.48; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.3%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -9.4% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10.6% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.9% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87% of revenue deployed · 67% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $216K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $68K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.