Thrive-gulu Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 271891336
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2010
- Location
- Marlborough, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6175711583
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $438,882
- Expenses
- $406,529
- Assets
- $188,527
- Liabilities
- $8,131
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JUDITH DUSHKU (PRESIDENT)
- MAH-SERE KEITA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- MICHAEL BELLO (PAST CHAIRPERSON)
- KATHLEEN SORENSON (CHAIRPERSON)
- SAUNDRA BUYS (CLERK)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Thrive-gulu, inc. Assists communities in post-conflict northern uganda to heal from the tramatic effects of war, sexual exploitation, extreme poverty and the resulting loss of opportunities.
What it reported doing in 2024
Established in 2010 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization to address the unique needs of female survivors, we support communities in northern uganda to recover from the traumatic effects of war, displacement, and/or violence. Over time, thrive's mission has expanded to include humanitarian support for south sudanese refugees who have been forcibly displaced into northern uganda. Thrivegulu's vision is for a northern uganda in which all people are treated with dignity, live in safety, and have the chance to contribute to the good of the community. Thrivegulu understands that survivors of trauma require a range of support services. To this end, thrivegulu offers an array of signature services, including individual and family counseling, psychoeducation, establishment of village savings and loans associations, mentorship and seed money for income-generating activities, literacy, and gender-based violence programming.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 62% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 51% for direct work, and 49% for grants.
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 85
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.1%; rating input score 81
- Program expense ratio: 87.6%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: $27.01 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- 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: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: 7.4%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.1% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 81.1% of revenue deployed · 87.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $356K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 25 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grants require schedule f did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.