Tupaddy for Education in Sierra Leone West Africa
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 454747181
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Houston, TX, USA
- Phone
- 7135692008
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Relief
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $84,155
- Expenses
- $93,396
- Assets
- $358,959
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Yarta Seasay Sr (President)
People named in this filing
- Yarta Seasay Sr (President)
- Dr Marie Sesay (Secretary)
- Yarta Sesay Jr (Treasurer)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Education for children in Sierra Leone.
What it reported doing in 2024
The elementary school (grades 1 through 6) in Bumban village has 360 students & 8 teachers & has been operational for many years. Each of the 8 teachers was provided a monthly bonus to supplement their salary, as an incentive to teach more enthusiastically. For 6th grade students appearing for the high-school entrance examination, the examination fee of $5 per student was paid.Bumban High School has an enrollment of 300 students in 7th- 12th & a total staff of 18 people. All salaries of the school staff & operating & maintenance expenses of the school are paid by Tupaddy for Education.A nutritious mid-day meal was provided to all the students & staff of the Elementary & High School on all regular school days.Gasoline for the generator was provided so that it could generate electricity for the High School & the Staff quarters for a few hours each day.Construction of a Multi-purpose hall, with additional classrooms attached, was started in September 2018 and completed in April 2019.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 99.4%; rating input score 99
- Program expense ratio: 89.6%; rating input score 90
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -11%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.84; rating input score 79; 79th 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: -3.9% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -4.9% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 99.4% of revenue deployed · 89.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $84K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.