Turtlewill

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
861039391
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2013
Forms available
Form 990 2011, Form 990-EZ 2013
Location
Carefree, AZ, USA
Phone
4804884804
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,161
Expenses
$82,021
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • IRMA TURTLE (President)
  • C LAWRENCE DECKER (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • IRMA TURTLE (President)
  • C LAWRENCE DECKER (Vice President)
  • MAXWELL DREVER (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 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

This organization receives contributions and grants to improve the health and educational resources available to african people.

What it reported doing in 2013

EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS total of 600 students $77,600.Educational projects include funding bush schools and student scholarships for nomadic children in Niger including building dormitories and latrines, providing school supplies, meals, medicines and blankets; adult literacy programs in Niger and Mali; funding cooperatives that teach men and women marketable skills in Niger and Mali, funding educational scholarships for students in Ethiopia, Niger and Mali.In Mali Turtlewill donated $12,500 of funds to support the re-opening our primary schools in the Timbuktu regions helping 500 people.In Niger, Turtlewill donated $4,100 to provide a 4-year university education for the Tuareg.Also in Niger, Turtlewill donated the Agadez student residencial property and buildings valued at $61,000 to Rain for the Sahel and the Sahara.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 2
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -795.3%; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: 48.8%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -56% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -87.8% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $88K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 4 of 5 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2012 to 2013
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.