Uganda Counseling and Support Services

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
454709060
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Russell Springs, KY, USA
Phone
2708667200
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,771,012
Expenses
$1,642,123
Assets
$208,147
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

People named in this filing

  • DR DEAN ADAMS (DIRECTOR)
  • DR JOHN BEGLEY (DIRECTOR)
  • DERRICK BOEGNER (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide water and provision as well as much needed medical care, educational and economic development to alleviate human suffering in uganda.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, ucss drilled 7 new water wells, extended electricity to medical centers and schools, and completed major infrastructure improvements across the communities we serve. Each well delivers clean water every day and becomes a gathering point for bible study and community health outreach. In 2025, ucss's medical team treated 8,000 patients at our clinics, safely delivered 72 babies at nana health center, and reached an additional 2,370 people through community clinics and outreach. Another 6,000+ people were served through outreach programs, and 3,000 children were protected through our child protection initiatives. The infant mortality rate has dropped from roughly five deaths per month to near zero, and overall mortality is down by more than 85% since ucss began. In 2025, ucss's five schools enrolled 1,674 students, and 87% of our graduates are now pursuing higher education. Ucss's holistic sponsorship program provides tuition, meals, medical care, clean water, uniforms, and spiritual mentorship for each sponsored student. In 2025, ucss trained 228 leaders in community outreach and discipleship, and bible study groups continue to multiply around every well, school and clinic. Ucss partners closely with churches in the surrounding villages to strengthen discipleship and community life. In 2025, ucss trained 54 pastors to minister to and disciple their communities, and certified 25 new mental health facilitators who have joined our expanding team of counselors - helping ucss reach 20,000 people through counseling this year. In 2025, 100 farmers received hands-on agricultural training, 50 families received livestock through our save-to-own-a-goat program, and over 200 learners participated in financial literacy programs - equipping families to build sustainable livelihoods.

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 97% 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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.7%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 76.2%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: $707.84 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.3%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.13; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.4% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.7% of revenue deployed · 76.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 27 of 27 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 27 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 8 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.