United for Uganda (U4U)
Legal name: United for Uganda INC
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 921785814
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023
- Location
- Midland, MI, USA
- Phone
- 9896009671
- Rating
- 66
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $312,967
- Expenses
- $221,569
- Assets
- $142,343
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Rev Greg Smith (President)
- Rev Roy Ferguson (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Rev Greg Smith (President)
- Rev Roy Ferguson (Vice President)
- Rev Julie Wiseman (Secretary)
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
Our mission is to advocate, mobilize, equip, and nurture people for Christ. We gave United for Uganda (U4U) its formal name in the fall of 2022. However, its mission was already alive and well within the hearts of the supporting churches and individuals. Early in 2023, we became a formal organization, acquiring our tax exempt 501 c3 status with the United States Government as a recognized nonprofit organization. It's Time to Take Action Make no mistake! Uganda is not a "third world country." It is a rising star! The people there care deeply and immediately forge a bond with others through their loving nature and deep appreciation. They know we are there to help, and they desire to partner with us to solve problems and create opportunities. The people of Uganda want.
What it reported doing in 2024
United for Uganda provided support for 2 project directors and missionaries in the field, as well as reimbursed expenses that, in addition to office expenses, auto maintenance and fuel, provided support for 8 missionary staff. Providing support for these 10 people allowed them to minister to thousands of Ugandans via school, churches and sponsorship programs. U4U's primary project in 2024 was building sewing centers and supporting medical clinics. The sewing centers train village members a skill that can then provide for their family and the local community. The medical clinics provide much needed care in remote areas.
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 98% 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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 30
- Sustainability: 65
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 70.4%; rating input score 70
- Program expense ratio: 99.5%; rating input score 99
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 5th 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- 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: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 29.2%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.64; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 101.5% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 94.6% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 70.4% of revenue deployed · 99.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $220K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 18 of 19 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grants require schedule f did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.