Urban Initiatives for Development
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 271239384
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Salem, OR, USA
- Phone
- 626.600.2201
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Adult, Continuing Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $107,220
- Expenses
- $126,901
- Assets
- $125,133
- Liabilities
- $7,677
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHRIS RATTAY (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- PAIGE YOUNG (MANAGING DIRECTOR)
- CHRIS RATTAY (PRESIDENT)
- WILLIAM GLAD (SECRETARY/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
UID is a non-profit organization that is seeking to establish community centers in urban poor areas of African and Middle Eastern cities; it works “in the city,” “lives with the poor,” and focuses on long term change over short term relief through ethics and healthy culture change via creative education (projects include community health, basic computer training, literacy & adult education, vocational & small business training, and after school programming).
What it reported doing in 2024
The primary work of UID was conducted through the regional coordinator, working from Marseille, France. In addition to salary expenses, most of the project funds were associated with fund development in the United States, followed by capacity building and field supervision in North Africa, with a few key staff recruiting trips. Capacity building and recruiting happen in tandem, with training for work in urban poverty settings that including subjects like resiliency, anti-burnout and community engagement strategies. These trainings/recruiting meetings reached a minimum of over 905 participants from, Ethiopia (25), Colombia (220), Chile (89), Argentina (145), Mexico (13), Mauritania (7), Albania (11), France (45) and the United States (350), with at least an additional 60 participants trained online in community engagement strategies and community development follow-up coaching.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 85%; rating input score 85
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: -18.4%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.99; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.5%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.2% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 85% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $108K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.