Uzazi Village

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
460589830
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2018, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Kansas City, MO, USA
Phone
8165413718
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health - General and Rehabilitative N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,024,940
Expenses
$1,522,819
Assets
$804,304
Liabilities
$247,902

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Hakima Payne (Executive Director)
  • Shalese Clay (Board President (11/2024-6/2025))

Highest reported compensation

  • Hakima Payne (Executive Director): $174,868 total reported compensation
  • Shalese Clay (Board President (11/2024-6/2025)): $14,150 total reported compensation

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 support improved pregnancy outcomes through community-based doulas, educational programs, professional training and continuing education, support groups, research projects and project collaboration.

What it reported doing in 2024

Uzazi Village's primary purpose is to reduce maternal and infant mortality in our immediate community-particularly among African American and other childbearing families-through culturally responsive perinatal support, workforce development, and community education. Through our Sister Doula/Perinatal Community Health Worker (community-based doula) program, Uzazi continues to prepare candidates of color to enter and lead in the perinatal health field through comprehensive training, continuing education, and career pipeline opportunities. Our services include childbirth education, breastfeeding support, newborn care, baby-wearing, fatherhood and dads' engagement classes, and ongoing virtual education options that remain accessible alongside in-person programming to ensure families can receive support in ways that best meet their needs. Since adapting during the COVID-19 pandemic, Uzazi Village has intentionally sustained both virtual and in-person service models, expanding accessibility and deepening community reach. In the past year, we distributed more than 25,750 diapers to families in need and served approximately 1,133 clients annually through direct services, educational programming, outreach initiatives, and family-centered support systems. These efforts reflect our unwavering commitment to equity in birth outcomes, whole-family wellness, and addressing systemic disparities impacting Black maternal and infant health. In August 2021, we opened the Ida Mae Patterson Center for maternal and infant wellness.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 53
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 46.2%; rating input score 46
  • Program expense ratio: 61.4%; rating input score 61
  • Fundraising efficiency: $27.82 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: 24.8%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.53; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.4%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 23.7% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 28.8% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 30% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 46.2% of revenue deployed · 61.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $936K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $175K · 7 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.