Village2village Project Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

In January 2025, the Village2Village Education Centre/Primary School officially opened on both the Village2Village Uganda's Serere and Kateta campuses. The school year in Uganda begins at the end of January with three terms that finish at the end of November, and they began serving kids in Primary 1 through Primary 4. The motivation to open a school was as a result of the Covid-19 shutdown when Ugandan schools were closed for two full years. The V2V Ugandan staff quickly got government permission to "homeschool" 180 students. They hired 25 out of work teachers and sent them on bicycles to the 25 different villages where our sponsored kids were living. The kids were able to invite all their siblings and neighbors that they mixed with. Nearly 800 children were saved from two years without education, and the children's national test scores were the best in V2V's then 18-year history. The key to the children's success was the individual attention. The educational system in rural Uganda has been under significant stress as the young population grows fast. One teacher can be expected to teach more than 90 children in a Primary One class. Since they often go without pay, that single teacher isn't even in class 19% of the time. The children were not getting the instruction they needed, even when enrolled in private schools. When schools reopened, the children struggled more without the attention. It was time to take the step of beginning a school in order to give the children a solid foundation, since the two V2V campuses already existed. Many of the newest children had been unable to write their names even in P3 and P4. The children being educated in the new Village2Village Education Center campuses have made tremendous progress in all subjects, but noticeably in their writing and English language learning. During 2025, the school served 107 children. Enrollment is expected to be 150 and including Primary 5 in 2026.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 90.2%; rating input score 90
• Program expense ratio: 86.9%; rating input score 87
• Fundraising efficiency: $35.8 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th 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: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
  • Requires narrative reports: Fail
  • Conducts field audits: Fail
  • May suspend future funding: Fail
  • Requires financial reports: Pass
  • Conducts site visits: Pass
  • 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: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • 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: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -3.8%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; 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: 18.8%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 16.6% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings