Volunteers for International Development and Aid

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271946358
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2012
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2012, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Phone
7023343755
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$172,246
Expenses
$155,158
Assets
$25,170

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To undertake construction and social development projects that enrich the quality of life in communities worldwide.

What it reported doing in 2012

Continuing project -Sierra Leone School and new teachers quarters. This project also included the installation of solar power to light the school for evening classes. The project benefits at least 100 children.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 1
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0.5%; rating input score 1
  • Program expense ratio: 0.6%; rating input score 1

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.9%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -195.3% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 75.2% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 176.1% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0.5% of revenue deployed · 0.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $931 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2011 to 2012
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 1/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 1/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.