Water and Education International Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
134361754
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Vallejo, CA, USA
Phone
7076494124
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$62,677
Expenses
$90,148
Assets
$44,102

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BARADA SIMMONS (President & CEO)

People named in this filing

  • GEORGE BROWN (Director)
  • Rebecca Walston (Director)
  • BARADA SIMMONS (President & CEO)

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

Wei's driving purpose is addressing the need for safe water in developing countries and educational opportunities of the world. Wei also promotes wellness through health education.

What it reported doing in 2024

The mission of wei is to combat poverty and disease while promoting education, sustainability, wellness, and nutrition by providing safe water and educational opportunities to the underpriveleged on the global community thereby improving their quality of life.to carry out its mission, wei identifies and partners with indigenous organizations while soliciting support from small businesses, churches, individuals, corporate and private entities.to date, wei's focus has been the country of haiti, the poorest nation in the western hemisphere. In 2023, wei continued covering the educational expenses for over 500 children in the country of haiti and also provided food giveaway opportunities. In addition, wei granted 4 scholarships to solano county high school graduates, who continued their education beyond high school.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 98.1%; rating input score 98

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: -43.8%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.9% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $88K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.