Wholives Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
475095419
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
South Jordan, UT, USA
Phone
4254181515
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,990,104
Expenses
$1,752,470
Assets
$1,677,585
Liabilities
$75,648

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN RENOUARD (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • NICCI RENOUARD (MANAGER): $126,452 total reported compensation
  • JOHN RENOUARD (President): $60,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Wholives provides sustainable clean water and economic development programs through community ownership and self-reliance programs. We have a mission to end fgm and child slavery abuses. We implement our anti-bullying and anti-suicide program to our vulnerable youth.

What it reported doing in 2025

Wholives has made historic progress in the fight to eliminate female genital mutilation (fgm) in western kenya and northern tanzania through community-led education, advocacy, and cultural transformation initiatives. By working closely with local leaders, families, schools, and former practitioners, wholives helped establish the sweet 15 (temu kumi na tano) celebration as a positive alternative rite of passage for girls. These efforts have contributed to the near eradication of fgm in several communities, protecting tens of thousands of girls from cutting, child marriage, and lifelong trauma. Wholives continues to empower communities to uphold the dignity, health, education, and future of young women through sustainable cultural change.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.3%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 69%; rating input score 69
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.76 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 27; 27th 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: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Limited
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.9%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.96; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.6%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 21.9% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 24% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 30.8% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 61.3% of revenue deployed · 69% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $126K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 27/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.