Worldwide Shelters Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 271100170
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2010
- Forms available
- Form 990 2010
- Location
- Glenwood, MD, USA
- Phone
- 8779978368
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Disaster Preparedness and Relief Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $735,113
- Expenses
- $738,424
- Assets
- $110,268
- Liabilities
- $175,779
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Worldwide shelters, inc.(the "organization") was established to relieve and reduce human suffering, misery, disease, poverty, and distress among refugees, internally displaced persons and others ("displaced persons") who are deprived of adequate shelter as a result of wars, insurrections, natural disasters and other causes. The organization will design, produce and distribute high quality temporary shelters for use by displaced persons in the united states and throughout the world. The organization will provide leadership in design innovation, construction, quality control oversight, distribution and supply chain management of temporary shelters for displaced persons throughout the world. The organization will work with domestic and international governmental and non-governmental humanitarian organizations, including those associated with the united nations, to achieve these purposes.
What it reported doing in 2010
Worldwide shelters, inc. Designs, procures and delivers high quality shelters to be used as homes, schools, offices, etc. For victims of man-made and natural disasters.
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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 58
- Accountability: 67
- Sustainability: 21
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 60th 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: 75%; rating input score 75; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.5%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.59; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 36.5%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $267K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $131K · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.