Yellow Rhino Ministries
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 843552995
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, USA
- Phone
- 2032972200
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $90,784
- Expenses
- $90,508
- Assets
- $11,713
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Chris Oakley-Knaak (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Chris Oakley-Knaak (Executive Director)
- Michael Knaak (CFO)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
YRM was started to raise funding for school fees for children in third-world poverty in Nairobi, Kenya. We believe that giving education is sustainable giving because these children will be equipped to help others in their community.
What it reported doing in 2025
School fees - 41 children received education, school supplies, food, transportation and boarding for the year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 82% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 77%; rating input score 77
- Program expense ratio: 77.2%; rating input score 77
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.3%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.13; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 52.5% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 77% of revenue deployed · 77.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $70K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.