Zeruzeru

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463115224
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Denver, CO, USA
Phone
9209185045
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Human Rights

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$160,576
Expenses
$79,456
Assets
$231,997
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Karene Boos (President)
  • Eric Boos (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Karene Boos (President)
  • Eric Boos (Vice President)
  • Lauren Boos (Secretary)

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

ZeruZeru, Inc. engages in charitable activities that pursue social development, environmental improvement, health development and equal education opportunities to empower and support the protection, rights, and dignity of vulnerable children living with Albinism and other disabilities.

What it reported doing in 2025

This year we provided 54103 to support the health, wellness, education, and facility administration of 2 centers in Tanzania which cares for and protects children living with albinism. We provided 19303 of support for caregivers to care for and protect the children. This year we provided increased support for education as 8 of the children have progressed to advanced level higher education; this also related to an increase of food and program costs for support of these students living away from the center.

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending 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: 22
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 85
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 15.8%; rating input score 16
  • Program expense ratio: 31.9%; rating input score 32

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: 50.5%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.92; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 42.5% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 30.1% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 65.1% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 15.8% of revenue deployed · 31.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 16/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.