Zienzele Foundation C/o James H Clark
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 010701053
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- West Topsham, VT, USA
- Phone
- 8024396196
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Voluntarism Promotion
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $127,344
- Expenses
- $141,185
- Assets
- $104,920
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- NANCY P CLARK (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- NANCY P CLARK (PRESIDENT)
- PRISCA NEMAPARE (VICE PRESIDE)
- JAMES CLARK (TREASURER/SE)
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
The organization's goal is to help zimbabwean orphans and their caregivers achieve self-reliance through education, basic skills training, project development, counseling, community support and health and nutrition.
What it reported doing in 2024
Since 2022 zienzele has constructed three modest community centers with a bore hole well at each helping 130 small villages. These community centers also serve to provide central sheltered locations for community use for health and wellness clinics, community events, work skills training and sales of baskets, sewing projects, garden produce and poultry. During 2024, the organization conducted workshops for high school students about career planning with 46 attendees and a second one on "starting your own business" for women with 63 attendees. There was also a "be safe be strong be focused" workshop with 154 children attending.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 62% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.4%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 77%; rating input score 77
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: -10.9%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.74; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 85.4% of revenue deployed · 77% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $109K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.