Zions Children of Haiti

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272510570
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Millcreek, UT, USA
Phone
8017074430
Rating
57
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Reported finances

Revenue
$47,821
Expenses
$84,082
Assets
$6,167
Liabilities
$6,000

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jeffrey Bigelow (President)
  • Staci Sandvik (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Jeffrey Bigelow (President)
  • Staci Sandvik (Vice President)
  • Tawny Larsen (Director)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The primary purpose of Zions Children of Haiti is to assist the children of Gonaive, Haiti gain educations that will enable them to become productive members of the community, through tuition grants and family food assistance.

What it reported doing in 2023

The organization provided support to 52 children. Education grants were provided to their families to cover tuition costs at their schools. Despite interruptions due to political unrest and violence, school continued although with interruptions. New students have been added this year to replace attrition, and 8 students are now supported for post primary education -- university and trades

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

MIXED - 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: 28
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 9
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 33.6%; rating input score 34
  • Program expense ratio: 19.1%; rating input score 19

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: -75.8%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.97; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.9%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 33.6% of revenue deployed · 19.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $16K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 34/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 19/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.