Liabilities / Assets
77th percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 77% of similar nonprofits.
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
Liabilities / Assets
77th percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 77% of similar nonprofits.
Liabilities / Revenue
74th percentile
Higher debt load relative to revenue than 74% of similar nonprofits.
Net Margin
14th percentile
Higher net margin than 14% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
76th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 76% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
12th percentile
Faster asset growth than 12% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
13th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 13% of similar nonprofits.
Assets
Down$67,054
Down $43,452 (-39%) from 2017
Net Assets
Down$61,529
Down $40,118 (-39%) from 2017
Liabilities
Down$5,525
Down $3,334 (-38%) from 2017
Revenue
Down$162,168
Down $108,234 (-40%) from 2017
Expenses
Down$202,573
Down $130,836 (-39%) from 2017
Net Income
Up-$40,405
Up $22,602 (+36%) from 2017
Ethiopia reads mission is to build a reading culture in ethiopia by connecting children with books, libraries, and trained librarians.
Ethiopia Reads mission is to build a reading culture in Ethiopia by connecting children with books. We do this by building libraries for children and by training both teachers and librarians in Ethiopia.
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| FISCAL YEAR 2018 AND 2017 WAS A TIME OF CONSOLIDATION FOR ETHIOPIA READS (ER). NONEW LIBRARIES WERE OPENED, BUT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION BEGAN ON THREE NEW LIBRARY PROJECTS IN WUKRO, SHANTO, AND BAHIR DAR. ER CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN EXISTING PROGRAMS IN OUR EXISTING LIBRARIES IN GEBETA COMMUNITY CHILDREN'S LIBRARY AND HAWASSA READING CENTER INVESTING IN OUTREACH, EXPANDING THE BOOK COLLECTION, AND PILOTING FAMILY LITERACY. THIS YEAR SAW CONTINUED DESIGN WORK AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BOOK-CENTERED LEARNING (BCL) TRAINING AND ADVOCACY PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE READY SET GO LOCAL LANGUAGE CHILDRENS BOOK PROGRAM AIMED AT EARLY AGES IN THEIR LOCAL LANGUAGES. THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR ER TRANSFERRED OWNERSHIP OF THE TEAM TESFA RUNNING PROGRAM AND FOUR SCHOOL PROGRAMS TO ANOTHER AGENCY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE EKODAGA SCHOOL WHICH WAS TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE GOVERNMENT IN EARLY 2018. VOLUNTEERS CONTINUED TO COLLECT BOOKS AND FUNDRAISE TO SEND A CONTAINER OF ENGLISH-LANGUAGE BOOKS TO SUPPORT THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY COLLECTIONS. | $188,374 | - |
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Andrea | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| Ann Porter | Secretary | - | $0 | - | - |
| Frew Tibebu | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| Malcolm Clark | Chair | - | $0 | - | - |
| Jeff Grier | Treasurer | - | $0 | - | - |
“Miscellaneous $767”
“Class of Activity: Public Charity | Donee's Name: EBCEF | Relationship of Donee: In Country NGO | Cash Amount Given: $155151”
“Advertising and Promotion $5852”
“Office Expenses $2594”
“Information Technology $3617”
“Travel $301”
“Insurance $1430”
“Bank charges and interest $3154”
“MISCELLANEOUS $740”
“Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses - Beginning $8859 Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses - Ending $5525”
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| ReturnHeader/BuildTS | 0 | 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z |
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2018 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.