Send a Cow INC EIN 46-4096938 Form 990 (PDF) Claim this org

Send a Cow INC

Not yet claimed Claim this org →

Supports rural African communities and farming families by raising awareness and aid in the United States. For fiscal year 2025 it reported $503K in revenue, $400K in expenses, and $127K in net assets.Pt I

Type
Public charity (501(c)(3)) · International
Location
Arlington, VA
Website
rippleeffect.org/us
Filings
6 on file (2020–2025)
Revenue
$503KFY2025
Expenses
$400K
Net assets
$127K
People
10
Filings
6
Updates
0
More identity details & actions ⌄
EIN  46-4096938 Public charity (501(c)(3)) Arlington, VA
Form 990 (PDF)
Compare with another nonprofit →
Is this your organization?
Claim this profile to manage it and share your story.
Claim
Provided by the organization

This section is blank until Send a Cow INC claims this page.

Know this organization? Claim it to add your story

Size
$100K–1M
What they do
Supports rural African communities and farming families by raising awareness and aid in the United States.
Leadership
Robyn Sekula · Director and Board Chair
Money in and out
$503K revenue, $400K expenses
Bottom line
97% program efficiency
Where the money goes · FY2025
Total revenue
$503K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$400K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$127K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $103K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
Program services $0.97 Management & general $0.03
Program efficiency
97%
of spending reaches programs▲ +5% vs prior filing year
Operating runway
4.1mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate▲ +242% vs prior filing year
Surplus margin
+21%
revenue over expenses, this year▲ +162% vs prior filing year

Summary of the Filing

Part I · fiscal year 2025 · Form 990
Revenue
$503K
FY2025▲ +46%
Expenses
$400K
FY2025▲ +26%
Total assets
$138K
FY2025▲ +190%
Total liabilities
$12K
FY2025▼ -52%
Total revenue
$503K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$400K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$127K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$103K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$138K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B97%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 310
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 410

Identity & Classification

Form 990 Header · IRS Business Master File
Legal nameHdr · item CSend a Cow INC
EINHdr · item D46-4096938
Principal addressHdr · item CArlington, VA
WebsiteHdr · item Jrippleeffect.org/us
Year of formationHdr · item Lpending
State of legal domicileHdr · item MVA
Exempt statusHdr · item I501(c)(3) · active
NTEE classificationIRS BMFInternational (Q20)
Ruling yearIRS BMFSep 2014

Governance & Policies

Part VI
Voting members of the governing bodyPt VI · Ln 1a10
Independent voting membersPt VI · Ln 1b10
Conflict-of-interest policyPt VI · Ln 12aYes
Whistleblower policyPt VI · Ln 13No
Document retention policyPt VI · Ln 14No
CEO/top-official compensation independently reviewedPt VI · Ln 15a
Family or business relationships among officers/directorsPt VI · Ln 2No

Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Director and Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Michael Coburn’s $11K as Executive Director (former) is at the 8th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1638 $100K–1M international nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
J Michael Coburn$90,976$87,500$75,721
Michael Coburn$10,973

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

See Send a Cow INC executive salaries →

Are you one of these people? Claim this org to confirm your role

Mission & Programs · Part III

Where the work happens

1 program service account for $388K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

To help qualifying organizations implement and sustain assistance to rural communities and farming families in africa.

$388Kprogram expense

Run this program? Claim this org to tell your story

Statement of Revenue

Part VIII
Contributions & grants100%$503K
Total revenueLn 12$503K

Statement of Functional Expenses

Part IX · allocated across program, management, and fundraising
Allocation · columns B–D
Program services $0.97 Management & general $0.03
Program services97%$388K
Management & general3%$12K
Total functional expensesLn 25$400K

Balance Sheet

Part X · end of year
CashLn 1$138K
Total assetsLn 16$138K
Total liabilitiesLn 26$12K
Total net assetsLn 32$127K
Months of cash on handcomputed4.1

Financial Metrics

Form 990 · FY2025 · each ratio shown with the dollars behind it
Liquidity & Payout
Operating runway
Highly liquid reserves $138K · Operating expenses/yr $400K
4.1 months
Where the money goes
Program services
Program services $388K · Total expenses $400K
97%
Management & General
Management & general $12K · Total expenses $400K
3%
Fundraising
Fundraising $0 · Total expenses $400K
0%
Cost to raise $1
Fundraising expense (3-yr avg) $43K · Solicited contributions (3-yr avg) $444K
$0.10 to raise $1 (3-yr avg)
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $503K · Total revenue $503K
100%
Government reliance
Government grants — · Total revenue $503K
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $0 · Total revenue $503K
0%
Investment reliance
Investment income $0 · Total revenue $503K
0%
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $0 · Total expenses $400K
0%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $503K · Prior year $345K
+46%
Revenue CAGR
FY2019 $180K · FY2024 $503K
+23%
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $127K · Beginning of year —
Beginning net assets not meaningfully positive — showing dollar change
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $503K · Expenses $400K
+21%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities — · Total assets $138K
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $127K · Total assets $138K
92%
Marketable Investment Share
Publicly traded securities (Pt X, ln 11) — · Other securities (Pt X, ln 12) — · Total assets (Pt X, ln 16) $138K
Excludes program-related investments (Pt X, ln 13)
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual Robyn Sekula · Reported title Director and Board Chair · Highest reported compensation $0 · Total expenses $400K
0%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) — · Total expenses $400K
Peer comparison

Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.

MetricThis orgPeer medianPercentile
Program ratio 97%
Overhead ratio 3%
Fundraising cost ratio 0%
Revenue growth 46%
Legal fee ratio 0.4%
Accounting fee ratio 1%

Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$71K

Similar Organizations

Closest in mission — by what they do
See all organizations like Send a Cow INC →

Compare

Search another nonprofit to view revenue, expenses, assets, key metrics, and leaders side by side

Filings & Schedule Manifest

Part IV
III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
FY2025 (Latest)$503K revenue · viewing · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2024$345K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2023$484K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2022$545K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2021$297K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2020$180K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF

Want to add your own materials alongside these filings? Claim this org

Sources

Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2025IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
Names, privacy, and removal requests More

The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.

If you ARE the filing organization, claim this org and add context

Made it to the end? Claim this organization

All figures are derived from public IRS Form 990 filings and are presented without evaluation of any organization. philanthropy.org does not rate, score, or rank organizations, including the peer-cohort and compensation comparisons above.